This past weekend my son Tomas celebrated his 11th Birthday. So today I would like to invite you all to our house for a peak at how I prepared for our family party!
Other than a few store bought decor pieces everything was pretty much DIY!
For parties like this it's just easier to go with paper plates and cups... who wants to do dishes?!? So much easier and adds lots of color to the room!
The banner and numbers were created with the Silhouette Cameo. My go to machine for all my party decor... what was life like before my Cameo?!? ... well, everything was store bought and not personalized!
The paper tissue garland banner was another DIY project. SO easy, you can find lots of tutorials online!
Pictured below is what my basement looked like before the family arrived.
What's a party with out a Cake? Here is how I set up my cake table!
Thank you treat tags for the kids were also created using the Cameo.
Speaking of cake...
Here is the fun cake I made to coordinate with the rest of the decor. I wanted to go with a simple yet modern look for the cake. I think I achieved that, love how it turned out!
Again I also used the Silhouette to create the numbers and the bunting banner for the cake toppers.
I also added some more blue and green decorations through out the rest of the living areas. Here is what our kitchen nook looked like.
Even our sun room got a little attention. Thought it would be warm enough for people to hang out up there but it turned out to be fairly cold that day :( Oh well, still looked good!
I had lots of fun decorating our staircase too!
I made a bunch of these tissue paper poms in various sizes and hung them up using fishing line. I wanted to make them look like they were suspended in mid air. This was my favorite decoration piece! In fact, I haven't taken it down yet... I think we will enjoy it a little longer until I get sick of it, lol!
Look at suspended poms from the opening in the staircase below.
And here is my 11 year old blowing out his candles!
Thanks for stopping by!
Other than a few store bought decor pieces everything was pretty much DIY!
For parties like this it's just easier to go with paper plates and cups... who wants to do dishes?!? So much easier and adds lots of color to the room!
The banner and numbers were created with the Silhouette Cameo. My go to machine for all my party decor... what was life like before my Cameo?!? ... well, everything was store bought and not personalized!
The paper tissue garland banner was another DIY project. SO easy, you can find lots of tutorials online!
Pictured below is what my basement looked like before the family arrived.
What's a party with out a Cake? Here is how I set up my cake table!
I also made some cake pops and oreo truffles for the table.
For the blue cake pops I used marble cake and the green ones were lemon cake flavored.
I love how you can find such fun straws to coordinate with any color theme. I found these at Micheal's.
Thank you treat tags for the kids were also created using the Cameo.
Want to know how I kept the wooden letter T's from falling? Here is an iphone pic I took... I just hot glued a toothpick to the back as a support! Clever right? They never feel down once! ;)
I also found these large tissue paper rosettes at Micheal's and then made some smaller ones to fill in the spaces and create a backdrop for the cake. Here is a link to an older post of how I make my rosettes.
Here is the fun cake I made to coordinate with the rest of the decor. I wanted to go with a simple yet modern look for the cake. I think I achieved that, love how it turned out!
Again I also used the Silhouette to create the numbers and the bunting banner for the cake toppers.
Top view of the cake.
Close up table view.
I also added some more blue and green decorations through out the rest of the living areas. Here is what our kitchen nook looked like.
Even our sun room got a little attention. Thought it would be warm enough for people to hang out up there but it turned out to be fairly cold that day :( Oh well, still looked good!
I had lots of fun decorating our staircase too!
I made a bunch of these tissue paper poms in various sizes and hung them up using fishing line. I wanted to make them look like they were suspended in mid air. This was my favorite decoration piece! In fact, I haven't taken it down yet... I think we will enjoy it a little longer until I get sick of it, lol!
Look at suspended poms from the opening in the staircase below.
And here is my 11 year old blowing out his candles!
Hope you enjoyed a peak of Tomas' Simple Blue and Green Birthday Party theme! Maybe even a little inspired to do your own DIY party decor?!
What am I going to come up with for next year? I'm starting to run out of ideas... Good thing I have a year to think about it!
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Crafting :)
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