Amelia's 1st and My 30th Birthday

We had a wonderful couple of days last weekend.  We had a Very Hungry Caterpillar party to celebrate Amelia's 1st Birthday and also my 30th.  Yes that's right, on my birthday last year I was busy in hospital giving birth... my worst and best birthday all rolled into one!  Lol.

I have been busy with the preparations for the party for a few weeks so I have stopped selling my cards and memory boxes for the time being.  I will start again on 1st May once Easter is out of the way.  I want to spend as much time with my family over the next few weeks.  It's not often that I get so much time off work!

I put my love of card making and papercraft into practice at the party and made all sorts of decorations to include invitations, food picks, a "Thank you for coming" sign, a birthday card for Amelia and some little cards to stand around the food on the table.

I ordered the most FANTASTIC cake from Teresa's Tasty Treats (on Facebook).  It was a major talking point and everybody loved it.  I really didn't want to cut it.  It was so spectacular!

A great day was had by all.  Amelia and I were thoroughly spoilt with beautiful cards and gifts and the weather was perfect so we were able to get out into the garden.

Here are some photos of the day, and of the things I made:

Sandwich/food picks

Thank you for coming sign

Invitations

Card for Amelia

Very Hungry Caterpillar cake

On Thursday he ate four strawberries..

He was a beautiful butterfly!

Amelia unwrapping her present from us (a Smart Trike)

Foooood!  Yum yum!

Amelia opening her presents

Mother's Day

I had a lovely Mother's Day yesterday.  I was thoroughly spoilt my my two children (and Daddy!).  I got a HUGE Boofle card from the children which is actually bigger than my Daughter, a Wife Boofle card from my Husband, a huge bouquet of flowers, a Willow Tree figure and a big box of Malteasers. Yum :-)
I love Boofle and my Husband buys me a Boofle card for every occassion!  I have a growing collection of Boofle teddy bears, pens, notebooks, mugs and keyrings too! All of which have been kindly bought for me by friends and family.

We went to my Mum's for a roast dinner and my Mother-in-Law came too which was lovely.  I gave them their gifts; flowers and a craft punch for my Mum and a few bits that I made for them both.  Here's what I made them:

Mother's Day cards for my mum

In my Nan's words; the photos really don't do them justice.  I have had the same feedback from many of the things that I have sold in the past.  I wish I had a better camera to take pictures of my work on!  I would LOVE an SLR camera one day.