Rafael's 1st Birthday Party

Rafael's party was so much fun! Despite the forecast for snow, lots of friends and family turned out to celebrate with us at the colorful playspace, Whirlwinds. The venue's orange, blue and green walls were the overall inspiration for the party. Check out these photos!Here's my my pint sized birthday cake table! I found the banner and paper centerpiece at a party store and added my custom character in the center. The big character was cut out from a simple 20x24 photo enlargement at Sam's Club Photo. Much cheaper than Kinko's and it was on glossy photo paper! The cardboard cake stands are readymade, I just decorated them with ribbon. I found these on the cheap at Jo-Ann Fabrics.

The cake toppers were homemade using printouts, tape and toothpicks.

Colorful balloons, felt table runners and custom cut "confetti" characters completed the look.

The cake toppers had two different character faces! so cute =)

Here's the birthday boy! His godmother made him a fleece suit to match the character I drew!

Here's the cake room as viewed from the play room.

Here's the awesome playroom! There were tons of toys and riding toys and a huge slide/jungle gym (not shown). The parents told us they loved the stress-free party because the kids could run wild while they socialized with the other guests.

Inexpensive white plastic tulip base photo frames from Ikea lined the bookcases with photos of Rafael throughout the year.

The take home party favor was an organic lollipop in homemade packaging.

Here is my Smilebox slideshow of the party:

 

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Comments

[Innovative and Insight]

Happy Birthday sweet little Angel!!!!He looks so smart and cute with his fleece suit ,ur grandmother gave u a wonderfull gift...https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=817789614&email=7cff47bb7cdcb76fbfa15e66c81a1961 Really its a awesome playroom ...Fabelous birthday cake so wonderfull....

[Sue Mattson]

Great choice of theme. The party felt young and vibrant because of it. I'm sure the kids were pretty much ecstatic when they saw the playroom. The organic lollipop was a nice touch, by the way.

[Fabiana]

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[Fabiana]

Hello Joanna!
I just loved your decoration! I was searching for some ideas for my baby's first party and I found your blog.
Rafael is so cute and he looks like my Eric!
But I promise i won't copy your character, OK? LOL
I'll ask my husband (who is an artist) to create a character for him.
I live in Vancouver.