Ryenn's Birthday Banner

Much like the decorations at Nolan's birthday party, Ryenn's were handmade. Actually, they were almost identical, just differed in color. Her theme was based of the adorable cake at her party, but was pretty vague; purple and pink. I turned this theme into a princess theme with a few added decorations, but mainly everything was purple and pink. I started with her birthday banner as well. I again found this idea on Pinterest and had to make one. Seeing as it was so easy to make Nolan's banner, Ryenn was getting one too!

I followed the same steps in making her banner but was lacking in amount of paper I had for each color. Instead of having one color for the background and one color for the letters, I decided to do a pattern. This actually worked out better than the single shades would have. I added a white ribbon that had pink and purple polka-dots in order to give it more personality. It was a huge statement piece at her party!

Ryenn's 1st Birthday Party

Although we are celebrating early for Ryenn's birthday, it's still hard to comprehend that I have had two kids for a year now! She was due July 18 but decided she didn't want to wait a whole year to see the fireworks. She instead decided to show her chubby cheeks on July 3rd. She was 9lbs 1oz even after being 15 days early! She was beautiful!

We invited her friends and our family to help us celebrate this milestone birthday! I found a cake at Family Fare that was the inspiration for her birthday theme. I made her invitations and decorations to somewhat match the cake. It was so fun! Everything was purple and pink and very princess-like. I will go into detail this week about all the homemade goodies! WARNING: Many pictures follow!!!



FO Baby Blocks

My friend, Lindsay, had her baby shower this past weekend and I saw it as a perfect opportunity to get crafty. I had made Ryenn and Nolan each a set of baby blocks with their names last year. I matched their nursery decor and everything. These were extremely fun projects and I loved every minute o making them.

Nolan's Blocks

I decided to make the same thing for Baby Avery. I had been waiting for Lindsay to get her nursery bedding before starting these so I could match them to the decor. The bedding was pink and brown floral print, so I grabbed as many pretty pink card stock paper from Michael's. It was fun. There were polka-dots, stripes, flowers, and just pink.

For baby Avery

I painted the letters a dark brown so they would stand out against the different pink paper backgrounds. I Mod Podged the card stock to 2x2 wooden blocks. After they dried, I sprayed them with the Mod Podge finishing spray to seal them a bit better. I then glued the letters to the blocks and let them dry. Simply as that!

Very pink!

I was happy to make her something she could use and hopefully love (which she did). I also sewed up a few sunhats for her. But that's for a later date.