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Birthday Banner: Eliza Jane Turns 1

August 27, 2015 by Michelle Filed Under: Being a Mom, Decorating/Remodeling, Party Ideas 2 Comments

Y’all know that hosting a birthday party takes serious time and planning.  I started putting stuff together for Eliza Jane’s big ONE party over a month ago.

Mid-July I made my big purchase at Michael’s {using a 20% off entire purchase coupon!} and came home with all this “loot”!

Birthday party

I had planned out everything I wanted to do, somewhat based on pins I’d added to my “1st Birthday” board on Pinterest.

First thing was first, the Birthday Banner!

I had purchased these banner paper pads from the Recollections, um, collection at Michael’s.

birthday pads

After sorting through the various designs, I figured out the banner design and pattern.  I laid everything out, counting my number of pennants for the “Happy” and “Birthday”.  I had to play with it a few times to figure out which patterns I liked best, where.

birthday banner

Then I got out my silver glitter letters.  I just realized I’ve not told y’all the “theme”!  Well, there’s no real theme…just pink and silver/silver glitter with white.  So here are my glitter letters.  I mean, after all, every little girl needs glitter on her first birthday, right?!  Right!

Silver Letters

And I placed the letters accordingly.  Y’all know it was harder than it looks.  There’s all this placement consideration, especially where stripes are concerned…

Happy

 

So then I stacked both banners, in order of pennant, and stuck them in the birthday decor drawer in the dining room and it sat there until about two weekends ago.

I’ve decided over the last couple of years that any party or event we have at our home, where lots of decor things are needed, I dedicate a drawer in the buffet in our dining room to said decor.  It’s made my life MUCH easier in being able to find everything for that event in one spot.  I’ve done that for birthdays, Dana’s baby shower and our Welcome Summer party.

Here’s the drawer as it looks tonight!

drawer

 

Anyway, now that I’ve shown you some of the birthday decor secrets {shhh!!!}, back to the Birthday Banner!

So two weekends ago we had lunch at Bonefish for my father-in-law’s birthday…Reynolds was so excited about everything he refused to take a nap once we got home.  Side note, who knows what it’s like to have a toddler who refuses a nap?!!?!?!?!?!? “Momma, I no take a nap” he kept saying, looking at the monitor on the wall.  “Sister crying, Momma!!” Even though sister was passed.out. in her crib!

So finally I thought, he could help me, I’ll go get the little man.

He did help.  He LOVES to climb on the stool.  So I let him climb the stool, while I used a chair to hang the banner.

reynolds

Please excuse the state of our home that day…Mr. Monkey had had a rough afternoon {laying at the foot of the stairs}.  Ooop!  There’s even a sneak peek at the mantle! ha!

The banner fell about 4 times – washi tape doesn’t hold anything really…and as much as I didn’t want to use push pins to hold it up, I had to.

So this is what you see upon coming up the steps to our home, and entering the foyer.

Birthday banner II Birthday banner III

I can’t wait to show y’all the rest…stay tuned for tomorrow and the big day on Saturday!

 

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  1. elise says:
    August 28, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    The banner looks so cute! I am sure the party will be adorable and I can’t wait to see everything!

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    • Michelle says:
      August 31, 2015 at 3:29 pm

      Thanks Elise! We had a fantastic time and I think Eliza Jane felt so loved! Stay tuned for tonight’s post – a lot of 1st Birthday DIY! :)

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