So, last month Mason turned the big one.
The husband and I chose to keep his first birthday simple - basically, a grandparent party. :) Anyway, I wanted to take a moment to share photos from his little, mustache party...
the pantry door.
We LOVE this thang. Probably one of our best DIY projects. ever.
the little banner...
I printed some mustaches from Pinterest (they're everywhere) and added them to construction paper, brown, coffee filters and newspaper. My only issue with banners is I never know where to attach the ends...sometime I want them in places where I have no option but to tape them to the wall...I don't know. I'm weird.
the husband put these together.
We bought these little, dowel rods and broke them in half...
and then added the mustaches with double sided tape.
little man's table.
As you can tell, I added mustaches to random things throughout the house, which was kinda fun...had to include a dog (thank you, cousin Brittney!), because his nursery "theme" included lots of doggies. The big one sign was super easy to make - it's just a piece of wood I wrapped with newspaper, and then, using a BIG sharpie, I free-handed a big uno.
Okay, by far, one of my favorite things about his little party! His smash cake...A friend of mine told me about this idea (again Pinterest - you are the reason behind many, many fabulous ideas). We made a box cake mix in a 9 inch circle pan, and then, cut a "wavy" line through the middle. Flipped one half over and bam - you have a mustache! We used a frosting tube thing (ya know, like cheese whiz spray cans), which was really easy. Thanks, Kerry Jo, for telling me about this! Here's the photo tutorial we used:
I have tons and tons of photos of nugget, so I chose a photo that I had not shared with anyone for his photo cake...we added a mustache to it when we edited the photo in Photoshop, and it just looked awesome! This was around the time when he started standing in his crib like a big boy. :)
Showin' off his bib, which is the cutest hand-me-down from the Robinson fam! And you'll notice some photos on the laundry room door...I put photos throughout the house - most from when he was extra little. The big mustache is actually part of a cardboard pizza box. Thank goodness we recycle! I free-handed that design and just added black paint. We still haven't taken it down. :)
Little man was not a fan of cake smashin'. I just love his sweet, little expression here though. :)
A few days later, a family friend gave him another smash cake...So, we attempted it again. He still wasn't too sure, but we did get him to make more of a mess. :) Thanks, Berta! Mase's parents definitely enjoyed the rest of it...
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Hope you liked the behind the scenes look at his party. :) I still can't believe my little man is one...
-S
