Fresh Scoop: Ty & Tapas!

Our littlest man, Ty Christian, turned the big O-N-E on October 13th!

So, we threw him a party!

Okay, we threw the adults a party, and the kids had fun too!

The idea of doing an afternoon fiesta with Tapas came to me months before, so I ran with it... I thought it was a unique take on a One-Year-Old Birthday Party, until BOTH our grandmas called asking who 'Tapas' was! Ha!

So, as I kindly explained, Tapas are:

Party comers were welcomed at the front door with the Tie and Tapas theme

And into the backyard~

I created a lamp/ tie mobile displaying pictures of Ty, from birth to 12 months. The idea came to me when I found a lamp skeleton at The Brick Basement in Fullerton. I knotted ties from the top, pinned pictures of Ty on each tie, and hung it by twine. Voi~ la!

Tapas are typically served with beer, wine, and homemade Sangria~

tie wine markers were available for the wine drinkers!

Paella is a truly authentic Spanish dish, and my mom-in-law {aka Martha Stewart} made this uh-mazing paella dish~

To display the food table, Bryan sanded down the top of our old kitchen table, and painted it with chalkboard paint. I simply wrote each food item directly on the table~

The menu consisted of cheese, crackers, fresh fruits, bread for olive oil and balsamic dips, stuffed olives, meatballs, dried fruits and nuts, orzo pasta salad, baked brie, and dried apricots/dates wrapped in prosciutto!

The kid food table offered p.b.&j. triangles, fruit kabobs, goldfish and string cheese

A wooden wine crate held Crushers and juice ~

The kiddos played 'Pin the Tie on Ty'~

We ordered a Costco poster of Ty, made white, cardstock ties, and each kiddo wrote their name on the tie, and decorated with stickers, foam shapes, and crayons.