My daughter loves horses, so for her second birthday party I decided to go with a Cowgirl Chic theme. If you don't already know it I love both horses and throwing parties, so I was super excited about this theme and the ideas started rolling through my head. I made her the balloon wreath right before her first birthday party to use as a tradition every year. For centerpieces on the tables I cut out brown adhesive vinyl in "paint horse print" and affixed it onto unused paint cans that I bought at Lowes. While I was at Lowes I came across some beautiful hydrangeas that were bloomed to perfection, so I bought one blue and one pink. I love how they turned out in my horse print paint cans and I loved that I could plant them and enjoy them every year! The cake was baked by my mom and a group effort to decorate. We have a good friend that is ALWAYS up for our latest cake adventure. We don't do cakes professionally, although I greatly admire people who do, but we love doing one on the occasion for a new challenge.
For food we went with barbecue chicken, twice baked potato casserole, green beans, corn on the cob, cole slaw, and rolls. We made custom signs for each food dish, but unfortunately the wind blew a couple of them away and we couldn't find them. I find with each party/event I learn something new. With this one it was...any outdoor party I have food labels for I will make them weighted. We also made a coordinating Happy Birthday banner to hang on the railing behind the food table.
For drinks we decided on ice tea, pink lemon-aid, and water. We put them in mason jars and into a galvanized bucket we labeled "Watering Hole". Everyone loved this idea and it made prep and clean up a breeze!
I have an obsession with scrapbook paper and ribbon, so its only fitting that one of my favorite things to do is make tags for favors. I designed these tags using a variety of patterns and colors of ribbon and paper that all coordinate. I kept with the theme of the mason jars and layered them with some of her favorite snacks and treats to make cowgirl trail mix for the favor.
I had so much fun designing her Cowgirl Chic party and my sweet daughter LOVED it! Her favorite, of course, was the cake!
Photos were taken by Mary Jennifer Dunlap and Donna Sherrill.
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