This Ladybug First Birthday Party was originally hosted by Tamara from the Morales Crew.
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I absolutely love the fact that the theme is based on their daughter’s nickname. Super cute! All the little touches like the leaf garland on the fireplace just make it extra special and fun.
Enjoy Tamara’s Ladybug Party…..
We sometimes call Lily ‘Lilybug’ so it was fitting that we would have a ladybug party for her first birthday, but not just any kind of ladybugs.
Why of course they had to be pink & green little ladies!
The invite, handmade by the Crew as we all helped a little bit with it.
Chepe got the design ready for me in Photoshop, I cut and assembled, Eden punched out & glued on the green spots, and Lily tried to help cut the ribbon with her teeth ;o)
Why of course they had to be pink & green little ladies!
The invite, handmade by the Crew as we all helped a little bit with it.Chepe got the design ready for me in Photoshop, I cut and assembled, Eden punched out & glued on the green spots, and Lily tried to help cut the ribbon with her teeth ;o)
Thank you to Uncle Chris & Aunt Lisa for letting us crash their place!
Pink & Green Ladybugs leading the way to the FUN!
Chepe helped me make a custom birthday banner with his “cutter machine” as like to call it, but really it is a QuicKutz Silhouette and it puts the Cricut Expression to shame! Funny how in our house Papa Bear is the crafty one. Notice I was over tired while assembling the banner and messed up on the name part. Oh well, it was too late to do anything about it since I noticed about 10 minutes before the party was set to start.
For refreshments we served raspberry lemonade with green sugar for the cup rims. Again, the sugar creation was due to a very creative Papa Bear & yet another one of his gadgets…the Magic Bullet.
Thank you to PartyPops for these custom stickers. They were too cute and perfect for the water & favor labels.
Leaf signs above the refreshment table.Happy 1st Birthday Lily! ~ Party Time. Lily is one! ~ Thank you for celebrating with us!
The birthday girl’s special chair for the day.I painted the ladybugs to match the labels and attached them to giant leaves from Cost Plus. A special thank you to the very nice cashier who gave me an awesome deal on the leaves!!!
Smash cake ladybug for Lily & flower cupcakes for the guests. Yes, I actually baked, with help from Chepe yet again, and made the smash cake. The cupcakes were jazzed up store bought green ones that I added a sugar flower to in order to make them cute, cute and fit the theme. I am all about the theme when it comes to a party…can you tell?
Lily’s favorite part was the hostess cupcake.
Kids table with a ladybug centerpiece
Special pink ladybug decoration that big sissy Eden made for the party.Eden was so cute and thoughtful in wanting to contribute to the decor. I have to give it to her she stayed on theme. She drew the pink ladybug about four days before the party and made sure that it did not get erased or messed up all that time. She was so proud to help decorate for her little sissy’s birthday party.
Leaf banner for the mantel with some friendly ladybugs
Lots & lots of food.
Told you there was a lot of food.
To decorate the buffet I used ladybug beads that were custom made from another wonderful seller on Esty.
I plan to make each of the girls a necklace with the beads now that the party is over.
Silly string favors.‘Thank you for coming to Silly Lily’s 1st Birthday Party’
Get it…silly string
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The Birthday Girl
A special thank you to Sweet Couture for custom making both Lily’s birthday onsie and Eden’s matching big sister shirt for the party. They matched everything perfectly! Honestly, without the wonderful sellers on Etsy I could never have pulled this party off.
Present opening time brought lots of wonderful things for Lily to enjoy. Lily especially loved Eden’s gift to her of a little Tiger wearing a t-shirt that she was able to design. Lily would not put ‘Tiger Bear’ down the rest of the time and he is still a favorite friend at home.Thank you to everyone for your thoughtfulness!
Cake time!
Lily loved her cake, but did not like her messy hands much.
Thank you to everyone who sent birthday wishes to our Lilybug and to those of you who were able to share in her special day. We are blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives.
Birthday hugs!
This is getting a bit more subjective, but I much prefer the Zune Marketplace. The interface is colorful, has more flair, and some cool features like ‘Mixview’ that let you quickly see related albums, songs, or other users related to what you’re listening to. Clicking on one of those will center on that item, and another set of “neighbors” will come into view, allowing you to navigate around exploring by similar artists, songs, or users. Speaking of users, the Zune “Social” is also great fun, letting you find others with shared tastes and becoming friends with them. You then can listen to a playlist created based on an amalgamation of what all your friends are listening to, which is also enjoyable. Those concerned with privacy will be relieved to know you can prevent the public from seeing your personal listening habits if you so choose.
Hands down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games, but I’m not sure I’d want to bet on the future if this aspect is important to you. The iPod is a much better choice in that case.