All tagged Melody's First Birthday
I wanted the invitations for Melody's first birthday to be super cute. The theme was ice cream, so I had to incorporate that for sure. I designed an ice cream cone using my Silhouette Cameo and used it throughout the party. I thought using it on the invitation would be perfect.
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.
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!
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!
Melody's first birthday party was an ice cream themed party. I designed an ice cream cone in the Silhouette software then I used that as a staple throughout the party. One of the things I did was create banners using it. Check them out below.
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 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!
For Melody's First Birthday Party, I really wanted a chalkboard listing things all about her. I have seen this at so many other first birthdays, and I thought it was an adorable idea.
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.
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!
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!
