birthday planning for cupcake

I have already started brainstorming Ri's 1st birthday.
 I know. I am crazy. It is 5 4.5 months away but here is the deal: I work full time August-May, and with September kicking off football season (we don't mess with Southern football, ya'll), it would be smart of me to get a lot of her party deets covered this summer while I am on break.

Plus, with her only turning one, the theme can pretty much be all up to me. She won't know the difference; as long as there are toys and food, she is good.
Ya feel me?!

Ri's day-mom (I hate the word "sitter" and "nanny" for so many reasons) has always called her "Cupcake." Ironically, we gave my mom a pink cupcake on her birthday last year, when we found out we were having a girl. Also, Ri's initals are framed on the wall in her nursery, with the letter "C" having a cupcake printed on it. Cheesy coincidences? Maybe. But who freakin' doesn't like cupcakes!? 

I took the cupcake theme just a bit further with the idea of more of a "Sweets Shop" to give us more options to play around with. Here is an inspiration board I put together to jump start the planning. 

With a plan like this, it seems easy enough, but looks like I have a lot of DIY in my summer's future! I look forward to starting to process and posting about the projects! 

Items for purchase and optional vendors:

Straws, paper goods, twine, balloons & milk jugs: The TomKat Studio