Vintage Aviation 1st Birthday

On Saturday we had Wesley's big first birthday bash. SO many of our friends & family came together to make it a perfect day!!!!! 75% of the fun for me is the party planning! I love creating the day! When Mia chose airplanes as the theme, I knew I wanted to add a vintage twist. I had a hard time finding actual plane/aviation stuff that was thrift store afforadble. I ended up relying heavily on maps ($7.99 local toy store), globes (3.99 Goodwill) & vintage books (4 for $1 Goodwill). The Happy Day banner is Oh Joy for Target. I got the idea for the gold & glittery colors & cake banner(cut from Baby Jives birthday post here. I find gold (plastic) champagne flutes at Party City & all of a sudden I felt very Gatsbyesque as I drank Damon's rum punch. The highlight for the kids was the cardboard plane Damon spent almost FOUR HOURS creating. He googled & used pinterest for the blue prints. Then he used my cricut to cut out stars. Pretty much Father of the Year status right there!!!!!  

Wesley, you are SO LOVED!!!  Forever & Ever my sunshine boy!

I'd seen a few of these cute head banners in blogland. It was super easy!! I ordered 5x7 BW prints from Shutterfly. The trick is to make sure they are cropped as close to the head as possible. Another tip, when you cut them out make sure you leave the ears attached! I used my cricut to cut the star toppers out, and I hand cut the hat & fringe. I taped the heads onto a twine string & mounted it onto a cork board.

Mia's first birthday HERE.

Wesley's Pants & suspenders: H&M Shirt: Target Bowtie: Old Navy 

I  had a hard time not ordering THIS...

First Birthday Inspiration

I was struggling to think of a theme for Wesley's 1st birthday. Guess who figured it out? Mia of course!! She is the one I can count on to find my phone when its missing after all:) She suggested it,  actually she said, Mom can I have an airplane birthday when I turn four? Since she's only 2.5 I figured I hijack the idea for baby brother...lol 

As I've been surfing & pinteresting, I'm imagining a vintage aviation theme. I loved Pan Am & was so disappointed when it got canceled!!!  I'm thinking old maps, globes, compasses etc!!!  Don't forget the Top Gun theme song on repeat! I think Daddy will approve since he had dreams of being a pilot.

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Beach Bum Dream

How amazingly adorable are these drift wood "houses" from Mareth at Lime Riot??? I had never even heard of Elmers Paint Pens until i stumbled on this cute project here. Now I want to run out & buy some immediately. Then move to the beach where there is lots of drift wood available, & hopefully a free baby sitter who can keep my almost 15 month old from eating and/or rubbing sand in her eyes.  While i'm dreaming , how about someone delivering fresh pina coladas while we are painting & beach side basking...Yes PLEASE!!!

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If you google Worlds Best Pina Colada recipe this is what comes up:)

6 oz Bacardi black rum
8 oz Coco Lopez cream of coconut
8 oz pineapple juice
1 pineapple wedge

Owl Baby Shower

The owl baby shower for Allison & Baby Ivie was a success. Thank you Pinterest for our inspiration:) We didn't take enough pics, but here is what we got.  1. Birds Nest's Cookies YUMM 2.  Main Table 3. Owl Ballons!!! 4. Glowing Mama & cutie Elle!!!

Family Tree

How adorable is this Family Tree from Martha??? LOVE IT!!!! For the play room or even if you have a giant family room? I found it at Lil Sugar which is all kids stuff/ALL CUTE!!!!

Party Times

Bring on the New Year & bring on the parties. I the next few months I have a friends baby shower to help with, my best friends bridal shower to plan & my sweet pea's first birthday to celebrate!!!  Wow.  While Damon worked on NYE, I started hunting for inspiration on Pinterest!! Oh how I love social networking:)  

 This idea for a photo collage will be could be used at the bridal shower w/ fun pics of the bride & groom as well, as well as at the 1st bday party.

 I LOVE LOVE the simplicity & clean lines of this cake.  The fondant would probably be changed to butter cream & the rosettes in bright colors w a cute #1 in there somewhere. How perfect for a smash cake??

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 I'm also obsessed with this tulle table skirt but not sure how expensive all that tulle would be?

Best Present

Did I mention this most AMAZING 30th birthday gift from my parents???

Yes, I am an only child!

YEs, i am extremely spoiled, and always have been.

YES, i love my Mac!

Crafty Yumminess

OMG!!!Check out this adorable tutorial by Kimberly Crawford at the Hambly Blog!! While your there, I would also suggest peeking at the new releases from CHA. I cannot wait to get my hands on some of their new product!

Pinwheel

How cute is this ?? Find all the details on this DIY project at Style Me Pretty. It was part of the decor for a super sweet baby shower. See all the pics at the Hostess with the Mostess Blog.

photo: Kari Herer & Christina Wnek