Ooh La La!

I found this adorable french poodle motif dress size 2T at a small shop at my local mall (the name of the store escapes me at the moment), but the tag on the dress says Rare Editions. I thought to myself, who can I buy this for? I was happy to remember that my cousin's daughter's first birthday is coming soon and figured size 2T was a safe fit for later anyhow. I knew I wanted a birthday card to match--so I went straight to Etsy of course! I found the perfect poodle card at Amy's shop, Scrap Your Story. And she was kind enough to make me a custom, "Happy 1st Birthday" card. And the price was very reasonable! Can't wait to ship this lovely gift off in the mail, and double can't wait to find out if the birthday girl likes it!

Baby Buy!

My cousin registered for her baby at buybuybaby.com. I bought her a bath gift set and since most of her items were already purchased, I browsed the site to find a keepsake for her. I found these adorable Garden Friends trinkets, one is a bank, one is for baby's first curl, and one is for baby's first tooth. And of course, the turtle is my favorite, which worked out perfect since she is having a boy!

HABA Rolling Wooden Turtles

These adorable turtles were part of the inspiration for the turtle party's colors of red, blue, and yellow. I just love these wooden toys, and they will be a treasured keepsake for my son. You can purchase them here.

TurtlePalooza!

My son in his cute turtle shirt from Macys.com.

Turtle cake from my local shop, Creative Memories.

The candy table. See the brown bags on the right, stamped with a turtle stamp and a red ribbon tied to add a punch of color, used as take home candy bags! (Get a better view of the bags under my previous TOTALLY TURTLE post).

Zebra cake from my local Albertson's bakery.

Notice the wooden turtles along the bottom of the table. Purchased from the Dollar Tree ($1.00 each!) and hand-painted by my daughters and I.

Favors for the babies who attended the party (again from my local Dollar Tree). I just added some shredded paper for color and tied in clear bags.

Handmade turtle card from the dollar bin at Target. An old giraffe frame I've had, added an "M" sticker and a red ribbon.

Notice the tiny turtle cupcake toppers from The Birthday House at Etsy.com!

The favors table, and photographs of my son in and on turtle gear!

The favor bags for the older children. I wanted to use clear bags to show the awesome turtle items that I purchased from TurtleMax.com! The kids couldn't wait to get their own bag!

Water bottle labels I made. I simply stamped a turtle onto some blue paper, slipped the paper into some page protectors, cut and taped into place.

Personalized birthday banner from BirthdayinaBox.com!

Totally Turtle!

ETSY to the Rescue!

If you love purchasing unique, handmade products with a personal touch and friendly one on one service, you will FALL IN LOVE with ETSY.com!! Here are a few of the products I purchased for my son's birthday party...ENJOY!

Set of 12 personalized cupcake wrappers by OnCupcakeMoon (click name)!

Handmade Turtle birthday card by Scrappin Ashley (click name)!

More ETSY to Love!

Turtle Birthday cake topper by PassionArte (click name)!

Turtle cake topper by CRLCreations (click name)!

Mini Polymer Clay Turtle Birthday Figurine by Buttonwilloe (click name)!