First Birthday Party - LadyBug extravaganza!!!

My little one recently celebrated her first birthday! I figure soon she'll be picking the theme to her parties (princesses, dora, etc) so I took this opportunity to pick a theme that I could run with. You know I love to plan parties!!

After designing a lady bug invitation for a friends baby shower and she did not pick it as the final design. I knew I had to create the lady bug invitation for Emma's birthday and the Ladybug theme was born!!

Here is the invitation I sent out:

You can buy these invitations in my Etsy shop here:

LadyBug Invitations

I had it in my head that I would create most of the paper decorations myself and try to get most of the other party items from Etsy.  I then got crazy busy and ended up relying on wonderful Etsy artists for most everything!

Decorations

The top banner "Happy Birthday" Banner was made by: Expressions by Devin

I made the photo banner of Emma with one photo from each month of the year and used

scalloped circles with ladybugs and the month that were created by: Ciao Bambino

Emma's highchair was decorated with a personalized banner also by: Expressions by Devin

Expressions by Devin also made the flowers that I used for the centerpieces. 

I got the little tin pails at Michaels and adorned them with ribbon and a custom sticker from 

The Art Of Joy

These stickers were great and I used them on the party favors and cups as well. 

Made by The Art of Joy

I had a lady bug basket made by Baskets by Elaina and placed the utensils in it.

The Snoop Dog

I even decorated my dog! 

Snoopy got his very own lady bug collar just for the event

Made by Coley's Collars

(he really is excited!)

There were also many items I got from Etsy that I forgot to take pictures of but I don't want to leave them out. Here they all are:

I got a custom crown for Emma (which she refused to wear! :( ) Made by Two Little Bluebirds

I got this cute Onesie by Knitty Bitty Apparel  for her to wear for part of the party:

(I forgot to take pictures of her in it but it was so cute on!)

The little girls at the party got these clippies made by in their goody buckets
Made by: 2darncute

Thank You Cards

I put these customized matchbook favors in all of the Thank You Cards

Made by Doodle VintagePlus

I designed the Thank You Cards using Clip art 

by Cupcake Cutiees

And put a custom Address label (similar to the one listed below) made by The Art Of Joy on the envelopes:

(Please note I blurred out my return address a little)

So there you have it! 

The party was a wonderful success and I can't thank the other artists involved enough!!!!

I have put together a treasury as well including the above artists - be sure to check it out and leave some love!!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c43248c57e06d91ca869171/lady-bug-birthday-party

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Cool - An Award!

See what happens when you don't check in for a bit! You get an award! I should really be getting an award for neglecting my blog but this is a neat award from Wickkett over at Bow Wow Pets! Thanks so much!

Accepting the Pink Award does not end here. There are a few wonderful rules to accepting the award and they are as follows:

Thank and link back to the person that gave you the award. Share 7 things about your self. Pass the award to 9 fellow bloggers that inspire you. Let them know about the award. :-)

7 Things about me...
1. I love football!!! I participate in fantasy football and devote my Sunday's in the Fall/early Winter to watching my Broncos! I can't WAIT for football to start back up!!
2. I was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Some people think that is a different country.
3.I have a thing for animals - especially dogs and will usually cry at sad and even happy stories about dogs!
4. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up
5. I have a craft room and it is a complete disaster. Didn't someone say that Einstein was surrounded by a huge mess all the time!?
6.I am currently a domestic engineer and it is by far the hardest job I have ever had......and the most rewarding!
7. I LOVE beer! And I don't drink it to get drunk, I enjoy a good beer. I like to discover new brands and flavors.

And here are the 9 bloggers I'm passing it on to: (not in any particular order)
THANKS FOR INSPIRING ME:


1. Sookie's Pit Bull Paradise


2. Capricorn Soap Company


3. Stockannette


4. Diary of a Beer Goddess


5. Creative Momma


6. The T Shirt Lady


7. Catch A Star Creations


8. Two Little Bluebirds


9. Creative Living 101

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