Luci's Pastel Balloon Cake Smash

When it’s your birthday, why not go all in? Luci went face first into the cake, and it was priceless!

We celebrated Luci’s first birthday with a simple pastel themed cake smash. A balloon garland, confetti, and ONE letters came together for a minimalist look to make this sweet birthday girl the star of the show. Plus, her tutu matched the decor perfectly — I love it when it all comes together like that! Doesn’t she look like a real life Cabbage Patch Doll???

We captured family portraits with the birthday girl, just like we do for all of our cake smash sessions. In the warm weather I love heading outdoors to a park just a few miles from the studio. It was the perfect location to let these sisters cuddle, giggle, and just be all-around adorable together!

Those two bottom teeth peeking out just kill me! One of the things I love most about photographing the baby stage is showing the babies in transition — with just a few teeth in a gummy mouth, their first curl, those cute leg rolls that will disappear once they start walking, or the most adorable finger and elbow dimples. All of these details are classically BABY, and they are details you’ll want to remember long after they are gone.

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A Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Cake Smash for Carter

Another Baby Planner celebrated his first birthday with a cake smash at our Saratoga Springs portrait studio! I loved celebrating Carter’s first year with his family, and it’s hard to believe that this sweet boy is already ONE! Actually, he’s one and then some — we had to postpone a few times due to covid, but it was definitely worth the wait to capture these adorable portraits!

We planned a timeless and neutral Twinkle Twinkle Little Star cake smash theme for the birthday boy, using all cream and gold in the decor. It really makes Carter pop as the star of the show, don’t you think?

Read more about my obsession with neutral colors in the studio here!

Carter wore the cutest outfit with shorts & suspenders, and I love how classic it looked with the setup. These portraits are going to be timeless 20 years from now, and they will never go out of style!

He dug right into his cake and he really smashed it! The wooden spoon was a big hit and kept him busy!

We finished Carter’s session with a bathtub splash in our white clawfoot tub. Carter loved his bubble bath, and this cute photo of him singing (below) will be hanging on the wall in his family’s bathroom to make them smile every day.

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A Secret Garden Theme Cake Smash

Sweet little Kinsley is our latest Baby Planner to celebrate her first year with a cake smash! I’ve loved watching this adorable baby girl grow this year, from a tiny one-day old baby in the hospital to a spunky 1-year old who loves running around with her big brother’s monster trucks, it’s always such a joy watching these little ones grow as we capture all of their milestones in the first year.

We planned a Secret Garden theme cake smash at our Saratoga Springs portrait studio, and the lavender backdrop, beautiful greenery and peonies, and window frame as a garden gate came together perfectly for this sweet session. Add in the cutest little baby and a rose gold outfit, and it was all too cute!

Click here to see big brother’s cake smash from 2018!

Kinsley was hesitant about her cake, but before long she was covered in frosting! Her big brother helped her dig in, and then she was 100% all about it!

Looooove that cute little smile!

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A Summertime Family Portrait Session in Saratoga Springs with an Outdoor Cake Smash

What a cute family!  This mama was excited to capture some summertime portraits for a mommy & me session, and she dressed her little ones in coordinating nautical outfits to match the dress that she found for her daughter.  We had a blast running around Spa State Park for their portrait session, and the kids were all smiles.

I always love capturing a few extra special mom & baby portraits, and I love how cuddly Ronan was with his mama!  Just look at his adorable little smile, and those cute baby teeth!

We celebrated Ronan’s first birthday with an outdoor cake smash! We typically do our cake smash sessions in our Saratoga Springs studio, but due to the reopening restrictions after covid and the timeline of this session, we opted for an outdoor session for everyone’s health & safety. It did not disappoint! We did a fun little beachy theme for the birthday boy, and he loved digging into his cake!

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Family Portraits at SPAC and First Birthday Portraits

Ahhhh, it’s outdoor family portrait season again! I love our outdoor family sessions, and one of my favorite portrait locations in Saratoga Springs is in Spa State Park near SPAC and the Hall of Springs. There are so many gorgeous areas filled with beautiful greenery, pretty textures, and curvy pathways that photograph so beautifully.

