Monday, June 8, 2015

First fiesta!

This past weekend we had so much fun celebrating Charlie's first birthday with friends and family!
It was a really fun party to plan and I used this blog post that I found through Pinterest as inspiration.

Below is our invitation for the party:


I took the pictures (you can read how I added the mustache here) and my sister designed the invitation for me (Jamie, you need to start your own Etsy shop yesterday).



There was a point in time last summer that I almost sold this bar that Chris made (and that I posted about before here). 
I'm so happy I didn't! It's so functional for entertaining.


A few people at the party were so surprised to learn that I made these UNO letters.
They were either thinking, "wow that's impressive" or "wow you have a lot of time on your hands"!
Well, it's definitely not the latter but these letters were not as time consuming to make as they might look.


I don't have my own step-by-step DIY tutorial to show you (sorry!) but I more or less followed this blog post
Instead of using double-sided tape, I used glue and I cut several layers of the tissue paper at once to save time.  


Did you notice how my "O" is a little bit smaller than the "U" and "N"? 
Yeah I didn't notice until we hung it up.
Oops!











I had too much fun getting this "Pin the tail mustache" together!
I had the poster made and ordered through Staples for less than $30.



Then, I picked up a blindfold (no, I didn't make it) and a bunch of peel-and-stick mustaches from a party goods store.



Too much fun!




The birthday boy enjoying handfuls of icing and sugar!




Thank you to my mom who made these cactus cookies for the party!







 






A thank you to everyone that made Charlie's first fiesta extra special and to all of those that helped make this party a success!

- Caitlin

11 comments:

  1. Best party ever! Love, aunt jay jay

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    1. Thanks for all your help! You and Brad get MVP of the weekend!

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  2. That is so adorable! It first I thought that the tie for the hat was a gold chain with a money symbol at the bottom, haha.

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    1. Thanks, Sarah! Haha definitely not a gold chain and money symbol.

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  3. Caitlin you are amazing! So creative. I LOVE everything about this party! I maybe stealing the idea for Cadence or William :-) xo

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    1. Thanks Christine! Steal away! That's what it's all about, sharing ideas. Let me know if you need any decorations, I saved most of it!

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  4. Awesome party!!! You are so talented.....xoxoxo

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  5. Hi, is there any way you would sell or share the template for the invitation? I would love to use this for my daughter's first birthday.

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    1. Hi! Send me an email at thepicketfenceprojects@gmail.com and I'll get back to you with more info. I didn't design it, my sister did so I have to see if that is something she can do! Just need to talk to her first.

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  6. Hey! Where did you find the baby sombrero??? I'm loving this fiesta theme

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I appreciate all of your comments! If you have a question, I'll get back to you as soon as possible.