Go big or go home, right?  I'm completely immersed in birthday planning right now and I am having so much fun.  This kind of thing?  It's kinda my jam.  I'm starting as early as I can and working on little projects along the way.  I want to have everything outside of food done a week out so I can just relax and enjoy my baby's big milestone.  I'll share details along the way.  First stop: invites.  I knew I wanted to have a really girly, lace and pearls themed party, so I perused Pinterest and Etsy and found a few invites that I was inspired by:

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I picked and chose elements from each invite, but I mostly loved the structure of the first one.  I used Photoshop to put the whole thing together, and this is what I came up with:

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I love the result.  They are super feminine with just a punch of glitz. I'm contemplating putting actual glitter where the glitter graphics are, but I don't know if everyone wants the mess that may come along with that.  I'm still thinking about it.

The to do list:

• Make guest list
• Make invitations
• Send invitations
• Buy cups, plates, napkins, utensils
• Wrap utensil sets
• Create a menu
• Find punch dispenser
• Find lace table cloth
• Make tissue poms for above table
• Make tinsel garland for front of table
• Find and paint large frame for photo booth
• Create chalkboard thought bubble for photo booth
• Make bowties for photo booth
• Find costume pearls for photo booth
• Make and frame suggestions for photo booth
• Make party hat for Lucy
• Print black and white pictures to hang on twine between trees
• Find quilt for Lucy to open gifts on
• Find vintage sheets for guests to picnic
• Test cupcake recipes (twist my arm!)
• Find naturally sweetened recipe for smash cake
• Find cupcake stand
• Find table (borrow from church or Y?)
• Make display tags for food
• Make large bubble wand and bubble mixture for kiddos to play with
• Repaint cornhole boards (if there's time)
• Buy and wrap the nugget's gifts