party girl

So, we celebrated the babies birthday this past weekend. It's hard to believe that she is already one year old. I was busy, busy, busy trying to get all the decorations and party favors done, which is not easy with two little running around. Thankfully my mom flew in early in the week and she helped me get everything under control.

Here's a picture of the birthday girl with the cake and cupcakes that my mom made for her.


My mom did such a great job. The cake was so adorable that I couldn't bring myself to let the baby eat it...so she just blew out the candle. The cake is still sitting on our kitchen counter.

These are the sugar cookie party favors and ladybug tags that I made.


I also made the birthday banner and tissue paper pom pom's. I first spied the idea for the banner over at Petunia's lovely blog and fell in love with it. We had a great time hanging out with our friends and family and celebrating our babies special day.

Ladybug

So, the little munchkin is already turning one next week. We are having a small party for her with a ladybug theme. I came across this idea for an invitation. I liked the idea of the wings opening up to reveal all the party details, but I didn't want to use brass tacks. I decided to keep the wings one piece and sew them instead. I changed the invite quite a bit but here is the finished product.I barely got the invitations out on time....tomorrow I'm working on a birthday banner and a table cloth. There is so much to do!