Hi, remember me, SueAnn, yes I am still alive! I know I haven't posted in ages, but this pregnancy has been really rough on me. Just 4 short weeks and she'll be here, I can't believe it! I do have lots of projects for my husband to do and me to post, HA!
Tomorrow is my son's SECOND birthday. I really cannot believe he is 2! Since I knew I would be throwing his party so pregnant, I have done a little at a time, during naps and at night (before 10pm), and I think it is going to turn out cute! I think this party has been easier to plan than the last, maybe because I did break it up so much, instead of doing a ton at the end. It was low cost too!
One of his favorite books currently is The Very Hungry Caterpillar, so I thought that would be the perfect theme. A friend of mine threw her son's first birthday 6 months ago and also did The Very Hungry Caterpillar theme. The invitations she did we so cute, I asked if she would mind if I stole her idea! She gave me the go ahead and told me she had originally seen the idea at Pottery Barn.
The invitations are small Mason jars, with a caterpillar and a leaf inside. I did multi colored paper on the tops and wrote the kids names. I mainly just invited family, since I knew I would be too tired to invite too many people.
I wanted to type up the invites on the leaves, but they ended up being too small, so I hand wrote them. On one side I wrote "You're Invited...", then wrote all the details on the other side. I used my Silhouette to cut the leaves and the eyes of the caterpillar. They were really quick to put together, a dozen only took me about an hour. I just hot glued the pom poms together and then threw everything into the jar. Each invitation cost less than $1.00. My son's cousins thought they were great and have loved playing with the caterpillar. My son isn't the most gentle, he ripped the eyes off of his. :)
The party is this Saturday, I am super excited, I think he will just love it! I will post all the details next week, stay tuned!