♥ First birthday party

Pin It



And eventually I managed to put together some pics of Giulio's first birthday party. The theme is elefant with red ballon, totally inspired by Dulce Sobremesa.I made wall decorations, table decorations and the cake and decorated biscuits! Yes I DID MAKE the sugar cake and biscuits, honestly I thought it was ore difficult but it wasn't, probably also because the decorations werent' very hard to make.

I just baked a Madeira cake (Francesca Sugar Art Recipe) and covered it with white sugar paste ( I watched some Francesca's video about how to cover a cake on her channel on Youtube). After that I just placed some blu elephants and red ballons on the top of it. I just had colored some sugar paste with my gel red and blue colors, flatted it with a pinroll, cut the shapes and pasted them on the cake.

And here some pics of the table:

I do love to organize this little party!!

♥ baby shower

Eventually I had Giulio's baby shower just in time, I mean, he was born 3 weeks in advance so just 5 days after his shower. I enjoyed so much arranging everything and also the party was really cute and was so nice to meet so many good girlfriends of mine. It was a really good laugh afternoon.

I love so much to organize party I'd like to do that such as second job/hobby!!! :-)

♥ super cute baby overall

I couldn't stop myself, I saw that and iI bought immediatelly and I'm also here to spread the world! It's really too cute this little dungarees by Neck&Neck.

My little Giulio I can't wait to put this on you.

♥ jolie petite chose

I just bumped into this gorgeous website: JOLIE PETITE CHOSE. They sell a little pieces and mobiles that add for sure a cute and cozy touch at your baby nursery.
This lovingly hand crafted nursery mobile features 5 distinctive elephants with each in its own individual colour and pattern.
This mobile is designed with the elephant trunks pointing up to bring good luck!

All of them are handmade in Jodie’s Melbourne studio and every use fabbric is soft and unique and all patterns are so sweet. You can choose among elephants, owls, tree, birds and more.

When someone asked about the inspiration behind her collection Jodie replied… “My inspiration was to give my lovely little daughter something special made by me to cherish and remember as a part of her life as a baby/infant. Hopefully she will pass the things I make for her on to her own little one someday”…. A lovely reflection that truly sums up the essence of the handmade children’s industry.

They would make the perfect gift for any new arrival.

♥ brand new classy baby shoes

***PATTERN FOR FREE***

I just finished to kniw this fab little and oh-so-cute shoes and I'm really happy with how they turned out. I can't wait to see these little shoes on my little one. I knitted several shoes and booties so far and I've learnt a bit more about the knit world so I make my own pattern!!! Yes this is what my mind eleborated mixing loads of "knowledge" coming from reading and knitting loads of other shoes patterns.

Do you fancy it? Isn't it so classy and perfect to fit little feet? The ribbon is a pin for the mum to be and i'm going to give away these bows like a present for my baby shower. I've been knitting them n every colors, they look so fab.

Here you go to download for free the pattern.

♥ party time: baby shower memo

I love all these hues of blue, they are so cute, light and bright indeed. Here you can find a list ofthings to do and keep in mind to organize a successful baby shower. I'm not an expert in this parties but I did a good research among several blogs of party-planners and here I've summarized for you. You can find a wide choice of different thigs to keep in mind.

♥ Atmposhire
bunting, pinwheels, paper pompoms, pegs , music

♥ Card:
Save the date
Invite
Thank you for coming

♥ Printables
(choose theme, font, palettes)
food labels/signs, popcorn case, food toppers
sign/tag for cadeau

♥ Food
sweet food: cupcakes, macarones, scones, bignè, meringues, cake, jam
salted food: popcorn, tarallini, little sanwiches
candies: sugars bottons/dice, lollypop, jelly bean, chocolate,

♥ Drink
hot, cold and soft drinks

♥ Setting the table
cultery, tablecloth, napkins, glasses, plates, straws

♥ Petit cadeau
don't foget to be polite, give to your guests a present to thank them for coming. That could be such as something you hand-made, cookies bag, candies bag, cookies shape or let your mind to be creative.

That I got is it's really important to focus the theme of your party and choose the right pallettes of colors to use, every party should be full of vibrant and colorful details!

♥ baby boy clothes

clockwise from top left:

♥ bermuda/romper by neck&neck
it's so cute for a little baby, I felt in love with it immediatly. NECK & NECK is a Spanish children’s fashion brand with its own design, which is distributed exclusively through a network of own company shops or franchises. The price is also no too high £19.

♥ sneaker booties by Michelle
They are perfect for a by new born, I found across the net several shoes and booties patterns but honestly the most of them are really more female than male. This shape is perfect for a boy! You can find and download the pattern directly on her blog, click here.

♥ shirt by zara
this 100% cotton shirt is totally cool for a little boy. He could look totally a little man waering it. The price? Very affortable £ 12,99. Of coure the smaller size is 3 months

♥ hat by Hadley, her blog shescrafty
I find it really sweet and cute for a little son. She sells the pattern on her Etsy shop. Hurry up!!

♥ crossover body suit by Petit Bateau
Perfect for keeping your little one warm and cosy day or night. It's designed with easy snap buttons and a crossover front for quick changing. The traditional palette makes this cotton suit a great choice for bouncing baby boys. Of course the fabric is 100% cotton. Buy it on line at selfridges £15.

♥ knit hoddie by gap
This garter knit hoodie is the gap's ultimate in cozy. This chunky knitting hoodie means easy dressing and a happy baby.

I can't wait to star with my baby's shpping!!! I know I'll became a baby clothes shopaholic.

♥ baby shower

Hi hi it's time for me to do outing: I'm having a baby very soon and you can't imagine how happy we are!! As every mum to be I'm getting crazy with clothes I'd like to buy (OMG gap has so many cute and marvellous miniclothes!!), things for fornishing the new room but I also think about party time! So the first party for my baby will be the baby shower and it is in December, I know it's really far away but I can't help to think about all this oh so cute things.

woollen booties by Frogginette

Actually in the past days I was blogging on my faves and I already found a lot of insipations but I don't wanna stop to glimpse in every nooks. Any Suggestion?

For sure a bunting can't miss at that party!

Here a little tip to make a very basic and easy bunting:
Materials:
Variety of cute fabrics
3 m of Ribbon
Scissors

Instructions:
1. Cut 12 long isosceles triangles from fabric. (basis: 20cm and height: 24 cm)
2. Pinch the flags with pins on the ribbon
3. Sew the top side of flags on the tape (you could also staple them)
4. Iron them

Enjoy!