Manny's 1st Birthday {The Invitations}

Well it doesn't seem possible, but my baby is less than a month away from being one! I mailed his invitations a little early because I know May is such a busy month, and I wanted to give everyone plenty of notice so they could plan accordingly. Well, that and I was just excited to get them out. :)

I've had an idea of what I wanted his picture for the invitation to look like for awhile, and I knew part of it was a colorful highchair. So, I bought this old wooden one for $10 on Craigslist and spray painted it aqua.

I l-o-v-e how it turned out, and it's perfect to use for his party too since he doesn't have an actual highchair (we use a booster on one of our bar stools).

As I mentioned, his party is going to be a vintage sock monkey theme with a red and aqua color palette. I love buntings, so of course had to make one for his invite.

 

I had pretty much finished the design, but then Katie posted this adorable invite by Sugar Paper that used an actual candle on the invite. I knew I had to put a 1 somewhere just so I could do that!

The envelopes were inspired by that same invitation design by Sugar Paper. I also made some sock monkey stickers to seal the envelope with, but I forgot to take a picture of those.

I will be honest and say other than his invites, I really haven't done anything for his party. I really need to get moving because it will be here before I know it. So exciting! :)