Love You To The Moon And Back!

Just got back from visiting and celebrating our granddaughter's first birthday on the mainland. So hard to believe a year has already gone by since she was born! Her mommy and daddy held a  fun party at their neighborhood park to celebrate with some family and friends. The theme of the party was based on one of her favorite books, "Love You To the Moon And Back"! Sharing some of the fun projects I had a chance to put together, like this rocket photo booth using that theme...

The initial rocket ship image I wanted to use was designed in Make the Cut Design Program. From there I printed the image out and placed it on graph paper so I could get an idea of how large it had to be to fit a small child.

The image was then enlarged in Make the Cut and had to be cut in sections, limited to what could be made to fit onto sheets of 12 x 12 cardstock. I believe it took a total of 25 sheets of cardstock for a rocket of this size.

We took all the cut pieces with us and reconstructed the rocket onto two oversized boxes once we got to my daughter's place. One box in the center for the rocket and a second box sliced lengthwise to add the the sides. Picked up a pack of blue cardstock at Joann's to cover the boxes for the background sky.

We also put together this fun banner to decorate the main buffet table. Each flag was labeled with a number from 1 thru 12 with a photo of Evie clipped on which was taken during each month of her first year. Her parents took photos of her with the same teddy bear on the same rocking chair every month so we could see how much and how quickly she grew!

These were very easy to put together, using basic shapes to create the flags and stars. Flags were cut from pearlized cardstock and stars from gold glitter cardstock. Mini clothespins were glued onto the backside of the stars  so the photos could be clipped on to them and everything was strung together onto pink tulle.

I also made a second smaller banner to be draped around Evie's high chair at the party.

And these are the yummy and amazing cookies baked and beautifully decorated by our super sweet and dear friend Heather. She painstakingly baked and frosted over sixty sets of these so we could use them as favors for Evie's party...thank you so much, Heather!

We sealed each set in cellophane and packed them in boxes to hand carry onto the plane, then added the headers to the bags later when we got to our daughter's home.

We used glittery white cardstock for the back and added a header with a cloud and hanging moon and stars. The cloud, moon and stars were cut using a thin metal die. The cloud shaped label with the words, "Love you to the moon and back" was printed and cut using the Print and Cut function on the Silhouette.
Happily the weather held out and everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves at the party. I had fun putting together the few things for the decor and favors and am looking forward to helping with many more years of themed birthday parties as our granddaughter grows up.