We celebrated Leo's 1st birthday this weekend and it was a great time. We live far from family but amazingly we had lots of family members here to celebrate along with our friends. The theme was stripes and we asked the attendees to dress accordingly. Just about everyone wore some sort of striped combination and it looked very festive!
I ordered striped party supplies from Shop Sweet Lulu, which has very cute stuff. We had various snacks and cupcakes and mini pb and j's. It was fun to mix and match the stripes.
I love all the different stripe patterns going on.
I customized some store bought blowers to go with the theme.
We filled lots of balloons with helium and I made a stitched paper garland.
A custom birthday hat which of course Leo wouldn't wear even for a second.
The birthday boy was in awe of everyone singing to him!
I made a "1" iron-on for his shirt which he wore with seersucker shorts.
Friends and family watching intently as Leo took a long time to open his gifts.
And finally I make a backdrop behind the food table of Leo's monthly photos. I have mentioned these before, the onesies are from Culpeper General. It was hard the last few months to get Leo to sit still for the photos so I'm pretty glad to be done with that project! It looked great and is so nice to have a complete set though.
All in all a nice celebration of the past year with our little guy!
Hi :) I discovered your blog not long ago and just wanted to say what a gorgeous post this is. My little boy will be one on 20th September and you've certainly inspired me for his little party. Its hard to know what to do for a one year old. I love the last photo especially.
x Sam
Posted by: samgoose | August 22, 2011 at 06:03 PM
Adorable! I love the not too theme-y theme and the month by month photos!
Happy Birthday Leo!
Posted by: allison | August 22, 2011 at 07:53 PM
How precious - it brings back memories of those birthdays when my children were that age. So happy for you and your family. :)
Posted by: Andrea | August 22, 2011 at 08:48 PM
Such a fun and colorful celebration--Happy First Birthday to you, Leo!
Posted by: {gemmifer} | August 22, 2011 at 09:31 PM
Happy Birthday, Leo!
oh, I enjoy your blog so much - you've planned a delightful celebration and designed it with such love, care and thoughtfulness. Thanks for sharing the photos!
Posted by: susan | August 22, 2011 at 10:25 PM
Happy birthday to Leo! xox.
Posted by: sharilyn | August 23, 2011 at 11:54 AM
Happy birthday, little man!! My boy is only a few weeks older than Leo. I love your blog! You've inspired me to create beautiful things! I keep trying to add you to my list but get stopped every time so I thought I'd post a comment and tell you how great you are. THANKS!
Posted by: Julia | August 23, 2011 at 07:28 PM
you're really adorable!
Posted by: Melisa | August 24, 2011 at 08:39 AM
Thanks for sharing. Your blog is so inspiring and always makes me want to craft and create more for my daughters and our home. I wanted to comment also on the photo of you and your son together, it's really lovely.
Posted by: Simone | August 24, 2011 at 02:20 PM
so sweet! oh, it makes me wish my boys were little (not 18 and 21!!) a delightful yet understated party which is such a refreshing thing given the trend to over-do everything these days...and the stripes are smashing! love your photo...he is a real looker!
Posted by: sharon from farm and fru fru | August 24, 2011 at 10:44 PM
so charming especially the final photo, thank you for sharing this happy day!
Posted by: Barbara | August 25, 2011 at 07:43 AM
Looks like an amazing party! Happy first to Leo!! I'm getting ready to embark on a series of 3 birthday over the next month - lots of talk of cake and cupcakes around our home right now. :)
Posted by: Regina | August 26, 2011 at 10:43 AM
i LOVE LOVE LOVE it! The timeline is absolute genius. Well done. This party is going to be all over pintrest.
Anna
Posted by: Lasso the Moon | August 29, 2011 at 01:26 PM
happy birthday to Leo! from Thailand :)
Posted by: ntd. | September 05, 2011 at 09:11 AM
My brother's named Leo, too. Happy Birthday, Leo!
Posted by: Elaine | September 21, 2011 at 02:03 PM
This is the most adorable, unique and so cute of all!!
Posted by: Pascale | October 13, 2011 at 11:39 PM
Your blog is darling! I love this party theme! So cute!
Posted by: Lindsie Polhamus | October 15, 2011 at 12:33 AM
love this. happy birthday, leo.
Posted by: elizabeth koproski | October 22, 2011 at 08:40 PM
Oh my goodness....this is SO GREAT!!!
Posted by: rebekka | October 31, 2011 at 06:34 PM
Belated congratulations to you all! I came across your blog via Molly (Birdie Blue) her Pinterest boards. Your garlands and yoyo's are amazing! Very inspirational to me, thank you for posting all these pretties.
Maaike
Posted by: Maaike | November 03, 2011 at 06:58 PM
Happy birth day dear!! I have 2 little child. We always celebrate their birthday this way. They are twins.
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Posted by: abercrombie Milano | November 19, 2011 at 03:20 AM
Such a cute idea. Your baby is beautiful.
Posted by: Marie | November 19, 2011 at 07:25 AM
He is looking so cute. I love this baby. Belated congratulations to you all. Hope you had enjoyed very much.
Posted by: avi movie editor | November 21, 2011 at 06:55 AM
A sweet birthday (and little boy), Laura. Congratulations on your little blessing and your beautiful celebration. -Heather Cahoon
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