Adrianna's 2nd Birthday

One of Adrianna's first words was "Elmo!"  So it was a no brainer when deciding a theme for her 2nd birthday party.

 I had some ideas of how I wanted the invitation to look but my skill at Graphic Designing just was not up to the same standard as the vision in my head.  With the help of some talented friends they were able to bring my image to life.  I started by picking up the letters from JoAnn's Fabrics and used  scrapbook paper to wrap the letters.  Then Trina Akiyama and I spent a long day at the park in front of our house and Trina with her patience galore was able to capture some amazing pictures of Addie holding the letters.  When I was telling my sister about the idea I had for the invitation she told me about Beka Clement with http://paixaodesigns.blogspot.com/.  Beka took my vision and made it into reality.  I was so pleased with the end result.

Adrianna loves her Elmo, but she also loves her colors as well.  We stuck with the Elmo theme but threw in rainbow colors to the mix.  I really knew we would get the wow factor from our two year old when we decorated with bright colors.  "Whoa, Mommy!!" "Is gween, and back and arnge, and bew, and purpal!" "IS ELMO!!"  And of course we threw in little bits of "Cookie." (her nickname for cookie monster)

My favorite part of party planning is the dessert table. 

Fortunately we had Elmo there to keep a close watch on Addie's Personal Rainbow Cake.

The dessert table was filled with Cookie Monster's Cookies,  Elmo and Cookie Cupcakes, Homeade S'mores Pops and more!

These Rainbow ribbon topairy's were a lot of fun to make.  For a detailed step by step on how to make them check out... http://www.polkadotbirthday.com/2008/06/table-decor-polka-dot-ribbon-topiary.html

The base you can be creative.  I just bought some terra cotta pots from Micheals and painted them my desired colors.

We set up a fun "make your own elmo" cookie station.  The kids loved decorating there cookies and of course a couple tastes of icing along the way doesn't hurt.

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We had a book there for people to sign for Adrianna to look at when she is older.  The favors of course included goldfish and crayons and some other fun treats for toddlers.