I was excited to see this family of five for their portrait session. Their littlest, David, recently turned one and we did a cute little birthday setup at the end with a vintage wooden high chair and a mess-free wooden cake!

This family has been coming to me for years for their portrait sessions (ever since little miss Julia turned one!), and I love seeing how comfortable the kids are with me and the camera now. They had so much fun laughing and running around, and we captured some of their favorite-ever family portraits that I know they are going to enjoy for many, many years!

The wooden cake! How adorable is this?!?!

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Floral Cake Smash Inspiration - A few of Our Favorites with this popular theme!

The most requested cake smash theme that we get here at the studio is FLORAL CAKE SMASH. It is perfect for little girls, and it is so simple, timeless, and sweet. I absolutely love designing floral cake smash setups, and it’s always a fun challenge to make each one unique. Here we’re sharing a few of our favorite floral cake smash designs for inspiration for your little one’s upcoming first birthday portrait session!

This hanging floral wall had a nice bohemian vibe, and I loved how clean and elegant it looked with these tiny little rosebuds!

The fresh purple hydrangeas cut from the front yard on my way to this birthday girl’s portrait session were the perfect finishing touch to her tea party cake smash!

More fresh florals! You can never go wrong with fresh blooms!

This sweet girl’s mama made her flower crown, and I designed the balloon garland with greenery to match!

Our paper flower backdrop really sparkled with a little gold bling!

More pretty peonies for an English garden theme.

Some-bunny is one! This perfectly springtime theme wouldn’t have been complete without gorgeous flowers and greenery!

I love how versatile our garlands are for weaving different flowers into them!

Crepe paper flowers were a nice touch for a flower wall filled with fluffy peonies!

Floral hoops for a bit of a boho vibe!

This is the paper flower backdrop that started it all! It is our most re-pinned image on Pinterest, and the DIY tutorial is the most viewed blog post on our website!

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Grayson Turns Two! A School Bus Cake Smash for My Little Guy

My sweet little boy turned TWO this month, and I still can’t believe it!

We celebrated with his favorite thing of all time — SCHOOL BUSES! Grayson is absolutely obsessed with school buses, and he points out every single bus we pass when we’re in the car. The hardest thing about the quarantine for him? There are no school buses on the roads, and he never gets to go out in the car, either! He’ll be so excited when he starts spotting them all over town in the fall again!

Grayson wore the cutest little outfit with suspenders and a bowtie, and I couldn’t even believe how much he smiled for the camera. Normally he’s hesitant around the camera, but he brought all of the grins and laughs this day. He dug right into his cake, which is the first time that has ever happened with him! I did three cake smashes for him last year (perks of being a photographer’s kid!) and he didn’t like the cake for any of them. But this time, he got out some big chunks, picked up the whole cake, and got a little bit messy!

This sweet boy is so full of personality, and it really shows! He loves being silly and making others laugh, and he really let that shine for his portraits. Love him so much!

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An Easter Bunny Cake Smash Session

Who says cake smashes are just for one year olds? Clark is turning TWO and we had so much fun with his birthday session!

We start all of our cake smash sessions with family portraits, and I loved capturing these sweet brothers together for some playful family portraits at our Saratoga Springs studio. There were lots of tickles and laughs, and so many beautiful, natural smiles!

We planned a pastel Easter bunny cake smash for the birthday boy, and I loved this colorful balloon garland with bunny balloons. I couldn’t bear to pop it after the session, and it’s been hanging in our dining room all month! Can you believe that these balloons last for weeks & weeks?!?!

Clark was a big fan of his cake, and he dug right into it and loved going after the really big bites!

Big brother Zak joined in for a few bites, too!

We finished with a very cheerful bathtub splash!

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A Pink, Lavender & Peach Cake Smash with Balloon Garland

You guyssss!!! This is one of my favorite cake smash balloon garlands to date. I love this combination of soft pink, lavender, and peach, and it was so perfect for Lyla’s first birthday portrait session at our Saratoga Springs studio.

