Ziana’s Safari Birthday Party!

As you know this past weekend was Baby Z’s birthday and party! I finally found the energy to edit all 316 photos and can post them up now.

The past few weeks I kept getting stressed out due to the weather– it said would rain, then it wouldn’t, it would be scattered or 20% chance of rain. The forecast was all over the place! Stressed out, that’s all I could think of and every second I was worried. It was nice and a bit muggy out, and I saw the storm clouds around my house itching to pour down on my party.

The party started at 2PM and we finished decorating at exactly 2:03 PM, about a half hour in guess what happened? YEP! It rained, but only for about 15 minutes and it was only drizzle. I had rush and get the cake and cupcakes inside! After that the sun was out here and there, the food was yummy and I had fun.

The main decor was cheetah– cheetah balloons (not too much just right), Ziana’s outfit was cheetah, I had a cheetah belt and necklace and her daddy had cheetah print on the letters of his shirt.

Enjoy! Don’t forget to read my post on how I planned this party– Planning a Party or Event!

Rafia skirt and balloons were purchased at Party City. The pink table cover purchased at the 99cent store 🙂

Instead of buying stencils my mom cut out letters using a Macy’s box and I spray painted them.

The gift bags were my favorite and everyone’s! I had bought the brown paper bags at where else then the 99cent store and knew I wanted to use them in some way. I took to Pintrest and searched “brown paper bags.” A whole bunch of stuff popped up and I basically put two different ideas together! I took photos from Facebook, went to lightroom changed the photos to black and white and printed them out at Walgreens.

The inflatable zebra and giraffe were purchased at Shindigz.

I got the crates idea from google searches and knew this was something I needed. My father was able to get them from a friend who owns a restaurant, so yay me!

The centerpiece sucked! It was flimsy, but we made it work. I got that and the grass mats at Shindigz. The balloon weights were purchased at the 99cent store. And the bamboo table runner was purchased at Party City.

I decided to make a 12-month banner of Ziana from when she was a newborn up until her 11th month all taken on the same rocker chair. The banner paper is actually scrap-book paper purchased from Michael’s.

The cake was yummy and VERY afforable. I purchased the cake for $20 at BJ’s. Woohoo!

I googled safari coloring pages and had the hubby print them out at work. Bought crayons at 99cent store, bubbles and note pads purchased at Party City and play-dough at Toys R’ Us.

My mom and I made a whole bunch of cupcakes and gave Z one— she’s about to go in!

I love cheetah and everyone associates me to cheetah print so when I saw her romper at a boutique in the mall I just had to get it. I returned her zebra outfit and changed the balloons to cheetah 🙂