Monday, October 1, 2018

OLIVER IS TWO! + PARTY ANIMAL BIRTHDAY

This post is sponsored by Basic Invite but as always, all opinions are truly my own.

Oliver turned two this past week and I still cannot believe it! My little boy is growing up at the speed of lightning right before my eyes. I do feel that I've been able to enjoy him so much and I think that it's because with Elliot, as a first time mom, everything was sort of a blur. I'm sure I'm not the only one who shares that sentiment.

For both kids, Jack and I decided that no big parties would be thrown until the age of three. For Elliot, the first two years were cake with family and that was it. It makes for some cute pictures, no stress over a big party and a kid that won't remember anything at all. That's just us though. ;)

For Oliver's party, the theme came easy as he loves any sort of animal and calls them all horses or "hosies" as he says. I loved this idea as it was a great starting point for me and my best friend Pinterest. I found some pretty cool stuff and I compiled a few ideas to make them our own for the cake table.

Jack and I made the banners with construction paper, and the balloon arch. It was actually not as time consuming as we thought. My sister-in-law made the cake for us and it was so delicious and exactly what I had pictured. We purchased the animals at Hobby Lobby and Target and Jack made the little party hats for them. We kept it simple and we love how everything turned out!

The invites for me are also a huge deal and since it was only family, we needed some affordable but cute ones. Have you guys ever tried Basic Invite? I thought I had it made with other sources to get invitations but I was beyond wowed with them. They're the only place that offers truly and entirely custom invitations plus they have the best toddler birthday invitations! You can change the colors to fit your style and theme with a ton of options, color and font of text, size, whether you want the text in the first place, etc. It was easy to navigate and change everything I needed. What I also really love is that you can customize your envelopes too! How many times have you gone to the store to get a card  and the envelope it comes with doesn't really match the card and you spend time looking for the perfect one? No? Just me? Okay. With Basic Invite, you can have colored envelopes, and even prints on the inside! I'm never going back anywhere else. You can also upload your own design and even add a custom number of invites you need. They also have foil for their invitations in silver, gold and rose gold (Hello!) that would be perfect for any occasion! How cute are these invites for a mustache birthday party? They really have the best birthday invitations. With the holidays around the corner, these would be so perfect! Basic Invite also offers address capturing from any of your social media, how perfect is that? Especially for procrastinators like me, who want to do everything last minute. You share a link, and your friends enter their addresses there!

I also must say, their customer service is amazing. I accidentally typed "Oliver's 3rd Birthday" and sent them to print then I realized what I did and when I tried to change it, the spacing was being funny. I emailed their customer service, and by the next day, they had fixed them no problem. Easy peasy! Right now Basic Invite is offering 15% off with coupon code: 15FF51 


Oliver had so much fun at his little celebration and we loved having our family over to share that with them. He ate cake and ice cream, danced, played and opened his presents. It was such a nice evening! He had a sleep over at my mom's, his Mima, and though we missed him, he loves spending time with her and I love that.

He is the true definition of a wild child and though it's really tough at times, we wouldn't have it any other way. We love you so much Oliver, happy two years old!



2 comments:

  1. First of all, the house is beautiful. Second of all, the cake looks mouth-watering. I think I am going to drool over my laptop now. It is such an amazing birthday celebration. Happy birthday to the little one. I booked one of the venues in Chicago this year for my kid’s birthday because the house is under renovation.

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    1. Thank you!! A venue is something I've always wanted to do! No mess in our home ha!

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