Sesame Street Party {Jackson's 1st Birthday}

Saturday, April 14th, we celebrated Jackson's First Birthday. Lisa and I have been planning this little soiree for quite sometime and finally it was all put together. You've probably seen Lisa's picture quite a few times on the blog, just because I've designed everything for her wedding, her birth announcements and now her son's first birthday party. It's been quite an honor being a part of this wonderful family's life. And the best part is that I've gained a new friend in Lisa, who loves parties as much as I do :)

So on with the details from the party....

First off, the invitations. We did a bi-folded 5x7 wide folded invitation, that had pictures of Jackson from throughout the year. I think it's always fun to incorporate the pictures from the year, just because babies change so much from the day they are born till they turn one.

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Dessert Table. We designed the pennant banner & signs and labels to match the invite, for the various delicious dessert Lisa had. Colette's Events, designed the cake, chocolate elmo pops & cake pops....it was soooo cute, and delish!!

Lisa ordered a bunch of cute favors from etsy, including the sesame street frames, Elmo & Cookie monster pails, and the Zoe ponytail headbands. She also got the cute "Jackson" street sign there too.

Both Elmo & Cookie Monster came to the party to join in the fun.

Aww, look at that cute little smile.

Jackson really likes birthday cake :) mmmmm yum, yum, yum!!

Here is Jackson with his dad Nick, who, one is very handy, he made the second "Jackson Street" sign & two, makes the yummiest hamburger sliders!

And here is big sister Addy hanging out with Elmo

Here is Jackson with his mama, Lisa!

And here is my son, Aidan, who was one of the guests, dancing to the music :)

Vendor Credits:

Cake & desserts: Colette's Events
Invitation & Party stationary: www.etsy.com
Photos: www.mycreativevision.com
Party Favors, hats/headbands, Sesame Street Sign: www.etsy.com

Fly Away with the Captain - Vintage Planes Themed Party

Time really flies when you're having so much fun! Seanny and I had a really great time putting together Navin's 6th birthday party.

My son has been a plane enthusiast since he was 2 years old.  He's totally obsessed with planes and has his heart set on becoming a fighter pilot when he grows up.  When he was 4 years old, we threw him a Fighter Jet themed party so this time our challenge was to come up with another "airplane" theme.  

Have no fear, Navin is also into vintage WWII airplanes, so that's just what we did. His favorite plane from that era is the P-51 Mustang.

Where do I begin? With the design of the invitations of course, but you already knew that! (If you are interested in ordering this invitation, contact us at info@invitationparlour.com for more information.)

We also designed matching address labels and thank you cards to go with this party.

Ideas started flowing once we had the design down. (Drum roll please...)  I present to you, our centerpiece table!

Here are the details for our treat table:

The entire table was decorated with the help of our wonderful girlfriends. We hung about eight

(15-inch) vintage planes from the ceiling and printed our own clouds backdrop. We made mini-airplanes out of tootsie rolls and gum sticks. We even made use of Navin's aircraft carrier and I made the runway. The treats on the table included home-made red velvet cupcakes, cake pops, jelly beans, chocolate bark, and lots of fun goodies found via Oriental Trading Co. We even gave out US Army lanyards, dog tag keychains, and pencils.

We also created name badges for all of the kids. We had about 26 kids at this party. All the kids were very excited to find their names on the table and proudly wore their badges. Navin was their Captain and they were his Lieutenants. As a surprise to Navin, we framed 10 of his drawings and displayed them like an art gallery. It put a smile on his face each time someone gave him a "high five" for his drawings. I bought the supplies to make the name badges at Staples. For the picture frames, I found them at the Dollar Tree store, what a steal! I highly recommend going there to look for favors and supplies.

But wait, I'm not done yet! I've got one more trick up my sleeve for our guests! I wanted to do something fun to get both kids and adults excited. Seanny and I came up with a "Pilot's License" photo prop. We made oversized licenses so that our guests could stick their head in a frame and make their own "Pilot's License". The result, our guests had a BLAST, as you can see in the photo collage below.

In conclusion, guests of all ages had one high-flying time!! As for our Captain Navin, he is one happy pilot! 

Photo taken by
Creative Vision Photography
www.mycreativevision.com

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 ~ Justina