Grayson's 2nd Birthday Party

My little boy turned 2!  It was a fast and furious day with lots to be thankful for.  First of all, it didn't rain!  It had rained a lot the day before so I was so glad when I woke up and it wasn't raining.  I had been praying all week about it.  God is in every detail even when I was putting everything together down to the last minute.  Thank you to all our friends and family for making this day special.

Grayson eating his birthday cake his great grandmom Ba made for him.

Welcome sign

Drink table

The cooler is my mom's, the plates are my sister's

You can't really see them but the styrofoam cups I stamped with a red anchor

The adorable napkins my friend Amy bought for me.  They are red with white and blue anchors.  I was so excited when she showed them to me - thank you Amy!

I was going for an eclectic lounge look.  (The lanterns are my mom's)

This was actual sand and shells from my honeymoon 11 years ago!

My mother in law helped me make these pillows and I cut out 2's and applied them to the front.

One of the children's tables.  I found these great sand and sea creatures at Hobby Lobby and made the sand cut out on the blue paper for them to put the stickers on.  The bucket in the background was for fishing with those magnetic fish.

Dessert Table (the vases are my sisters)

My sister also made the cupcakes and they were delicious.  I purchased the flowers from Tom Thumb.

I put this bunting up with the 2's on it about 5 minutes before the party - the mirror was too much by itself.  I was a little stressed at that point!

So I made this menu before realizing the lobster cookies with the cookie cutter I mentioned here were not going to work.  I made 5 batches of dough and started using the cookie cutter about 10pm 3 nights before the party but the lobster kept falling apart and dough kept crumbling.  It was not meant to be and  I had a lot to do so I gave up and moved on.

BooBoo and Pappaw made the french fries and Nick made the burger sliders.  

We also had chicken nuggets and goldfish for the kids.

 

The tags on the limbs were Grayson's top 10 favorite things and the pictures were his most hilarious moments of this last year.  Each child got a small bucket with a bag of whale crackers.

My two special blessings!  So thankful you are both in my life.

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Grayson's 2nd Birthday Party Ideas

My son Grayson's birthday party is coming up in less than 4 weeks and I have been busy preparing for his party.  I decided on a nautical theme and wanted to share with you some of my finds and inspiration for his party.   

So these are the invitations I ordered from B Letterpress Designs.  

Check out the Lobster Printable Invite Here

They are printable invites with a lobster letterpress.  I LOVE letterpress so I just had to get these and they were very reasonable.  Of course, you're not seeing the entire invitation with our address and contact but you get the idea.  I made the envelope liners from paper at Hobby Lobby.  I also used fabric tape from Paper Source to seal the envelopes on the back since I covered up a lot of the sticky part with my liner.  Erika Powell at Urban Grace Interiors also used this tape for her daughter's 2 year old birthday envelopes which I totally forgot about until I went back to look at her invites when I was searching for wording and font ideas.  Check out what she did here.  She is always creative and has excellent design taste.

                                                    

                                                                     Paper Source

Paper Source Red and White Stripe Ribbon

They also had this adorable red and white stripe ribbon I was so tempted to get but decided not to since I already had striped ribbon purchased from Michael's and Hobby Lobby.

                                                                 Mara-Mi for Target

These cards I picked up before I ordered the invites as inspiration and thank you notes.  I love the mix of pattern here.

SlippinSouthern via Etsy

I was originally thinking of making this out of foam board but I think I can get by without a whale at his party.

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These were so cute although I think I'm going to go with the kit below.

via PlatesandNapkins

These are perfect for his party!  I still have to order them but I love them and their price.

Jennifer's Cookies on Etsy

I already have decided I'm going to make the lobster cookies shown below but I thought these were so adorable and her etsy shop has lots of great treat bags for all kinds of parties.

Backwoods Plaid on Etsy (image link no longer available)

This is an inspirational picture for his party. 

                                                                           Source: etsy.com via Trisha on Pinterest

                                                                       Source: tumblr.com via love on Pinterest

                   

              Sur la Table

Stay tuned for Grayson's Birthday party pictures.  

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