All tagged First Birthday

O-FISH-ALLY ONE BANNER

So this was a really cute banner I made for Emily’s youngest’s first birthday. It was a fishing themed party, and he is O-FISH-ally ONE! The saying was also mentioned on his birthday party invite. With the way we did the font, there was not a good way to add the dashes, but I still think with the spacing it was adorable. I used a bobber for the “o” in one, and she decorated the wall with blue balloons to go along with the theme. This is also where he ate his smash cake!

Fishing Bobber "One" Bib

My best friend’s baby just turned one! It is so hard to believe he is already one. She decided to do a fishing themed birthday party and asked me to make a few things for it. One of those things was a bib. She wanted it to say “ONE”, but for the O to be a fishing bobber. Check it out below along with pictures from his smash cake at his birthday party!

First Birthday Party Food

For Melody's First Birthday Party, I really struggled with what food to have at her party.  We knew we would have cake and an ice cream sundae buffet, but I wasn't really sure what to do about other food or if I should even have other food.  We planned to have about 30 people or so, and we opted for a party at 2 pm.  So we knew we would not need heavy food, but I wanted some sort of appetizers for everyone to snack on.  I contemplated continuing with the ice cream theme, but I wasn't exactly sure how to do that.  So we opted for some various finger foods.  I also was sure to include a few things I knew Melody and some of the other kids could have.

Ice Cream Cone Favors

Melody's first birthday party was an ice cream themed party.  I wanted to do some cute favors to go along with the theme.  I found all kinds of things I considered doing.  I went back and forth on which type of favors to do.  Do I do fun favors?  Do I do edible favors?  Do I do favors I can make weeks in advance?  Do I do favors I have to make the day before?  So many decisions.  In the end I decided I wanted what was going to be the cutest!

Ice Cream Sundae Buffet

Melody's first birthday party was an ice cream themed party.  Because of this theme, I knew I would need to incorporate ice cream into the party.  Traditionally, people include ice cream to simply go along with the cake, but I wanted something more.  So I decided to come up with a way to have an ice cream buffet!  

Birthday Guestbook

For Melody's First Birthday, I wanted a simple guestbook.  I contemplated whether a guestbook was even necessary, but I really wanted something to document everyone there.  I came up with many ideas, but they all were becoming either way to complicated OR I had no clue what I would do with the guestbook when the party was over.  So I opted for simplicity.

Melody is ONE!

Melody turned one May 25!  She celebrated with a party earlier that week, but on her actual birthday we were able to celebrate with her just the three of us.  Here is how her day went!

Donut Grow Up

My best friend's little girl, Lydia, turned one on May 13.  She decided to do a donut themed birthday party built around the phrase "Donut Grow Up".  How adorable is that?  She had a few ideas that she wanted me to do for her using my Silhouette Cameo machine.  All of these were her ideas, I just designed and cut them.

Happy Birthday Banner

When planning Melody's First Birthday Party, I almost forgot about having some sort of signage that actually said Happy Birthday!  It finally hit me that I probably needed something somewhere. When planning out decor, I noticed that the wall above the cake was going to be empty aside from the lanterns I planned to hang and some balloons.  So I decided to come up with something using my Silhouette Cameo.

Fireplace Streamers

Melody's first birthday party was an ice cream themed party.  The colors were general pastel with the focus on pink, blue, and yellow.  I planned for her to have her smash cake in front of our fireplace so that everyone could see it.  I also wanted to open gifts in this same location.  I knew for gifts we would be sitting down, so I wanted to find some sort of decor that would cover up the actual fireplace.  I already had banners and balloons for the mantel.  I did some searching online and found where someone used streamers to cover their fireplace, so I decided to attempt that!

Melody's FIRST Birthday Party

I have said this many times, but it is truly so hard to believe our little baby is ONE!  I wanted a fun themed birthday party for Melody, but I didn't want to do a theme that she may want to do one day in the future.  So Brad and I came up with an ice cream themed party.  I personally loved the end result of the party, and it seemed to go over well with our family and friends.  Below are some general birthday party pictures.  This was a very DIY party, so I plan to post about all of the mini-projects that were involved.  I will link them as they are posted, so be on the lookout for those if you are interested!