She wore the most adorable lace and tulle dress, an Amazon find that we see often on baby girls in the studio, and a recommended dress in our What to Wear/Where to Shop for your Cake Smash post!

Seriously. How cute is this joyful baby?!?! So adorable.

What I love about this dress is that it’s short enough for babies to move around in without getting caught under their legs when they’re trying to crawl or stand up. Lyla was able to move about happily, and once we gave her a spoon she was all smiles! (until the very end, when we captured a really cute sad face!)

Bathtub splashes save the day! Our baby-sized clawfoot tub is the most requested prop in the studio, and for good reason! It’s perfect for little ones who love the water, and it’s 100% cute.

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A Bright & Bold Balloon Garland Cake Smash for Oliver

Another Baby Planner has turned one! I met Oliver when he was still in the hospital for a Fresh 48 session, and I’ve loved documenting this sweet boy’s milestones this year through our Baby Plan. And now he is officially a toddler!

We started off his birthday session with some family portraits to celebrate surviving their first year of parenthood. These are always such fun family portraits, and I love seeing Oliver’s playful personality!

Doesn’t he look like such a big kid here?!?!

We planned a colorful cake smash to fit his fun & vibrant personality. Lots of balloons made it extra festive, and the confetti balloons were especially fun! (Fun side note: when prepping the balloon garland in the studio with my 22-month old toddler at home, I had to tell him more than once not to sit on the confetti balloons because they would pop. Of course, guess which ones were his favorite to sit on?!?! BIG MESS!!)

Oliver dug right into his birthday cake, and we thought he was going to sit right on top of it, but somehow he managed to keep it in tact here!

He loved splashing in the clawfoot tub afterwards! So much fun for this sweet birthday boy!

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The Best Places to Shop for Cake Smash Outfits

If your little one’s birthday portraits are coming up, you’re probably wondering where to find the perfect outfit for their cake smash! Lucky for you, I have helped hundreds of families find adorable outfits for their little ones to wear during their portrait sessions, and I have so many tips for you!

Read on for some tips on what to look for, and at the end you’ll find a list of my favorite places to shop!

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Suspenders are sooooooo cute on little boys!

I especially love this look without a shirt to show off their cute baby bellies.

Choose fancier fabrics that photograph beautifully.

Tulle, lace, sweater knits, chiffon, ruffles, layers, and small patterns (like floral!). All of these have some texture and are so much more interesting than a plain cotton onesie!

Head to toe outfits.

I always photograph babies barefoot. Those cute baby toes are so classic, and shoes just look strange and awkward when they’re doing a cake smash. But don’t forget about their head! Maybe you want a cute little crown, birthday hat, headband, or floral halo.

You can find great outfits in the regular baby section at most stores!

For boys, jeans, knit pants, or even swim trunks (if they fit the theme like a pool party of underwater cake smash). For girls, look for rompers or short dresses, and make sure it’s easy for them to crawl around in and that the hem won’t get caught on their legs when crawling.

My favorite stores & websites for cake smash outfits!

Amazon. Seriously, they have soooooo many rompers, knit pants, little dresses, diaper covers, and even birthday hats! Plus, you can’t beat the 2 day shipping.

Jamie Kay. This online shop is filled with adorable rompers and knits for boys and girls in gorgeous, natural fabrics.

Lulu & Roo. Stripes are their specialty, and their outfits & colors are so cute!

Maisonette. Sooooo many unique options at this online children’s boutique, and I just love the details on all of their outfits!

Cora & Violet. They have plenty of whimsical rompers that will go beautifully with many themes.

Zara Kids. I especially love their sweater knits!

Baby Gap. Lots of great classics for pants, summer dresses, and swim trunks or swimsuits for a water theme.

Target - Cat & Jack. They often have cute outfits & one pieces that change almost monthly, and they are excellent quality & with unique details.

Carters. This is where I find knit pants for boys in neutral colors (white, navy, gray).

Primary. If you’re going for a more colorful theme and looking for basics that your child will be sure to wear again, head on over to primary.com and choose leggings or a romper in a color that matches your theme!

