1st Birthday

It's incredible how time flies! My daughter turned one a few weeks ago, and we of course threw her a birthday party. A party of all parties. I had been scoping out ideas for months. We decided on a duck themed

party since that was her first word and she was mildly obsessed with ducks for months. With that theme I began to think of color schemes and after finding an image on another blog using olive green, persimmon, orange and yellow, I decided to use that scheme but change out the olive green for a bright pink. I ran with it!

I created invitations, favor tags, cake topper circles with a special one for hers, a banner, and a first birthday hat. For activities we had decorate your own ducks (found at orientaltrading.com), and a duck matching game floating her little baby pool (also found at orientaltrading.com). For favors I found little window boxes at the container store and filled them with a birthday rubber duck (orientaltrading.com), a bag of snack bunnies in varying flavors, and duck beak noise makers (hobby lobby).

The cake my husband and I made the night before. He had found a rainbow layered cake on tastespotting.com a while back and decided thats what he wanted to do for her party. It was a fun project, especially for an art major. We used 5 colors of professional bakers gel dye (available at craft stores or baking stores) and mixed them indifferent concentrations to get the colors. Of course we only had 6 baking pans so it took 3 batches in the oven, refrigerating the others in the meantime. The next day I iced it with store bought vanilla icing and placed it on a cake board that I wrapped with decorative paper matching the banner and birthday hat, then covered the whole thing in saran wrap.

Take a look, and let me know what you think. All of these pieces are available for your next kids party!

Safari Baby Shower

This invitation was a request by a client for a baby shower invite that wasnt too masculine but with a green and brown safari theme. I really had fun creating the baby safari animals. I based them off of the owl that I had created previously for a baby announcement. I think these turned out great! Printed on Premium Matte 5"x7" and A7 solar white envelopes.



Info blurred out at clients request.

Owl Baby Announcements

A client asked for baby announcements with a retro feel owl, using brown and green. I created the vector owl and kept the design simple. They were printed on epson white matte and we used white envelopes. I think they turned out pretty cute. Feedback welcome!





















































I printed another sample using fictitious names to protect the client privacy but so the details can be seen in the images.

Bloom Favorite- Birthday Parties

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When I was searching around for some Turtle Party Inspiration, I came across so many creative and exciting birthday party themes. It made me want to plan Claire's 1st birthday today! However, I must restrain myself, being as we still have 9 months until that party rolls around. But how cute are these ideas! The color palettes are all so vibrant, the details are fabulous, and the kids -- absolutely adorable. Cupcakes are in right now with cupcake toppers galore. Ribbons, streamers, favors. Its amazing what talented and creative people can do when throwing such beautiful parties for their kids. Think of all the print related items you we could create together for your child's next party!

Photo and Creative credits due:
1. Cupcake Party- TheTomKatStudio.com
2. Fairy Party-The TomKatStudio.com
3. Pinwheel Party- hostessblog.com
4. Wild Rumpus- hostessblog.com
5. Curious George Inspired- hostessblog.com
6. Lillipop Birthday- TheTomKatStudio.com
7. AirplaneParty- Amyatlas.com
8. Boys Pinwheel Party- mylifemyloves..blogspot.com

Grady's 1st Birthday!

Our neighbors and friends asked me to create a Turtle themed 1st Birthday Party Invitation for them. Their son Grady has often been seen wearing a shirt that has a graphic turtle on it that says Speedy. I used this turtle for inspiration, as well as a simple, bright, layout and color scheme.



Some information blurred at the clients request.

Pink and Brown Butterflies

My friend and neighbor approached me about baby announcements for her new little girl Addison. WWith this adorable picture of Addison in her pink dress, it leant itself nicely to the pink and brown color scheme the client had decided on when she found out she was having a girl. With Strawberry envelopes and a design based off a little boy baby announcement I did a while back, the butterflies and strawberry satin ribbon were the perfect adornment to this 5 x 7 announcement.