First birthday.... Eeek!

[erbear]

Holy hell, I went to book the shelter I wanted for LO's birthday and it was booked within 24 hours! So I checked my next choices - all booked for June 18th! I got a shelter for June 25th now. I booked the first one that popped up!

[baytosa2013]

I'm not really doing a theme..not sure what I'd call it if it was one lol. It's more of a color scheme and it's girly and pretty. It will be at our house and we have some family and my BFF flying in. Here are some of my inspiration pins. I'm ordering tissue paper this week and looking at invites on etsy to print. I'll be doing the shades of pink, gold and shades of mint and turquoise

[musicfrk2002]

I think we are still planning on a cookie monster theme. It will be a lot of etsy/DIY since everything seems to be full Sesame Street theme out there. I'm hoping to stop by to book the shelter near my parents' house tomorrow...hopefully it's available still for June 11th.

[pghtruelove]

After a ton of pintrest research we have decided to change our theme to Hoppy Birthday(bunny theme). We will be getting a lot of our decorations next week since Easter stuff will be on sale.

[belle0720]

pghtruelove genius!

[megeliz1]

Mar 21, 2016 20:48:26 GMT -5 baytosa2013 said:

I'm not really doing a theme..not sure what I'd call it if it was one lol. It's more of a color scheme and it's girly and pretty. It will be at our house and we have some family and my BFF flying in. Here are some of my inspiration pins. I'm ordering tissue paper this week and looking at invites on etsy to print. I'll be doing the shades of pink, gold and shades of mint and turquoise

We did this cake for DD1's first birthday a year ago. Reminds me a little of your inspiration cake!

[cnumbers]

We're are just planning a small family gathering I think. There will be party hats and balloons and cake! I have to start scouting pinterest for inspiration. We are looking forward to it more than he is, the poor kid!. I have no idea on themes as of yet.

[bookninja]

Mar 20, 2016 19:49:25 GMT -5 periwinkledaydreams said:

All I know is she is obsessed with Mickey Mouse, like legitimately squeals with joy at the sight of this dude, so its no contest on a theme. That part was easy!

That's funny, J does that too... Just kicks and sqee's at the opening of Mickey Mouse clubhouse!!
That will be our theme too... I don't have much planned beyond a BBQ... Although I'm trying to get DH to make these for decor...

And DH and I have a bet on whether she'll be walking by 1... Winner gets to pick the cake flavor.

[gilder40]

Hey y'all!! I'm here!! I'm sorry I've been totally MIA the last week or two. I got a new student that is giving me a run for my money. That combined with a new work schedule for H, and I'm worn out.

T's birthday is May 4th. Is she the earliest? We've thought of going with a Star Wars theme, but I don't know for sure. We won't be doing it until the end of May once I'm out of school. We get out like May 22nd, and I've got SO much to do in April with state testing and everything else that I can't adequately plan for a beginning of the month party. Plus, H's sister graduates high school mid May, and his older sister will be in town the end of the month. Oh, and H's 30th bday is mid-April, and I DNW to plan two parties back to back. It would drive me nuts and my wallet would hate me.

[sabrinaml]

Right now my plan is a small backyard BBQ. No theme yet (if at all.) I've tried turning in different shows for C and nothing seems to catch his attention. I have a Pinterest board started but it's mostly photography ideas.

[carolyngrace]

I'm totally going to turn DB's swing into a butterfly so people can put their babies/kids in it and take a picture as a butterfly. Like, attach the wings to the back of it. I'm not sure what to make them out of so that they're sturdy enough though... I guess big sheets of construction paper? Not sure.

I also want to make a piñata shaped like a cocoon, but my sister and DH insist that's over the top, since DB can't hit a pinata yet. I still want to do it.

[ashbash]

mrsmonogrammed I was in Hobby Lobby today, if you have one near you they had lots of cute lemonade stuff! We did pink lemonade for DD1 first birthday and it turned out adorable. If I can find he cake recipe we used Ill share it because it was insanely good

[mrsmonogrammed]

Mar 24, 2016 18:49:09 GMT -5 ashbash said:

mrsmonogrammed I was in Hobby Lobby today, if you have one near you they had lots of cute lemonade stuff! We did pink lemonade for DD1 first birthday and it turned out adorable. If I can find he cake recipe we used Ill share it because it was insanely good

i was actually headed there tomorrow to get some crafting supplies, I'll have to hunt down the lemonade things! And definitely share the recipe if you find it, please:)

[musicfrk2002]

carolyngrace maybe make the wings out of chicken wire? I would think construction paper wouldn't last long...

