What to do with cards?!

I saved all the adorable cards from my baby shower and decided that there has got to be something cute to do with them, besides shoving them in a box to forget about. I decided I would pick my favorites and frame them. I think it turned out pretty cute. I'd like to maybe do one for each of his birthdays.

Target Baby Crib Bedding

So the baby finally has a crib! Gramma Lou Lou bought him this wonderful, sturdy white one at a garage sale for $20! I got him target crib accessories to match his blue and brown decor and it looks SO good! He absolutely loves his new bed and is so happy to be out of the Graco Pack n Play.

Little "B" Turns One!

I started planning the first birthday party for my little "B" about 2 months before the day. I was just so excited to throw a little party for him, afterall, he is my little prince! So I decided airplanes would be the theme and the colors gradually came about as the primaries, Red Blue Green Yellow. I made the invitations, party favors, banner, airplane cupcake toppers, one cupcake stand, delicious cupcakes and some of the food myself. Then bought some party food from Costco and Fred Meyers.

First things first - the invitations...

Then the decor...

 

For the banner, I just printed out letters in different fonts and put the same size circle around each letter so that they were easy to cut out, then I strung present wrapping string through each one

 

 This was the birthday boy's seat!

Somehow the presents all matched the decor! Splendid!

The food...

Finger foods,

Cupcakes...

 

Cupcakes...

More cupcakes. The stand on the left is the one that I made.  I used a Huggies diaper box, white card stock, a Martha Stewart fancy hole puncher, fancy rope, pins, super glue, baby food jars, white spray paint, and little handmade paper airplanes.

The party favors...

The supplies...

Baggies w/ twist ties

M&M's with 1/4 cup scoop

Mini toy flying objects

Airplane making candy, I got this idea from here on flickr

And VOILA! Airplane themed party favors!

Displayed with an airplane ~ Of Course!

And finally, the birthday boy himself! ~Little "B"

 

 

The party was a smashing success! Little "B" made out like a bandit with presents, and the 30+ guests had a great time!

Homemade Cupcake Tower

I wanted to make a cupcake tower for "Little B's" 1st Birthday party, using things I already had in the house It took forever and was really hard to do, but I did it and it turned out really cute!

 THE PROCESS:

I cut out circles from a big Huggies diaper box, and the dividers are small and large baby food jars and a pill bottle.

I put covered the circles in card stock and made pretty bands using a Martha Stewart paper punch.

Then, I sprayed the jars white and glued it all together.

To hide the seams I put fancy ribbon on the edges. I attached the ribbon with sewing pins so that I can change the style of the tower for other parties.  The paper airplanes were handmade and glued on and I used a whole punch for the colorful confetti circles!