batman birthday party

I could literally add photos for days!  Karen Tyrrell of piccolina photography captured so many wonderful shots of my son's 4th birthday party.  Here are just a few along with details.  I hope they can serve as inspiration for other parents of budding little superheroes!

homemade tags and cupcake toppers, gift box labels from littleday press

custom invitation from littleday press, wipeable tablecloth from etsy

capes from Sew Plain Jane, tee shirts by littleday press (see below for designs), bam! headband from etsy

personalized batman cape set from etsy

We asked all the kids to let us know their superhero names, superhero colors and superhero powers a week before the party so that I could prepare their tee shirts.  I designed a logo for each one and used iron-on transfer paper to add them to the shirts.  You can get more details from a great party I discovered on birthdaypartyideas.com.  I purchased the blank capes from Sew Plain Jane and lots of felt from JoAnn fabric.  I found great templates for masks and shapes from Martha Stewart.  Moms helped their kids cut out shapes and glue them onto their capes (large sheets of double-sided adhesive worked really well for on-the-spot assembly felt glue for extra re-enforcement along the edges).  Finally, I armed them all with silly string to battle the joker!

little monster party

Photo Credits

Row 1: invite via stationery scoop; gift bags via julie gcf; placemat via remodern

Row 2: cupcake via bunnycakes; calling card via stationery scoop; banner via the mcculleys

Row 3: monster sundae and coloring table via juicy bits; tickle monster book via amazon; handmade monster via flickr

Row 4: plush ugly dolls via land of nod; ugly doll figurines via flickr; marshmallow pops via very sweet desserts

I am SO excited about my toddler's upcoming birthday party, but I've been having trouble putting all the pieces of the puzzle together.  Becca at The Birthday Girl created a custom inspiration board to help me get  started on the planning.  She also sent me swatches of recommended colors.  I changed her navy to a brighter blue only because I think it's going to be easier to find party items in that color.  I've been playing around with invitation designs (one idea is shown above).  I'll post the final invite when I make up my mind. It is scheduled for April and I can't wait to share the pictures when it's over!

birthday toppers

Okay, I had saved this shop as one of my etsy favorites and now I've seen posts about it on several blogs I follow so I couldn't resist sharing!  Lollipop workshop makes the most adorable handmade cake and cupcake toppers.  I can't wait to orders something fun for my son's third birthday this spring!  Of course, lots of fun birthday invitations and photo invitations (like the one pictured above) can be found at Pen + Parchment.

2 New Birthday Party Invitations for Minted!

I've been working on these invitations in several colorways to sell on Minted.com.  The whimsical fairy will be available in blonde, medium brunette and dark brunette.  The sweet Tweet Tweet announcement is being converted into a 1st birthday invitation.  Both will come with matching thank you notes.  I love these sweet designs. . .

First Birthday Giraffe Invitation

A customer recently requested some adjustments to our popular First Monkey Birthday photo card. She wanted one with a giraffe that had a more modern feel to it to go along with her son's party theme. This sleek new invitation is now available at Pen & Parchment in several different versions!

Birthday Invites and Gift Enclosures

These are my boys' most recent birthday party invitations and the calling cards they are currently using on gifts.  The bug invitations from Cid Pear were sent in coordinating bug-lined envelopes. I received lots of compliments! The monkey first birthday party invite is a new design from littleday press and it was a great way to showcase that he was turning one while being able to send out an updated photo to all of our friends and family.  I love the cute forklift enclosure cards - perfect addition to cute gift packaging!  These can be purchased with coordinating mini envelopes for a really unique look.