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Celebrating One!

Oh sweet sweet Bennet!

This was Bennet on her birthday, the best shot I could get (and you can tell I did a hack job to Photoshop out flip flops on the floor!). Since she doesn’t know when her birthday is we decided to do a low key dessert only party a few days later with a small group.

I pretty much had nothing done an hour before the party except for ordering vegan cupcakes and making this hat, the important things, obviously!

I used a load of fun ribbons from The Ribbon Jar. I have been talking to my mom about putting together little kit projects through her site, and these hats are ones I would love to do, because it takes a lot of little pieces of ribbon.

I made a “1” shirt for Bennet with my Silhouette. Easy and fast. I was just going to use Tuesday’s, but it was temporarily lost. Glad she has her own though, I have grand plans of baby clothes quilts, has anyone done that?

The party was super simple and easy. I ordered vegan cupcakes from a place in town: Twinsies. Bennet preferred her frozen peas, so no shots of her eating this (don’t worry I had plenty).

Big sister probably had the most fun. I invited only one other family with older kids, because I knew she needed someone to play with and she always gets along great with K&K. I was right, they had a blast. And yes, we’re the crazy people who own a little bounce house. BEST. KID. INVESTMENT. EVER. We take this thing to every BBQ we are invited to. Love it. Bj is in an ikea tube thing here being a monster or doing something silly that they loved.

Oh Bennet, we can help you with that….

Ah my sweet girl. I still need to cram her into that sleeper and finish off our monthly series of pictures. It won’t really take much cramming since she’s itty bitty. I am all about simple parties for kids. Ya I had a black tie wedding, and yes I love to go to awesome parties. But if I’m throwing a party for a kid then simple wins.
 

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6 responses to “Celebrating One!”

  1. mary m Avatar

    Love the birthday hat! For Annalise’s first birthday I made a felt crown, but it wasn’t adjustable and only fit maybe a month? I like this idea for her second birthday (only 4 months away–what??)

  2. Agnes Avatar
    Agnes

    Happy 1st Birthday, Bennet! Beautiful photos as always, Amber!

  3. Agnes Avatar
    Agnes

    Happy 1st Birthday, Bennet! Beautiful photos as always, Amber!

  4. Julia Avatar

    This is just perfect for a first birthday… simple and lots of fun! The cupcakes look very yummy! Charlotte loves the photo of your bounce house… she is a big fan of those! Great photo of you and Bennet. She really is so cute and I love her “1” shirt!

  5. Julie Avatar

    What a sweetie! It was a very fun first birthday party… Simply Perfect!

  6. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    Happy Birthday Bennet! Looks like a really fun party!

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