First Birthday Plans- theme & invite

It seems fitting for my first post to come as I prepare for my daughter's first birthday party. I've been brainstorming and planning for this event since she was only a couple of months old. This past year has flown by!

My original plan was for a rainbow polka dot themed party. I thought that would be easier to DIY since I could mix & match colorful things I found on sale and polka dots are fairly easy to make. I've decided to move that theme to next year :)

You may wonder why I changed my mind if I already had great ideas pulled together and a general plan in place. The answer is I found out about a theme called Winter ONEderland! I heard about this theme from a friend on a message board and fell in love with it. Since it obviously only works for a first birthday, the rainbow polka dot plan got pushed back. So, I began gathering new ideas and made myself a new board on Pinterest. Here's a link if you wanna check it out http://pinterest.com/alainafraser/winter-onederland/  

I took the ideas I found and made my own invitation. I designed it to fit into a standard #10 envelope to save money. I made it in Photoshop.

Now I'm working on food labels and decorations. Oh, I'm also making her birthday tutu. I'll share pics of all those as soon as possible!

I guess that's all I have to share at the moment. I'm looking forward to sharing the rest as soon as I finish them up!

Until next time--
Alaina