Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Birthday Parties on Etsy


I’ve been spending a bit of time lately searching the Internet and trying coming up with ideas for Grace’s first birthday which is coming up in May. I’ve decided to go with a polka dot theme which will be cute and girlie. I’ve already made my own invites but before I did, I came across some fantastic birthday party products on Etsy which I wanted to share with you all. They all come to you as PDF files so you once you pay, you can print off as many as you need. I’ve bookmarked them all for future parties!!



Olliegraphic’s invites are my all time favourite – if I hadn’t already made Grace’s invites myself before I discovered this store, I might have gone for one of these. With these invites, you customise the character on them to suit your child with choices for everything from hair colour, style, clothes, eye colour and facial expressions. I’d love to order some of these in the future.



Parties by Hardie have a fantastic Etsy store with printable files of themed party invites, banners, cake toppers and much more. This set of vehicle decorations would be perfect for a little boy’s party.



Happy Papers have such cute party packs for sale including invites, thanks cards, party hats, themed bunting, cupcake toppers and gift bag tags. I adore their Red Riding Hood set and hope I can use it for Grace one day in the future.



Finally, Paper and Cake have a great range of products which can be customised and then printed at home. My favourite is their ‘Sail Away’ party pack.

As I said, I'm making the invites and decorations for Grace's party but all of these wonderful stores have given me lots of inspiration. I'll share my ideas for Grace's polka dot party soon...

All images in this post are from the respective Etsy stores. Image #1 from here.

20 comments:

  1. Great idea for a theme! I love all those, my favourite is Red Riding Hood :)

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  2. I love those olliegraphic ones - they are fantastic aren't they.

    You are very organised having the invites made already. :D

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  3. Some gorgeous Ideas..I love the little red ridding hood theme..too cute.
    Oh I cant believe that little Grace is already going to turn 1 ..how exciting...Jacq's first birthday was lots of fun...we had it in the park..he had a dinasour cake ( because it was an easy one mum could make) and scored loads of fantastic presents which hs still loves playing with 8 months down the track...Im sure Grace is going to have the best birthday party ever...because she has the best mummy..who is super clever :) x

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  4. I was thinking of a polka dot theme for Fern's first b'day before I decided on the rubber ducks!! Try this link from Martha Stewart if you havnt already: http://www.marthastewart.com/article/polka-dot-party and this site for amazing styling ideas: http://tomkatstudio.blogspot.com/
    x

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  5. Abby - I would love to do a Red Riding Hood themed party one day.

    Mel - I've been playing around with the invites for a while and now just need to print them out so I can get onto making decorations and other fun stuff :)

    Anna - thank you for your kind words - you are so lovely. I haven't decided on Grace's cake yet but am hoping to find something simple that fits in with the polka dot theme.

    Nicole - I loved your rubby duck party you had for Fern's 1st birthday. Thanks for the links :) I have the Martha Stewart one bookmarked already but will check out Tomkatstudio x

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  6. Oh these are all gorgeous Amanda, thank you for sharing! It is our Lottie's 3rd birthday on Friday and we are only just having us at her party, but we have gone with a ladybug theme (her request) and also found some gorgeous things on Etsy. I will file these for future use - THANK YOU! I hope you continue to have fun planning your sweet Grace's 1st birthday party, I can't wait to hear more. Hope you are having a wonderful week so far my lovely friend ~ Tina x

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  7. Ooooo... can't wait to see more! Polka dots is a gorgeous idea. So very sweet and girly. Yay, I'm so excited for you!!! If you need me to design anything then I'm more than happy to help out.
    Thank you so much for your lovely comment today. I am so glad we have become friends too, it's very special to share in each other's lives (esp w 1st bubs of the same age) even if it is via the internet!
    Have a wonderful evening Amanda.
    Jxx

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  8. A polka dot party sounds perfect!! I can't wait to see what you come up with :)
    x

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  9. Wow Amanda, those Etsy stores are all so cute. Makes me wish I had a party coming up that I could plan. xx

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  10. Oh some lovely finds here Amanda. I love those olliegraphic invites, and how lovely is that first cupcake image. I never tire of beautiful cupcakes. xx

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  11. Tina - a ladybug theme is something I'd love to do for Grace one day ever since I came across the cutest ladybug cake on Flickr.

    Janette - thanks for your sweet words too, it's so lovely that we are both preparing for our bubs 1st birthdays at the same time :)

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  12. Thanks for the info! Hugh's 1st birthday is in June & I've started planning an owl theme for his....I'm a little obsessed with etsy myself!

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  13. I love the idea of polka dots for graces birthday amanda, can't wait to see the invites you have designed. It must be so much fun coming up with birthday ideas, and I never knew you could find all those invites on etsy it's amazing.

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  14. How adorable, and I just love the name Grace. It's very popular in the southern U.S. (where I live)-- very Southern Belle.

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  15. Hi Amanda, just popped onto your lovely blog through sweet Tina. I adore those cupcakes! The stationary is also very cute. Great picks!
    Have a lovely day!

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  16. Oh how gorgeous is the Red Riding Hood theme. Today is Isla's first birthday, we are having a pink polka dot themed party on Sunday. Have fun planning Grace's party.

    Leah

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  17. Hi Amanda,

    Thanks for your lovely birthday wishes for Isla. It is so funny that Grace's middle name is Isla because Isla's middle name is Grace.

    Hope you are having a great day.

    Leah

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  18. Thank you for sharing all of these great sites. I can't wait to check them out! Hope you are having a wonderful day!
    I really appreciate the sweet comments you leave me!
    Take Care,
    Maria

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  19. I just came over from undomestic/mumma and love this inspirational list of ideas too!

    My little man turned one in September and I had a blast organising his party. Lots of people kept asking why I bothered cos it's not like he cared but I wanted to create something I knew he'd look back at and appreciate.

    Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do with all that cool-ness.

    xo

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  20. Oh thank you so much for this, I am always bookmarking posts about parties, especially if there is a boy themed idea.
    Looking forward to seeing what you do.
    Cheers
    Engracia
    xx

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