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Friday, January 21, 2011

First Birthday Fiesta

That's right everyone!  It's almost that time to start planning Olivia's first birthday.  Just a really quick question for all you out there...what sites do you use for personalized invitations and other party stuff?  My intent behind having a big shindig is to really thank everyone for all the support they've given us for the past year.  So I'm expecting that we're going to invite the entire extended family and all our friends that have been there through thick and thin.

Food - I'm planning on asking one of my cousins to cater most of the food, he makes amazing Mexican food and then I figured that Nonno and I will be able to make some italian faves as well.  That'll cover at least half of Olivia's ethnic background and satisfy almost everyone's palate. 

Any ideas or suggestions are really appreciated!

7 comments:

  1. Oh yea Oh yea!! Fun! Party planning time! For Aly's big 1 we did a Yo Gabba Gabba theme and I ordered everything from www.birthdayexpress.com. I thought they had some really great deals for what they had. I was worried things would look "cheap" but they didn't! We got a banner with a message printed and it was great! If you request a catalog they always have some great coupons on the back. :) (I love to party plan- can you tell? ;) )

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  2. Ohmyword... I'm with Jenny on this (fellow party planner in the house!!!). Yay! I also ordered Chase's 1st birthday supplies, like plates, cups, napkins, balloons, etc. (Mod Monkey theme) from Birthday Express. I designed Chase's invitations, thank you notes, and large magnets (for party favors) myself and had them printed at vistaprint.com. You can see some pics on the birthday posts I wrote here and here.

    Oooooh! I just love planning parties, especially ones that celebrate our amazing little heart warriors! Let me know if I can be of any assistance!

    Have fun!!
    Kathy

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  3. WOW...we order all birthday supplies through Birthday Express for all the kids Birthday's. Nothing looks cheap and it is mostly theme-based which is really great. For the party favors I usually use orientaltrading.com because you get a lot and most of the kids that come don't really care as much about the favors.

    Have fun planning the party...it is going to be amazing!

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  4. Hooray, you have a huge reason to celebrate her first birthday. I agree with everyone, Birthday Express is great and also oriental trading comp for games and crafts. Have fun planning!

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  5. Yay! Happy almost 1st birthday Olivia! I say check out etsy.com and search by your theme. They have the cutest homemade decorations!!

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  6. Thank you everyone! I wentto birthday express and I think im going to do an Olivia theme...stay tuned

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  7. You could always have Tim do the invites! :)

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