Monthly Archives: April 2015

Time Flies : Niko is One

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Wow did this year fly by!  When I started thinking about the theme for my youngest son’s birthday, all that came to mind was “My oh my, how time flies!”  It has been nothing but a pleasure watching this little man grow and I really wanted to make his first birthday special as I am pretty sure it will be my last 1st birthday celebration.  Bittersweet, but mostly sweet :)

I love my boys and I can’t wait to show you how we celebrated this munchkin’s first birthday!!

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The ‘propeller pops’ are marshmallows dipped in melted red chocolate wafers.  I then rolled out some store bought fondant and stamped out some tear shaped ‘propellers’.  Finishing them with some red m&m’s brought the treat to life!

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The LIFE magazine cover was the first thing I designed in this party package and it was sent as a save the date to guests!

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I purchased these adorable little brown suitcases on Amazon and then attached some cute luggage tags, which are included in the party package.

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I had so much fun customizing every detail of this party and many of the “in service” food items were also sent home as party favors!

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I used an IKEA rolling tray as the “In Service cart” which was filled with the many party favors; snack mix, sugar cookies by a sweet friend Shereen of The Sugar Tree, water bottles, chocolate bars and of course, napkin and utensils!

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My little man even had his very own cockpit!  I created the large propeller using a cake centerpiece printable and then cut out two large tear drop shapes from the patterned papers.

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Every Captain need a proper hat!

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There are many tutorials online on how to make scalloped pinatas, but to give a quick explanation: purchase a paper party lantern, hot glue paper tissue that you cut into circles, layer by layer.  Then fill it with treats and seal the bottom with a large piece of the patterned paper.  Pretty simple and cheap!

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There were two games designed to keep the little party guests entertained throughout the afternoon.  First was this is Airplane Toss;  purchase white foam board, trace and cut out several sized circles with and exacto knife and added some pinwheels!

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The second party games was Pin the Propeller.  I sent the poster to print at Costco on their largest lustre photo print, the kids were then blindfolded and attempted to make the target.

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Dream BIG, little ONE!  These cute shoes were purchased at Zara.

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Here is a large series of a photo banner I created to document all the months and milestone firsts that meant to such to us!

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At the end of the day all the guests were sent to the “luggage claim” to pick up their favor bags!

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Happy birthday my dear sweet little boy!  You are loved!

xo

Tania

Full party package is available in my Etsy shop, here

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Vendors

Printables, photography and styling : Tania’s Design Studio

Sugar Cookies : The Sugar Tree