Of course when I started planning Addy's Look Whoo is 1 party, I started thinking about what kind of banner I wanted to make. Sometimes I like to put the banner at the top of the backdrop, or use it as the focal point of the backdrop. For this party, I really wanted to use the rag wreath as the center & the curtains at the top, so I made a banner to stretch across the front of the table. In keeping with the owl theme, I just cut out simple little owls, alternating the pink & green color scheme. In choosing the owl shape, I just went with what was going to be the easiest shape to cut out. It isn't anything fancy, but it worked. For the owl chest area, I cut out some scrapbook paper that I had leftover from the baby mobile & mural in Addy's nursery. The green cutouts went on the pink owls & vice versa. I cut out white circles for the eyes & dotted them with a paint pen. I then used the letter stencils that I pretty much use for all of my banners to cut out 'Look Whoo is 1!" I was running low on ribbon in the colors that I wanted, so I just used light pink & light green sheer ribbon to tie the owls together. I didn't want the banner to sag in the middle, so I took straight pins & stuck them through the tied ribbons into the tablecloth in a few spots across the table, just to make sure that the banner stayed hanging correctly.
This was a quick little clothesline banner that I threw together to highlight how much our sweet girl had grown over her first year of life. There is a picture from every month, along with the words to the Rent song 'Seasons of Love'. I had wanted to make it a little more in depth & make backgrounds for the pictures & the wording, but I just ran out of time. I think showing pictures throughout the year is great for any kid's birthday party, but especially the first year when they grow so much & so fast.
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