Before I recap Carson's FIRST birthday party, can we just talk about how much he has grown in a year? Crazy. He has just about tripled his birth weight and he has grown almost 10"! I still can't believe it was over a year ago that we were meeting this angel in the hospital! Last weekend (5/18) we had Carson's first birthday celebration! We had a WHALEY great time. Corny enough? In all honesty, I didn't want the party to look too whaley so I focused on blues and greens and just added some whale stuff here and there. Here is a look at how it turned out! {The Decorations} Paper Lanterns from Party City & Target Dollar Spot Name Banner (DIY) Happy Birthday Banner (DIY) My husband's contribution! :P 12 month collage :) Door Sign (DIY) Newborn, 6 Months, 12 Months (on our mantel) "Guest Book" with Poem (idea via Pinterest) Birthday Board via Etsy {The Food} "Puffer Fish" = Sweet & Sour Meatballs "Whale Babies" = Cheddar Whale Crackers "Sand Dollars" = White Chocolate Covered Oreos "Chocolate Coral" = Chocolate Covered Pretzels w/ Sprinkles "Coral Reef" = Ranch Cheddar Cheese Ball "Blubber Dip" = Cinnamon Fruit Dip "Snapping Turtles" = Jalepeno Poppers & "Sea Snails" = Crescent Wrapped Lil' Smokies "Sea Water" = Blue Raspberry Lemonade Whales swimming in the "Sea Water" :) Chevron Straws from HobLob! Whale Napkins via Party City Fancy Water (duct tape from Amazon) {The Cakes} Professional Cake for the Guests, delicious and adorable! Homemade smash cake - funfetti with an ombre inside! DIY Cake Bunting & "1" candle from Party City Ombre smash cake (homemade) {The SMASH...or lack there of} Carson's cake smash outfit = shorts, tie, & birthday hat! I thought giving him a taste might help... We also cut a slice so he could see the inside. This is right after he fed me a bite :) He shared some with Daddy, too! Sharing with his grandmas! {The Gifts} Getting some help from one of his friends :) Using a new toy as a climber! Deep in thought! It's getting hot in herrrre ;) Add caption He loves putting things in this truck and pushing it around! He's obsessed with balls so this was a super exciting gift! Ride-on puppy! Practicing his bball skills with his new hoop! New chair from Mommy & Daddy! {Randoms} Outfit #1: Birthday Boy Shirt + Embroidered Whale & Anchor Shorts! 4 Generations! Carson with his Daddy, Grandpa, & Great Grandpa! Carson's 2nd Birthday outfit: personalized whale "1" shirt from Etsy! Playing outside after the party was over! New basketball fun! Hanging out with Aunt Shannon! SUCH a happy ONE year old!

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Thanks for all of your sweet comments last week on my post about Caroline’s rainbow birthday party. I truly appreciate them. Along with the generous compliments, many of you were in favor of a post about the macaron tower and more macaron tips, so here it is! First, some details about the tower. As I mentioned […]

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For my son's first birthday we had a Very Hungry Caterpillar Party. (So fun!) Below are some of the simple, inexpensive party decorations that I made for this party, however, you can also use them for other themed (or non-themed) parties too. Just choose your own colours! DIY POP-HOLDER A "pop holder" is really easy to make and is a cute way to display your lolly pops, cake pops and anything else you can think of on a stick :) Here is how we made ours: Materials: Foam block (note: I used flower foam this time as I already had it at home and they were wrapped sweets and no food was touching it.. but to make another, I'd use a normal foam block as you wouldn't want any of the flower foam touching any food), Glue, Bento grass dividers (you can buy them online, eg. ebay or shops selling Bento supplies eg. Daiso, very inexpensively) Starting at the top, put a layer of grass dividers around your foam block. Once you have gone all the way around, start a new layer, slightly lower down so that it overlaps the top layer and so on until it is covered. On top I stuck down some more of the grass dividers, leaving gaps for the pop sticks to push easily into Poke in your pops and you're ready to go. Paper Lantern Table Display/Paper Lantern Caterpillar Materials: Paper lanterns (can be bought cheaply on ebay or at many discount variety shops), Fishing line, Self adhesive Hooks (I used Command Clear Decorating Clips). This was such a simple yet effective way to frame our cake and you could do the same for any other party using different coloured lanterns (without the eyes, etc.). We popped some stick-on wall hooks on the ceiling. Tied fishing line to the paper lanterns and then hung them on the hooks at the desired lengths. The total cost of the lantern caterpillar was $12. (I already had the other stuff at home so only had to purchase the lanterns) Twisted Streamer Wall Behind our table we used a simple streamer wall in the party colours. Materials: Streamers, sticky tape or blu-tac. Cut all your streamers to the right length. Stick the streamer at the top, twist and then stick at the bottom. Repeat! :) These would look fabulous in all kinds of colours and only cost about $4 in total. Balloon Door-frame/ Balloon Caterpillar Want something even more basic? Try trimming your door frames with balloons stuck around them. We made a quick little caterpillar but you could use any colours you like. These are just stuck to the wall with masking-tape. Quick and easy! You can see the rest of our Very Hungry Caterpillar Party here. Happy creating, Debs :) You can find us all over the web. Follow along via the sites below :)

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When I started planning K’s Ocotnauts Party, I had this big idea that the goodie bags should include a themed gift from each member of the crew. But my big thing with goodie bags is no junk. Everything in the bags must be useable and fun. I have a big ... Read More