Thursday, July 12, 2012

Owen's vintage circus 1st birthday: the party

Our boy is one! I really cannot believe it. What a precious year it has been with him. He is asleep laying here next to me as I type, mouth open and drooling, and looking so cute. We love him so much!

Several months ago Paul and I decided we wanted to plan a party to celebrate this year we have had together. It was really fun to see all the plans come together on the big day. He had a blast playing with his friends, listening to Grandma read the Circus Ship, watching Cody juggle, gobbling up his cake and celebrating at a vintage circus with friends and family. When he is older he will always be able to look back at the pictures and know what a special day it was. 

I think it is only appropriate, as you read this post, for you to be humming classic circus tunes. During the party we had a playlist of some favorite "circus" songs, including Entry of the Gladiators, a few songs from Dumbo and Animal Crackers in my Soup (not exactly a classic circus song, but animal crackers are circus-ish, and what kid doesn't love that song?!)

After the party was over and the guests had gone Paul kissed me and said, "it was a perfect party for our sweet boy". We had so much fun planning a special day together for Owen. We left the party a little more rosy cheeked and feeling like we had spent the day at the circus. 

I had such a hard time picking pictures to post. I still added way too many. Oops. :) I will be posting the "eating his birthday cake" pictures, the gift I made him and his 1 year monthly portrait soon. 

Here are a few of the things we had at the party...
Wool pom pom garland - I made it with black embroidery thread, an embroidery needle, fabric glue and wool balls from Ta Da Studio Felt on etsy
Elephant balancing on ball painting - Jasper and Ruby on etsy
Bunting (yard, cake and drink table bunting)- I made it with fabric from JoAnns
Large round balloons - Shop Sweet Lulu
Aqua stripped straws - Shop Sweet Lulu
Ball mason jars - online at Kmart with coupon codes and free shipping they came out to 65 cents each after tax and shipping
Mason jar drink dispensers - $15 at World Market
Red and white stripe tablecloth - fabric from onlinefabricstore.net
Party favor bags - Bought a vintage deck of cards, soft transfer paper and cotton baggies from the Everlasting Posy on etsy
Lion picture prop - My sister painted it

14 comments:

  1. Looks like you guys had a blast! What a fun party! I can't believe Owen is one!

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    1. It was so fun! It is crazy how fast they grow up!

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  2. Looks like it was the perfect party! You are so creative and take such beautiful pictures!

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  3. you guys did great! ry's b-day is gonna be hard to celebrate in december-wish we could celebrate outside!

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    1. Yeah, outside parties are fun but I bet you could do some really fun indoor things! I hope we get to meet him soon!

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  4. What a cute party! Those cupcakes are calling my name!

    Ashley @ The Stork and The Beanstalk

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    1. Thanks! The cupcakes were delicious! The kids loved them and they were really easy to make.

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  5. This is just beautiful!! I had decided only a few weeks ago that I want to do a circus party for my Daughters second birthday and this has given me so much inspiration! You did a beautiful job!

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    1. Thank you! Thats so fun! Let me know how her party turns out! If you have any other questions feel free to email me christyworcester@gmail.com

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  6. Wow everything is so beautiful!!! You really out did yourselves! He will cherish these memories for a lifetime...

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  7. I saw your pictures on hostess with the mostess and was blown away! You did an AMAZING job and I love all the little details. Your son will truly treasure all the love you put into his party! Seriously, wow! Thank you also for all the behind the scenes pictures/source info too. So very helpful!

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  8. such beautiful pictures. we are having a circus 1st bday party this weekend for my daughter - we haven't been planning as long as you did but i hope it will turn out nice :)
    where did you get the flags you have strung across your yard? i'm trying to create that look or a big top look using fabric...

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