dr. seuss birthday: decorations

ya, ok so the kid is almost 14 months old..

cut me some slack will ya?

there is no shortage of pictures or words in here..

so it's been a little daunting to get the posts together.

i'm going to start with the decorations..

coming in the front door.

i borrowed the idea from a few other parties to have 'happy birthday to you' by dr. seuss there for guests to leave a message to rance for his first birthday on one of the pages.

this sign is typed up in a dr. seuss font i found online..

printed off & placed in a frame.

the confetti is punched out from the scraps of book pages left over from other decorations.

i made this wreath from book pages out of a few cut up dr. seuss books.

i just cut the pages down into a square (6x6 i think)

& rolled them up into cones gluing them down as i went.

i kinda just wung it.. thankfully my booboos are covered by the front piece!

i spray painted a red wooden number one

& found some dr. seuss stickers at micheals to add to it.

for one of the table centerpieces i saved a bunch of boxes

& wrapped them up in coordinating wrapping paper

(not my favorite designs.. but it was harder than i thought to find the right color blue!)

i bought a cat in the hat plush off ebay for $6 (including shipping) & set it on top..

i put some of the stickers on cardstock to spell out the babes name..

attached them to wooden skewers

& then stuck them in the top of the boxes of the centerpiece.



for the dessert buffet i used the same method of wrapped boxes to make a cupcake/cake tower.

i cut out banner pieces from book pages & attached them to seam binding.

and put out our collection of dr. seuss books.

i sucked it up & shelled out the money to have balloons this go round :)

more banners from book pages..

i printed out some monthly photos of the babe & put numbered stickers on them...

then i made some clay 'rocks' & put wire photo holders in them..

more banners in the kitchen...

and then i made food labels for everything from cardstock..

printed labels & stickers.

hopefully you can check back tomorrow for the food!

xo-k

see the invites here.

the food is here.

linking here:

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