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We took an office in our house and converted it into a nursery for our first child, a little girl, who is due on July 30, 2011. With a focus on pink and gold, this big girl loves her little girl’s room! :)

We celebrated Michael’s first birthday party at the beach, Buckets, sail boats, sand, and lots of fun!

A casual gathering of family, friends, neighbors to celebrate our daughter Vivian’s first birthday! VIVIAN is ONE! please join us for a… “Sip & See” sip some bubbly & see how much she has grown!

A monkey birthday party for a 1 year old boy. Held for his play group, this party focuses on how to create a stylish impression for mom’s and kids, all while keeping your decorations and food simple. All party goods and styling by whhostess.com.

For our daughter’s first birthday party we decided to host the party in our backyard. She has a spring birthday and it would give the kids plenty of room to run around. We started with the butterfly invitation from Tiny Prints and I scoured the stores starting in February for decorations or craft items. The baskets and garlands from World Market were perfect and we built the rest around those colors and designs. We took one of the baskets to the bakery and asked them to design a cake to match it. We entertain a lot so we had most of the serving dishes but decided to add some kid friendly non-breakable additions and some outdoor tablecloths. Since we had boys and girls we made sure we had lots of colors with some pink thrown in. We also had several ages of kids and lots of adults so we varied the activities and menu to match. We had lots of bubble toys, a tub of rubber frogs, a splash table and balls for the kids to play with. For the menu, we had chicken salad sandwiches, tomato tarts, melon balls, bug shaped mac and cheese, pbj sandwiches and ham and cheese sandwiches, chocolate covered pretzels and cheerios along with the cake and cupcakes. For beverages we had water, juice boxes, lemonade and raspberry lemonade punch. For favors we had bubbles and a rubber frog for all of the kids.

Pink, red, and brown cupcake theme for first a little girls first birthday!

A modern garden party dessert table….perfect for a summer birthday party or baby shower! For more details, visit http://www.thepartydress.net/?p=5842.

A Lady Bug Soiree by WH Hostess for a little girl in Deerfield, Illinois. For more information, visit www.the partydress.net.

This “Cinco de Maia” (fiesta-themed first birthday party) was created for a little girl in Boston. For more information, visit: http://www.thepartydress.net/?p=5785

A party suitable for a queen but made for a princess! Keeping things simple but of course pretty, I combined silhouette details of crowns and castles with a vintage frame design. All items are available online (as a printable party pack) at my Etsy shop www.greenapplepaperie.etsy.com

Flower fabric inspired do-it-yourself birthday party

My mom has a keen eye for decorating, so she helped a lot! I created all the artwork and the wall and room decor and had so much fun putting it all together. I picked out the fabrics for the crib skirt and window treatments and couldn’t be more pleased with how they turned out! Sadly (but also happily), my daughter is just about to be ousted from this room as her baby sister is coming in 9 weeks! Now it is off to design a big girl room! Submitted by : Ashley