Cupcakes + Cocktails 2nd Birthday

 It was party time at the gparent's house this past weekend when my oldest guy turned TWO! Here's the handsome little guy.

I bought his birthday crown from Etsy last year. I found his born TWO ride motorcycle shirt a few months ago and used it for my color inspiration.

We decided to do another low-key, family and long time friends party. I still haven't mustered up the guts to take on a kids' party. And with this season of stress and too-much, I'm totally okay keeping it low-key until he gets a bit older. But at least I played it up just a little more compared to last year. I actually got a theme and color scheme. Major steps, I know. I went with "Cupcakes + Cocktails" for our theme and with red and white as the colors. It also happened to tie into the season too! Both actually simplified my planning a ton. 

Guess what we served? Yup, cupcakes and cocktails. Simple as that. 

W was in charge of making icing & topping the cupcakes a friend and I had made earlier in the week {and froze}. The menu called for two different types of cream cheese frosting: Peppermint and Vanilla. Thanks to pinterest, I found this fabulous yummy blog called Glorious Treats, where I also used her cupcake recipes.

We had a cupcake bar...

Recognize any decorations?! Yup, simple again. I pulled most of our red and white Christmas decorations and moved them to my parents! I also grabbed Ezra's picture frames from his room, and my two cake stands. The table linens are felt leftovers. 

The only two things I actually created were the spray-painted picture frame for the menu and the 'Happy Birthday' sign. Thanks again to pinterest, I printed out the sign on white cardstock, cut out the letters with an exacto-knife and taped red scrapbook paper to the back. Then I hung it with red tulle.

And the cocktail bar...

The bartender was very generous with the Berry Merry Xmas cocktail. I had one and it was one too many. Then again, I'm such a light-weight.

We all had a great time! And were so blessed to have so many people who love our little guy!