Trish Scully Child. Absolutely gorgeous dresses for little girls, with all of the feminine details that you are going to fall in love with! Lace, tulle, florals. Their dresses are so beautiful!

Janie & Jack. Classic looks that they will wear again, and beautifully made.

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How to Choose a Cake Smash Theme for Your Baby's First Birthday Portraits

When my son turned one I had the hardest time deciding what to do for his cake smash theme. I mean, seriously, I’m a cake smash photographer so you’d think this would be easy for me! But no.

I went back and forth with so many ideas and finally settled on one that tied into our family’s story. My husband and I spotted a llama in downtown Saratoga Springs on our very first date, and over the years it became a lucky find for us whenever we spotted a llama. So llamas were kind of our thing years before they became “trendy”, and we settled on a llama theme for our little boy! It worked out perfectly because he had so many llama books and toys, and it was now his thing, too!

So if you’re like me and you’re wondering how in the world to pick a theme or an idea for your child’s first birthday portrait session, don’t worry! This blog post is filled with ideas to inspire you!

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Just pick a color - no theme!

I love working with just a few colors and incorporating them into a festive setup with balloons, confetti, garlands, and cutouts.

PRO TIP: Choose the nursery colors and you’ll have the perfect spot to hang your portraits!

Pick a favorite song or book.

Baby Shark, Oh the Places You’ll Go (travel theme), Peter Rabbit, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star are just a few that we’ve done based on books and songs!

Special Holidays

Was your baby born on a special holiday or in a particular season? Incorporate that into the cake smash! Christmas, New Year’s, Winter Wonderland, Fourth of July, Spring, Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving (with a pumpkin pie smash). These are all a few fun ideas!

Nautical - always a popular theme!

This is definitely one of the most popular requests I get for boys, and I love customizing it for each baby!

Florals - another popular request!

Blush pink florals and peonies are always a popular request for little girls, and I love coming up with new ways to design the cake smash setups so that each one is unique. Here are a few favorites!

Favorite toys

Maybe your child has a favorite stuffed animal and you’re planning his birthday party to match. That’s how we came up with this panda bear theme!

Favorite family activities

Does your family love to go camping? Bake cookies? Have pool parties? Travel? Visit the farmer’s market? Make that a theme for a very unique session!

Still not sure what to choose? That’s why I’m here! I love helping families come up with the perfect idea for their baby’s cake smash, and I’m happy to help you, too!

But if you need more inspiration, here are a few on my wish list this year:

• Ice cream shop

• Farmer’s Market/Flower Market

• Cookies & Cream/Oreos

• New Year’s Eve

• Little aviator

• Pastel balloon wall

• Ballerinas

• White & Gold

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Best of 2019 Cake Smash Sessions with Saratoga Springs Baby Photographer

Whew, what a year it’s been! 2019 was filled with so many cake smash portrait sessions and I absolutely loved celebrating so many babies’ first birthdays at the studio. These sessions are always some of my favorites because they are filled with lots of creativity, hand-made backdrops, oh, and I did I mention there’s CAKE?!?!

My own baby boy turned one in 2019 and we did a few different sessions for him, but guess what? The cake smash photographer’s baby doesn’t really like cake! Go figure!

Today we’re sharing a glimpse into our 2019 Cake Smash Sessions with a “Best of 2019” blog post. Enjoy these fun first birthday celebrations!

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Usually our cake smash sessions take place indoors at the studio where we can spend hours setting up the backdrop ahead of time and control the lighting and temperature. However, we headed outdoors for two very special sessions at the beach this year — one for my son, and another for one of our Baby Planners, Holden!

Splish splash! A pool party theme & an under the sea/baby shark theme were so much fun to design!

This extra special cake smash was with FOUR BABIES who are all birthday buddies! These little ones were all born within a few weeks of each other and we shared so many play dates with them this year — my son Grayson is the second from the left!

We enjoyed both a pink and a blue travel theme this year!

Nursery rhymes and children’s books are popular themes! “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and Peter Rabbit were both so cute!

