Oscar had a birthday! 
So I did a little bit of birthday crafting. Or I cut out a bunch of crowns, anyway.
The birthday boy photo bunting was inspired by the fabulous hair bow version Danielle made for her daughter – I knew the minute I saw it I wanted to recreate something similar for Oscar (sans hair bows of course, though he’s certainly worn his share). The faces (each one is about 4 inches across) are printed onto photo paper and glued to card stock, then taped to the ribbon.
I made a simple felt crown (template and tutorial courtesy of Heidi & Finn), and he wore the silly thing all morning long, along with his birthday trousers and a new sweater, knit by my mom.
There were crowns for the cupcakes…
Cookies in crown bags…
Crowns clipped to his month-to-month photos…
And a mother-load of triangles sewn into miles of triangle garland…
He also got a triangle birthday bib – the fabric (Leah Duncan’s Movaje Illuminated) was the inspiration for the triangle garland.
That’s all, nothing fancy. We celebrated with two small parties – just family on his real birthday, and some neighborhood friends the next day. He got a little barbeque trolley and a ride-on bumble bee and was perfectly content just sitting there, enjoying both at the same time.
That’s the thing about this kid, he’s just perfectly content, all the time. We are beyond lucky to have him around. I had forgotten how much fun it is to have a one-year-old – I love all the stages, but ONE! sure is spectacular.
p.s. There’s still another day to enter the fabric giveaway – details are here!
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oh, too sweet! I gave my little guy that VERY same book for his first birthday…5 years ago! 🙂 I still love it and won’t get rid of it. It was one of my favorites when I was young, too.
Sarah M
We love that book in our home, too! We “chat” with Nicholas about what he’s doing, and what he sees 🙂
you are my favourite blog by far at the moment but i just envy how you get to all your sewing!! I also have my little boy turning one soon and i love all these ideas. Fingers crossed aI can pull some of it off! Thank you for being my inspiration!
My favorite line, by far, was “That’s all, nothing fancy.” I just had to smile because I was completely in awe of all you had done. What a great party!
So cute!
SQUEE! It’s all just so cute. Love the triangle/crown thing you got going on there, and his handmade outfit looks so comfy and adorable! That little guy is the sweetest and congrats on making it to ONE!
super cute! LOVE all the decorations! happy birthday, little man!
What a wonderful way to celebrate your beautiful boys first year.
Happy Birthday, Oscar! I love the crown theme with all the pictures.:)
adorable!!!!!
Oh! Sweet boy! Love all your birthday decor. Seeing him flip through I Am A Bunny reminds me of our last trip to Portland, when I read it at powells. That bumblebee ride is pretty sweet btw. I think a grownup sized one might be a great idea…..
How is he one already? Seriously. Wasn’t he just born??
But what a cute little one year old he is! Happy Birthday, little Oscar!
And, Gail, you still throw the most ridiculously fabulous birthday parties!
He is so cute, and everything you made- just beautiful, seriously! I am not crafty at all, and I am always in awe of people who can pull all of these things together.
So darling! And so similar to my baby’s 1st birthday. I made his banner with party hats though. LOVE the crowns. I may have to do this next year! http://mccallandjared.blogspot.com/2013/04/my-baby-turns-one.html
Happy belated birthday to no-longer-a-baby Oscar! It goes by so quickly, and you’ve certainly celebrated this milestone birthday in real style, Gail! I love, love all your party details, even down to the beautifully wrapped gifts with green ribbon! He sounds like such a joy-filled little boy – what a blessing!
Happy birthday to Oscar. We are way past 1 over here, but I love your idea of the month photos. Thanks for sharing.
Oh so sweet! And the birthday outfit is adorable…