We decided to through Amelia a BIG "Gotcha Day" celebration for her adoption finalization. Im not sure how much, if any, of this party Amelia will remember but we mainly wanted to have it as a thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout her adoption process. It was kind of a thank you party I guess.
The theme was "It's Legit!"
The invitations were AMAZING, a sweet new Instagram friend did the designing and I was blown away. (Again, another separate post just for the invites will happen).
There were over 85 people who came to celebrate with Amelia. It was such a special night for all of us. Unfortunately, we didn't get a lot of photos of the night. I think everyone was having too much fun visiting with each other to even think about snapping photos.
I DIY'd all of the decorations with neon office supplies :) This was super cheap way to make things cute and part of our neon theme.
I used garage sale stickers on the cups and plates ($1 for a pack of like 500).
I used neon tape from Target's Kid Made Modern line to add words and designs all over the wall. We even had a special little hashtag for social media photo posting so that I could easily find everyone's pictures :)
I cut up neon computer labels for the printer into triangles and stuck them all over our plain white tablecloths. The 3-D triangles were made out of printer paper by my sister's high school art students.
The little buntings and banners that were everywhere were cut from post-it notes.
The little flags on the paper straws were from post it notes as well :) Easy Peasy decorating my friends.
We rented a photobooth for the occasion so that Amelia would have photos of all of the guests who came to celebrate with her. We had a photo booth at our wedding and loved it, but we didn't think that it would be affordable for a party. I did a ton of researching and emailing and found the most amazing photo booth company ever. This company, 2 Chics and a Photobooth, is AMAZING. I highly recommend them for any event. Their prices are more than reasonable for what they are offering and they are wonderful people to work with. I instantly fell in love with them. I will use them for every party I have in the future for sure.
Here are just a couple of the photos from the night. Each session prints out two strips, one for you to keep and one to place in Amelia's guest book where they can write a message next to it!
Poor Amelia was probably seeing spots for a few days after that night :) Everyone wanted pictures with the guest of honor :)
Another little bonus that we had for the party was a cupcake truck!! We loved going to Food Truck Fridays this summer and loved the idea of a food trucks. I was looking at the website of our favorite cupcake truck, The Sweet Divine, and noticed that they did private parties as well!
Plus, they won Cupcake Wars :)
Anyway, again, a few emails with their sweet sweet owner, it was a done deal. Again, the price for what you are getting is soooo affordable and fun. It's something totally unique and it was a hit at the party. The owners are absolutely adorable and their cupcakes are beyond amazing.