And of course, florals are always a popular request for our birthday babies! I love the challenge of finding new ways to bring this theme to life!

A few extra unique themes this year included llamas, fourth of July firecrackers, camp fires, and panda bears! I love the creativity that my clients bring to planning their sessions and choosing their themes, and it has been such a joy designing each of these sets and watching the babies bring the magic with their cakes!

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A Snoopy Inspired Cake Smash with Saratoga Springs Baby Photographer

Now this was definitely a unique theme for a studio cake smash this year — SNOOPY! This family loves Snoopy, and they even did this as a baby shower theme before their son was born! So when it came time to plan his first year cake smash, they knew right away what they wanted to do for his portraits.

First we started with family portraits at the Hall of Springs in Saratoga Springs. It’s only 2 miles from the studio, and it’s one of the most versatile locations for family portraits, especially when we’re going to head back to the studio afterwards for the cake smash!

The birthday boy LOVED the camera, and he had so much fun playing and showing off his blossoming personality! I love all of the smiles that we captured!

And now, it’s time for SNOOPY! We pulled it all together with a beautiful balloon garland in colors to match his nursery.

He dug right into his cake, and he gave us the most adorable expressions throughout his cake smash!

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Sea, Sun, and CAKE! Holden's Cake Smash at the Beach with Cape Cod Baby Photographer

How is this sweet boy already ONE?!?!

It feels like we were just welcoming him to the studio for his newborn portraits. Then we blinked and it was time for his 6 month milestone session. And now suddenly this Baby Planner is one and we’re celebrating his first birthday with a cake smash at the same beach where we did his mama’s maternity portraits a year earlier!

This was my first cake smash in the sand at one of my favorite beaches on Cape Cod, and it was so much fun! This coastal family loves everything about the beach, and it was only fitting that we tie that into every single one of their son’s portrait sessions during the first year.

When I mentioned the idea of doing his cake smash at the beach, his mom was so excited and started envisioning her sweet boy smashing his birthday cake on the boardwalk where they had posed as a family of four a short year earlier. And now, can you even handle how much cuteness is packed into one portrait?!?!

These big brothers dote on their little brother, and Holden soaks it up! He is such a happy baby, and I love watching the ways that his family showers him in love!

When planning a cake smash at the beach, figuring out what to wear is simple — a swimsuit, of course! Holden looked adorable in his little swim trunks, and they showed off his cute belly and arm rolls to celebrate this stage of “babyhood on the brink of toddlerhood” that he is in right now!

This boy LOVED the frosting!!!

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Aiden's Campfire Cake Smash with Saratoga Springs Baby Photographer

Look who’s ONE!

Another NSP Baby celebrated his first birthday, and I can’t believe that Aiden is one already!

We started with family portraits on one of my favorite neighborhood streets in downtown Saratoga Springs. I love the colors and layers that the houses and porches add to our photographs, and I’m always excited when a family is eager for a non-traditional location for their family portraits. Sidewalks are some of my favorite places for portraits, and this family shows us just how beautiful these spots can be for families!

Then we headed back to the studio for the birthday boy’s cake smash! His mama wanted a colorful campfire theme, with a cake made to look like a giant toasted marshmallow. I love how it all came together with the pine trees, starry night backdrop, buffalo plaid tent, and the campfire!

Aiden loved it, too!

Hahaha, we all laughed so hard when he took the most massive bite of cake! This little guy was REALLY into his cake smash, and he was so much fun to watch!

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A Sailboat Cake Smash for Baby Jonas with Saratoga Springs Baby Photographer

It’s always such an honor to watch babies grow and photograph them throughout their first year, and it amazes me every single time just how quickly a year can pass, and how much these little babies can change in twelve months!

I feel like it was just last month that we were snuggling Jonas during his newborn session, and now he’s ONE!

We celebrated his first birthday with family portraits at the Hall of Springs in Saratoga. The studio is only two miles from here, and it’s one of my favorite spots to meet at before the cake smash because there are so many gorgeous and unique locations within the park for family portraits.

Jonas was in the best mood, super curious and playful. And just so happy & smiley in every single photo!

