Ladybug Birthday Party

Last year it was Poodles...this year...Ladybugs! I decided to go with Lady Bugs...not really because Eve loved ladybugs but b/c of the invitation idea I had. Next year, I promise Eve, you can pick out what you want. :) But actually she loved her ladybug stuff. She still talks about her ladybug cake at every birthday event we go to! I am going to have to come back and add the invitation I did b/c I don't have any pictures of it. But it was SUPER duper cute!

Her 2nd Birthday Ladybug Cake - I baked 2 sheet cakes and laid them side by side and then used the Wilton Ladybug cake pan and put it on top and then iced it. I was pleased with how it turned out!

Ladybug Lunch Bags for the kiddos - I bought some red lunch bags and punched out black circles out of cardstock and used double sided adhensive to stick them to the bags. I also printed bag labels and put each child's name on them. Inside contained 1 McDouble from McDonalds, a bag of Cheetos, and a Caprisun. :)

We had the Birthday Party in the backyard and in the basement. The littles ate at small picnic benches.

Some of the Birthday friends

She blew out the candle on the 1st try!

Ladybug Party Favor Bags

Inside contained ladybug bubbles, a couple sheets of ladybug coloring pages, some candy, and a homemade music CD with lots of good kids songs.

Ladybug Party Signs

Instead of Eve saying Happy Birthday to someone she would say "Happy to you" so I made a sign for her Bday "Happy 2 You Eve"

LOVE these Vinyl Banners from Vistaprint. I create them and have it printed.

Ladybug Birthday Decorations

Birthday Family Picture ~ June 2010

Table Transformation

I LOVE going to consignment shoes and finding something I can make over. And I'm not above grabbing something from someone's curb either. :) This is the latest piece I bought for $29 at The Gingham Daisy. It is called a vanity table but I saw it and thought it would look great in our foyer. I got it home and Lance couldn't believe I got it...one of it's legs was almost completely rotten off. Looks like some termites or something got to it at one time. But I see the potential in stuff. This comes from my parents and my hours watching HGTV and DIY. So I primed it and used the paint I had originally bought for our front door. :)

Foyer Table BEFORE

And then the Foyer Table AFTER

Eve's Room

I had the hardest time deciding on what type of room I wanted to do for Eve. At first I really wanted to do a red lady bug theme. But I couldn't find exactly what I wanted. I actually bought some bedding on sale but then ended up not liking it and couldn't return it...ugghh...maybe I can use it one day. But I ended up getting the Circo Love and Nature bedding from Target and she LOVES it! It's got owls, tree's, squirels, mushroom's etc and she loves talking about all the animals.  

I came to our new house the day we were schedule to close and started painting Eve's room. I wanted it to be done before we moved in. The walls were all white, white trim...blahhhhh

Here's another before picture.

I decided to paint 3 walls green and 1 wall pink. Her last room had a chair rail which I really liked but didn't have the time or help to do that...so I decided to do the accent wall. I also knew when we moved that I wanted to paint a tree on her wall. Which could work with either lady bugs or not. I had seen some really cool tree decals but Lance can be such an artist...I knew we could do it ourselves. So Lance drew the tree on the wall and I painted it. Her Circo Love and Nature bedding came with wall decals so I bought them and added them to the tree. We all just love it...espically Eve!