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A personal touch is always appreciated!

I am a lucky auntie with lots of nieces & nephews,
then there's my blood, my "real" nephew, sean.
I don't get to see him too often since he lives so far away,
so I was determined to make his very 1st birthday a very special one.
Having the party at my parents' church wasn't the most ideal,
but I had to make do with what was at hand.

I am a lucky auntie with lots of nieces & nephews,

then there's my blood, my "real" nephew, sean.

I don't get to see him too often since he lives so far away,

so I was determined to make his very 1st birthday a very special one.

Having the party at my parents' church wasn't the most ideal,

but I had to make do with what was at hand.

Sean was born in the year of the rabbit

so I naturally went with bunny rabbit as the party's theme.

They are cute & cuddly just like Sean!

Plus his party was on the evening of Easter Sunday.

Gray & Yellow with white & lavender accents were the color theme.

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INVITATIONS

i got the upside down rabbit idea from a photo i saw at hobby lobby.
i'm over the moon about turning one...

sean the bunny rabbit!
hop on by and let's have one hare of a flippin' good time!

BANNER

i wanted to keep the banner simple,
but now i wonder if i should've spelled out "birthday".

TABLE DISPLAY

the reason i wanted to keep the banner simple was because
my plan was to have more decorations hanging from the ceiling,
lights with lanterns on the wall, so on & so forth.
as i mentioned, because of the venue being where it was,
i was not able to execute a lot of those plans,
and had to deal with other elements that were stationary in that fellowship hall.

sean's first 12 months on a a foam board,
framed memorabilia, photos of his parents at around his age.
most frames were covered with scrapbook paper or painted.

SEAN

and his information tree

sean's doljabi items.

for those who are not familiar,

at korean 1st birthday parties,

the guest of honor is sat in front of several items that describe

a future state of being and/or a future occupation,

and the first item the baby grabs is what would predict his/her future.

what will sean pick?
1. scholar 2. musician 3. health 4. wealth 5. athlete 6. doctor.
he chose wealth, but we have no photos to prove it.

guests were to pick which number sean will pick,
then put their number in the corresponding jar, for a small prize.
a mirror was placed there on purpose since the back of the jars
had photos that matched what was on the doljabi board.
each guest would keep the lollipop stick after putting the smaller numbers
attached on the back of the stick in the jar.

FAVORS