Then we headed back to the studio for a nautical cake smash. This year we had a few coastal elements and colors in his newborn and milestone sessions, and it was perfect to weave those same colors into his cake smash so that all of his portraits will complement each other up on the walls of their home.

Jonas LOVED eating his cake with a spoon, and we captured so many cute moments of him enjoying all of the frosting!

Time for a bathtub splash, and so many more smiles! Honestly, he had to have been one of the happiest cake smash babies I have ever photographed!

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Our Latest baby plan graduate - a pretty floral cake smash for Ella

We have another Baby Plan graduate! And ohhhhh my goodness, she is just perfectly adorable and the cutest little one year old you ever did see!

If you haven’t heard about our Baby Plan, it’s a way to celebrate all of your little one’s milestones with beautiful portraits throughout the first year. From a newborn session, to a sitter session, all the way through a cake smash with family portraits at the end of the year! We even include maternity portraits, making it FOUR SESSIONS to document all of the special moments in your baby’s first twelve months. I love working with our Baby Plan clients so much, and I only take on a few per month to give them all the attention they deserve!

Ella turned one, and she was very excited about it! We started with family portraits, soaking up the last rays of sunshine of the summer while celebrating her first steady steps with mom and dad.

Then we headed back to the studio for a very special cake smash filled with fluffy pink peonies and twinkle lights — two of my favorite things!

Don’t you just love those cute little rolls on her arms? And the finger dimples make my heart melt! So, so sweet!

We finished her session with a bathtub splash, and she loved getting all sudsy and playing with the rubber duckie!

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A Panda Bear Cake Smash with Saratoga Springs Baby Photographer

I love starting our first birthday sessions with family portraits, and I was so excited to welcome this family back to the studio for their son’s cake smash by starting first with some gorgeous family portraits at the Hall of Springs in Saratoga Springs. It’s only 2 miles from our studio, and it’s filled with so many unique and beautiful spots for your family’s photos!

Jackson let his fun-loving personality shine! His favorite color is yellow, so his parents dressed him in all the yellow and even asked to incorporate his favorite hue into the cake smash decor. I love that!!

We celebrated Jackson’s first birthday with a panda bear cake smash! Bamboo backdrop, panda bears & bamboo on his cake, and yellow paper lanterns for a festive touch. I absolutely adore how this set came together, and Jackson LOVED his cake, too!

Most babies get really excited when we hand them a wooden spoon partway through the cake smash, and Jackson loved digging into his cake with the spoon and watching the frosting fly everywhere when he was smashing it!

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About Nicole Starr Photography 

Nicole Starr specializes in newborn, baby & family photography and has been serving families in New York and Massachusetts since 2012.  She has a portrait studio in Saratoga Springs, NY for families in the Capital Region.  Nicole also works with families year round at her Attleboro, MA portrait studio, and on location May through October in Boston and on Cape Cod.  Nicole has a clean and classic style, and the studio is filled with neutrals and luxe fabrics.  We use very minimal props to keep the focus on your perfect little baby.  Our sessions are relaxed and fun, and we’ll enjoy an hour together (or up to 3 hours for a newborn session!) laughing, cuddling, and capturing authentic smiles and belly laughs with your little ones.

A red, white, and blue firework cake smash for a 4th of July baby!

Fourth of July babies are one of my favorite themes for the summertime!

Baby Axel was born on July 3, and I loved celebrating this little firecracker’s first birthday with a red, white, and blue cake smash. This gorgeous fabric flag is one of my favorite props that I’ve made (see it in last year’s cake smash with Oscar!) , and I spray painted fireworks on the floor for an extra special touch for the birthday boy.

Axel LOVED his cake! He was the happiest baby and he was all smiles and giggles once he tasted the frosting. He truly was the most efficient cake smasher that I have ever had the pleasure of photographing. I always like to look back at the timestamp on my camera for quick babies like this one, and he spent 8 minutes from start to finish with his cake, and less than 1.5 minutes in the tub! In the end we got a full gallery of smiles, laughs, and lots of cute little expressions from the birthday boy.

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