The big 1st birthday party was a success! All my planning, decorations, food and cake were a big hit. It was a ton of work but it was great to have all our loved ones together to celebrate our little guys 1st birthday. Here are loads of pictures to show off all the decorations and fun by all:

This is the room we put the food out in. I used cardboard to paint the barn and fence. The cows were Wallies that I glued on to cardboard and cut them out too. In these pictures you can also see the Happy Birthday sign and the centerpieces I made. I think this room turned out great!

I set up two tables in the back room of our house for people to sit and eat. I painted the cow spots on white paper tablecloths that I purchased at the dollar store.

In our living room I set up the drink table. We purchased the tin pale at Home Hardware for $20. We put all our drinks and ice in it to keep cool.

I made chocolate and caramel candy apples for our guests to take home with them. I had Vistaprint make labels for them.

These pictures show the garland I made out of left over fabric. In my last post I explained how to make a fabric garland.

The farm mural cut-out was a huge success. All most everyone took a turn getting their picture taken!

The sheep carrot cake. This cake was made with cream cheese icing, marshmellows and chocolate wafers.

* this cake almost didn’t make it! When I was carrying the cake out from the garage the cardboard base collapsed and I had to catch it with my fingers. Luckily I was some what able to fix this poor sheep’s face.

The cow chocolate cake. This cake was made with cookie crumbs, chocolate and vanilla wafers.

The pig white cake. This cake was made out of pink candies and chocolate wafers. I actually picked through the candies just for the pink ones!

The Thank You’s are ordered and now I need to get cleaning!!

It is three days till Sebastian’s birthday party and I am feeling rather calm. Yesterday, I finished that last few projects for the decorations. Here is a picture of a banner I made for people to poke their heads out and get their picture taken:

I purchased a yard of muslin from Lens Mill and sketched out the scene I wanted. Then came a lot of paint and time! I think that the end result is worth all my effort. My husband thinks that I am crazy and that I can not go to as much work for his second birthday. He has no idea!

A couple of days ago I realized that my hall and staircase when you walk in is going to look rather bare compared to the rest of the main floor. I decided to make a garland to drape across my staircase out of some left over fabric from other projects. Here is a picture of the equipment needed and the starting point:

I started by cutting the three different fabrics into strips. Once I had a stack to work with, I began knotting the fabric in random order around a jute string. In the photo, it does not look like much but the end result looks pretty cute and country! I will post photos of the garland and all the other decorations I have made over the past couple of weeks after I have them all in place for the party.

Sebastian’s birthday party is in 6 days and since my last post I have been very busy starting a bunch of projects and not finishing much. Now that I am down to the wire I have completed a few projects. The first one is the centerpieces for the tables, here is a picture of the finished centerpieces:

Here is another shot:

Aren’t they cute?! I saw a picture of similar centerpiece on Etsy a jollylollycreation. When I came across this site during my endless hunt for ideas, I knew that I could make similar centerpieces of my own. Now here are the supplies I needed for this project:

I purchased a variety of coloured foam which were about$.49 a piece. I also picked up some foam glue, small dowels and I picked up the tin pales at an antique market for $4 each. Once I had my supplies gathered I started to draw and cut out my animal shapes and glue them together. After a couple of hours, I finally had my animals to my liking and I was ready to glue my dowels to the animals. I heated up my glue gun and got down to business.

I inserted green foam into the base of the pales and began to stick the animals into place playing with the different heights. Once I had all my animals into place, I added some dried filler filler around the top of the pail. I also made a ribbon and bow out of some fabric left over from other projects and glued into onto the pail. I now have my table centerpieces ready to make my tables beautiful!

I looked at the calendar and realized that I have two weeks to get everything together for Sebastian’s big bash. So I have been making the most of his naps and got to work! Here is what the sign looked like with the letters glue to the rope.

I was pleased with how it looked to far and then I decided to glue some animals that I purchased at Lens Mill for $0.49 each. (A Steal!) See how cute they are. Perfect for the the sign.

I glued the animals on a few letters and then to complete the sign I used red yarn and whip stitched along the letters and rope to give it a more finished look. Here is the finished product, I am so happy with it.

For the last couple of months I have been planning my son’s first birthday party and to me planning this event is the only way to not cry! I can’t believe that a year of his life has just flown by. Anyways back to the planning, I have decided that the theme is a “Barnyard Birthday.” I made a list of the people we wanted to invite and I looked on Vistaprint to see about ordering invitations.

This is what I ended up ordering, I think that it is pretty cute! I’ve sent the invitations out and now I am into making as many barnyard themed decorations as I can. I have started making the “Happy Birthday” sign. I went to Lens Mill store and purchased different colours of felt, different plaid fabrics and jean material. I brought everything home and gathered up some tools I had at home. Here is what you need to make your own barnyard themed “Happy Birthday” sign.

I used the brown felt to cut into squares as the background of each letter and then used the different fabrics to stencil out each letter. Here is the “H” to give you an idea of what I’m talking about.

I’ve finished cutting out all the letters and now I’m using my trusty glue gun to glue the letters into place. Once I have that finished I will glue all the letters along a rope and I will have my barnyard “Happy Birthday” sign! I will post a picture of the sign once I have it completed.