A Whale of a Time - Whale Birthday

This Whale Themed Birthday Party was originally hosted by Vikki over at 2 little Irish Boys.
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I'm loving this party. The little blue whale is just so simple and sweet. The hat, the bib, the cake, and those AdoRable little blue watering cans are all simply to die for. And they all compliment that precious little face so well.

Have a look, leave a comment, and then hop on over to Vikki's Blog to see what else she's got going on!

Enjoy Vikki's party.....

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For me, details really make a party. I have been planning in my head for many months for Cillian's 1st birthday! My boy's birthdays are very important to me and I drive myself crazy over the details....that is just me and it makes me happy!!

It all starts with a theme. I wanted to do simple baby blue whales and after finding the perfect invitations the ideas started flowing. Stickers, wreaths, gingham paper plates, daisies, birthday banner, blue and white balloons, whale kiddie pool-along with the real pool, gingham/sticker napkin rings, little whale sandwiches, birthday hat, outfits....the list goes on and on.

After I decided on the theme, I then started my quest for the perfect outfits for the birthday boy and the brother of the birthday boy. Cillian looked adorable in his smocked whale bubble and Cash was equally handsome in his matching smocked t-shirt. It was all coming together. Cillian even had the perfect "1" t-shirt and matching gingham shorts for after the cake!

The tables were decorated with white daisies in mason jars and under the jars I placed four whale facts on each table. I will share those with you one day when I can't think of another post! Everything was adorned in blue and white as well as gingham and polka dots.

I loved the polka dot "C" wreath that welcomed guests into the pool area, I also made one that stood in the front yard on a wreath easel. The banner was made with scrapbook paper and ribbon. I placed little blue galvanized watering cans filled with goldfish and animal crackers on the kid's table so that when they put together their whale craft they would have munchies. My mother made 12x12 blue polka fabric squares to place under the serving pieces on the food table. The blue and white gingham paper plates were a bargain at TJ Maxx, I just placed my whale stickers in the center--perfection!

Probably, my favorite thing (awww, who am I kiddin' all of it was my favorite) were the very cute whale lollipops that I placed in blue galvanized tins on the cake table. Of course, the kiddos had to have whale shaped ham 'n cheese sandwiches. The party gift for all the children was wrapped in blue and white gingham paper and was a sweet book called, Amos & Boris about the friendship of a whale and a mouse by William Steig. In the front of the book I placed a whale sticker with Cillian's birth date on it.

Of course, a party can't be a success without the help of wonderful, loving people. Grandparents!! Gram and Grandpa came all the way from New Jersey to have me boss them around--huge Thanks!! LoLo and Papa have had to deal with my pickiness forever--Thanks! Greg doesn't do well with me telling him what to do, but he sucked it up and followed orders-Love Ya!

The party was just as I had pictured it in my head for months. Cillian was jubilant the entire day and I know he knew that it was all about HIM and all for HIM!!!