Mia's 1st birthday preview

I am so excited for Mia's First birthday! We are having a ladybug theme and celebrating with family in NJ. I made her invitations to save some money. They are definitely not high quality, state of the art invites but I am very proud! Here are steps in case you want to make some for you little one!

1) decide on size of body and trace onto black and red paper and cut out as many invites as you will need. (I used the lid of an oatmeal can), cut the red paper in half for the wings

2)trace smaller circle for the head and even smaller circles for the spots (I used a template from my scrap booking stash), you will need 5-6 spots per ladybug depending on how you want to decorate them

3) print off wording of invite on regular paper

4) attach pieces together with wings on top, then invitation, then black circle, and finally the head in the back using paper fasteners

5) Glue on eyes and spots

I also made Mia an outfit to go along with her ladybug theme. I created the onesie using a plain white onsie. I picked out the fabric to go with the theme, free hand drew a number one. I traced the number backwards onto the back of the fabric, Cut it out and hand sewed it onto the onesie. I was a little hesitant since I hand sewen it but my sewing machine was not cooperating so I had no choice. But it has held up nicely in the wash!

I also made her a No-sew tutu from a video tutorial I found on youtube. It was super easy and only took about 1 hour to make. Although I had to adjust it the next day when I tried it on Mia. Just a tip if you do make this: The elastic stretches as the tulle is tied onto it, so start out 2-3 inches smaller then your waist size.