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Eliza Jane’s 2nd Birthday

August 30, 2016 by Michelle Filed Under: Being a Mom, Decorating/Remodeling, Party Ideas Leave a Comment

Today we celebrate our sweet Eliza Jane’s 2nd birthday!!  I literally can remember her birth like it was yesterday {read her birth story here!} and can barely believe this is her 2nd birthday.

Over the weekend we celebrated with friends and family by hosting a little “Oh Two-dles” Minnie party!

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I borrowed the yard signs from a friend who did the same themed party for her daughter earlier this summer {thanks Nicole!}.

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The wreath idea is a total Pinterest-find and was super easy to make!

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I downloaded the “Disney” font and used it for her invitations as well as all the print-outs for the party.  Ears and favors are Party-City finds.

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We have sweet friends who do vinyl, embroidery, etc. and they made this sign for me – just like one I found on Pinterest.  I got the fabric for the bow from Hobby Lobby and traced it out, and used Velcro pieces for attachment {see below photo of Eliza Jane pinning the bow!}.

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A sweet friend who makes cookies on the side let me borrow her mouse cookie cutter so I made the cookies Friday night and then had all kinds of fun sprinkles for the kids to be able to decorate {more pics below!}.

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My amazing friend Aimee made these delicious “Minnie” cupcakes for us.  We set several on a sweet little pink dessert plate I picked up from Anthropologie, stuck two candles in one and that was Eliza Jane’s cake for when we sang to her.
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This is the sign of a really successful cookie decorating party!!  Sprinkles everywhere!!!

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Sweet baby girl!!  We love you and hope you’ve had a fun birthday!
A special thanks to all those who celebrated with us on Saturday and today!

 

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.

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

 

Her Birthday {Almost}

June 30, 2015 by Michelle Filed Under: Being a Mom, Party Ideas 2 Comments

Y’all.

Eliza Jane will be ONE in two months.  ONE.  One entire year has almost blown fast my wide-open, tired brown eyes!!!

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Psalm 47:1b “..shout to God with cries of joy.”

Today she turned 10 months old.  And as wild and crazy as she is {it took me 40 minutes to put the nut-case to bed tonight!!}, she is an absolute JOY to me and our little family.  I cannot even believe that she’s about to be one.  As each month has passed she has grown into her little {feisty!} sweet personality.  She laughs and smiles so big that her eyes squint {like mine!} and her whole face squishes!

I love that sweet little baby of love.

Sunday night as Andrew and I were resting from the adventures in Amelia with my family, and the five hour ride back home…and the endless unpacking of things somehow still covered in sand…I looked over at him and said, “Eliza Jane is almost two months away from her one year birthday.”

He fell over on the couch and groaned.

I asked what the matter was and his reply?

{said with his face smushed in a pillow and drawn out like he was in such agony} “Another PARTY!!!”

“We don’t have to celebrate our only daughter’s first year of life, you know.  We don’t have to celebrate the fact that she’s made it an entire 12 months of life, that she has survived the craziness that is our family.  We can just let the day go by and do nothing.”  I said with all the drama and sarcasm that a mother and wife could muster.

We both rolled our eyes at each other and laughed.

Looking back at Reynolds’ first birthday party, it seems like so long ago!  He was surrounded by friends and family that love and adore him…I can’t wait for Eliza Jane to experience the same.

So, the planning for Eliza Jane’s first birthday party has begun.   I’m looking for invitations.  I need to order her shirt {and probably a coordinating one for big brother}.  I need to plan a guest list and food.  The list goes on and on…and while it might seem daunting, it’s all so worth it.

One thing is for sure.  I will hire out a photographer for her birthday party because if we hadn’t done it for Reynolds’, I would probably only have a handful of blurry photos and be really sad about it.  {to see the photos of his birthday party, click here}

 

Does anyone have a favorite place to order invitations?  Mine is Tiny Prints, but I’m open to some of your ideas!  Any other fun/great suggestions you might have for a child’s {1st!} birthday party are welcome too!!  {help!  I need HELP!!}

**Edit: I need to let it be known that just as I started looking at the possible dates for Eliza Jane’s party, I asked Andrew about the specific date and his reply {in true southern, SEC football-fan fashion}: “Have you checked the football schedules to be sure that there isn’t a game?”

Bang my head.  These crazy football people that live in the South!!!!  {Who am I kidding! I’m one of them!! bahahaha}**

 

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