Thursday, July 1, 2010

It's a Party with a Giveaway!

I've been meaning to share a few photos of my baby girl's first birthday! It was only (almost) two months ago. ;) It seems like just yesterday I was introducing her to all of my blog readers in this post over a year ago and on July 8th she'll be 14 months old. In the past two weeks she has talked the ever-so exciting task of walking and is everywhere! Here are some long overdue shots of her 1st Birthday Party!

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I found an adorable line of clothing at Gymboree with Goldfish on the fabric. As soon as I saw those outfits I knew that was just what I wanted to use as Grace's birthday party theme! I searched the internet for goldfish invites etc, but nothing jumped out at me, so I got busy designing her invites on my own. After lots of searching I found a golfish graphic that I liked and there you have it, her 1st birthday invitations:

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As you can see in the pictures above we carried the goldfish theme throughout the party with her cake and the circle flags that were sticking out of her cupcakes and some of the flower pots. Her Thank You Notes were even designed using the same graphic. Although I can take the credit for the invites and the thank you notes I can't take credit for the adorable circle stickers that helped carry out the goldfish theme. That's where the ever-so-talented Kate of Katlem Designs comes in! I stumbled through her site on Etsy last fall and ended up ordering return address labels for myself and some for my Mom as a Christmas present. When it came to help with Grace's party, I knew she was just the person that could help me. I sent her over the graphic that I had already been using and she didn't disappoint. She provided large circles stickers that said "Happy Birthday Grace", smaller circles for the cupcakes that said "Grace is 1", and return address labels for Grace's invites and thank you notes. Let me tell you, Kate is amazing! And not just because she's talented but she's also going to give THREE of my blog readers a set of 60 stickers! In addition to getting stickers from Kate, I'm throwing in a $25 gift certificate to Megan Lane Photography!

Here's what you have to do to enter our giveaway...
*Go to Kate's Etsy Site and check out her beautiful creations!
*Then come back here, to this blog post, and leave a comment with your favorite sticker design! (Comments will be visible after approval.)

It's that easy! Please only enter once. Contest closes Tuesday the 6th at 6pm. Winner will be chosen using Random.org and will be announced here on the blog Wednesday, July 7th! Good Luck!

20 comments:

  1. I like the flower modern sticker design. It was hard to choose a favorite. They are all beautiful!

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  2. OMG I love all her sticker designs - so cute! My favorite is the Wax Seal look - I'm on this tutors tv show spill and it looks like the real thing but without all the hassle. HAHA!

    Happy 14 months Grace!

    Hope you all are well!

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  3. Love the bday pics and the goldfish theme! Toooo sweet!

    I like all of Kate's designs, but if I have to pick one, it would be the brown/blue grass sticker one. :)

    Nikki

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  4. Happy Birthday, Grace!

    I love the pictures and the theme---so cute :)

    My favorite sticker design is the traditional monogram!

    I would love to talk to Kate about creating some things with my logo--does she do things like that?

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  6. Look at her such a cutie!

    I had to look at these a dozen times! I like them all but since I have to choose, I will go with the green and pink one with the larger letter in the middle.

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  7. Her party looked like a big hit, her happy little face tells it all! Thank you for the link to this site, her prices are amazing, might have to get busy doing a little ordering myself. Love the star fish design, adorable and beachy. Looking forward to seeing sweet little Grace!

    Shannon

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  8. Love them! My favorite would be the nautical one. I think I just may go and order some:)

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  9. I like the seahorses....naturally!

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  10. I love the blue starfish design. It is simple and anything beachy catches my eye. It is soothing!!! And a mommy needs that these days!!

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  11. I love looking at things on Etsy!! It was a hard choice but my fav is the starfish :)

    Stacy Chambers

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  12. The birthday pics are great! Grace is adorable! I looked at the labels and they are great! My favorites are the starfish and the sailboat! I can't decide!

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  13. Love the birthday pictures!

    The stickers are great! Love them all, but I really like the single letter in the paint drop.

    Tiffany Armstrong

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  14. Great Pictures! 1st birthdays are always wonderful.

    As far as the labels go, for your theme to match a little along with color I like the Ships Wheel Design.

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  15. Thanks for the link to her site Megan. I may have to order some of the stickers for AJ's birth announcements return address!

    My favorite is the little bird one and then the NYC one. I wonder if she could do one with a silhoutted skyline of Raleigh.... hmmmm?

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  16. Love the Starfish one, anything beachy catches my eyes! lol...Thanks for sharing, and great bday pics,their beautifull!

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  17. Megan your little girl is soooo cute!! Love the goldfish theme...

    Love all the sticker themes...it was so hard to pick one but I will have to go with the vine, floral one that is shown in green.

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  18. The pictures of Grace's bday are adorable...what a cute fishy theme.

    I would have to say that I like the modern green circle ones...my favorite color is green and just my style.

    May have to order some soon...:)

    Kelly Caudle

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  19. What a cute birthday theme! I really like all her designs but my favs would be the starfish, seahorse and surfer.

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  20. Wow! I must order some of those! I like the waxed seal address label...haven't seen that one before!

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