Camelot 1st Birthday

i helped a friend with her son's first birthday. it was in the outdoor area of a cafe.  the location was perfect but because it was public, there were lots of other people and kids who wanted to be part of the fun!  she wanted a knights and dragons theme because her son was born in the year of the dragon.

i created a candy/snack bar that had dragon food (cheerios), cannonballs (maltesers), swords (pocky and pretz), chessmen (cookies), knight shields (ritz), fish (swedish fish), and dragon nails (bugles).  for the signs i printed them on a sword graphic then adhered it to a shield and then a ribbon

 cricut sign

Coral and Aqua Baby Shower

I helped organize a friend's baby shower and it was a DIY affair from the food to the decor.  the only theme here was that she liked the color scheme of peach, coral, orange and aqua, teal, mint.  we shared pinterest boards to get ideas down.  the invitation had the ideal colors so all materials/graphics matched the invite

the first step was looking for a caterer.  after deciding that they cost too much we decided to do a mixture of food from a restaurant and some easy recipes.

baby shower sugar cookies made by a friend

mini desserts from whole foods

 

we got 3 bloomspots for 2 dozen mini cupcakes from mission minis

oranges were halved and gutted for fruit cups

 my MIL made roast beef and egg salad and cucumbers and we made three kinds of tea sandwiches

a charcuterie plate

 popcorn

 then we worked on decor.  i made two diaper cakes as gifts.  the middle is rolled up swaddle blankets. 

 there were games

 mad lib wishes for the babies

 i used this easy tutorial to make bunting banners.  one says baby baby

 and the other says yay carol

 the favors were mini succulents that we planted into votive holders

 the guest book was alphabet blocks

 for decor we also had pompoms, rosettes and lanterns

 flowers were from trader joes in blue ball jars

 more lanterns

it was a really tiring experience but got so many compliments!