[mrsmonogrammed]

Mar 24, 2016 18:38:41 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

I'm totally going to turn DB's swing into a butterfly so people can put their babies/kids in it and take a picture as a butterfly. Like, attach the wings to the back of it. I'm not sure what to make them out of so that they're sturdy enough though... I guess big sheets of construction paper? Not sure.

I also want to make a piñata shaped like a cocoon, but my sister and DH insist that's over the top, since DB can't hit a pinata yet. I still want to do it.

Or what's about those thick poster boards? You know tha ones with the little bit of foam in the middle of 2 sides that look like regular poster board? I wish I knew the proper name...

[gilder40]

mrsmonogrammed it's called foam board lol. I only know this because I had to use a crap ton of it to construct a castle when I was in elementary school.

[gilder40]

carolyngrace you could use wire and shape it into wings, then use brightly colored taffeta or deco mesh from Hobby Lobby to make the colored parts of the wings.

[mrsmonogrammed]

Mar 25, 2016 6:39:50 GMT -5 gilder40 said:

mrsmonogrammed it's called foam board lol. I only know this because I had to use a crap ton of it to construct a castle when I was in elementary school.

LOL I probably should have used context clues to figure that one out....thank you for helping out my foggy morning brain. At least I can blame it on the fact that I haven't had any caffeine yet, right?

[holliberry28]

Would do you guys think of a Woodland themed One-derland? Turquoise, orange, and green balloons, some tree bark if I can find on etsy, and wildflowers in mason jars? Plus some foxes, deers, owls, etc. Kid friendly enough? M is going to be the only baby there and it'll be mostly adults but I don't want to look like I don't give a shit either.

[billyhorrible]

holliberry28 - It sounds super cute. I wouldn't worry too much about it being kid friendly if your guests are mostly adults. Although I think short of porn, almost anything can be made kid friendly.

[tiffbot]

I've been thinking about this more lately. We'll be doing a backyard BBQ at home, and it'll most likely just be a vintagey colour scheme. Like I kinda made up an idea of something like this in my head for cupcakes:

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I'm not a super talented cake artist yet, but doing the cake myself for them is really important to me and something I always want to do for them. I usually get an idea for the cake and work around that for decorations.

[mrsmonogrammed]

tiffbot those cupcakes are so pretty!!

holliberry28 I love that theme! You don't even have to go too crazy since it will be mostly adults. Some colored napkin, plates, and silverware, with a few balloons and maybe a woodland create "happy birthday" banner and you're set!

[tjanca22]

musicfrk2002 was it you that was planning a Cookie Monster theme? Sorry if I'm thinking of the wrong person but this was the first thing to pop up on my Pinterest just now and I knew someone here was planning that theme. Link: houseofyumm.com/cookie-monster-bark/

[ashbash]

Mar 24, 2016 19:19:13 GMT -5 mrsmonogrammed said:

Mar 24, 2016 18:49:09 GMT -5 ashbash said:

mrsmonogrammed I was in Hobby Lobby today, if you have one near you they had lots of cute lemonade stuff! We did pink lemonade for DD1 first birthday and it turned out adorable. If I can find he cake recipe we used Ill share it because it was insanely good

i was actually headed there tomorrow to get some crafting supplies, I'll have to hunt down the lemonade things! And definitely share the recipe if you find it, please:)

www.bhg.com/recipe/pink-lemonade-cake/

Found it!

[musicfrk2002]

Mar 25, 2016 15:42:08 GMT -5 tjanca22 said:

musicfrk2002 was it you that was planning a Cookie Monster theme? Sorry if I'm thinking of the wrong person but this was the first thing to pop up on my Pinterest just now and I knew someone here was planning that theme. Link: houseofyumm.com/cookie-monster-bark/

It is indeed me! I saw this already I think, but not quite sure what we are doing in regards to any type of food yet.