{Awhile ago we shared this photo idea at one of our fave blogs:
We love Kristen and she has an awesome Decorating with Portraits series here you should check out!}
I love having pictures of our family around the house. It’s nice to have the professional, Christmas-card type photos up and displayed on your walls. I also have a lot of pictures sitting on my computer that never get seen – the less professional type! Today I’m sharing a way to decorate with pictures that is perfect for birthdays (but can be left up long after the party’s over!)
My kids’ birthdays are 2 days apart. I didn’t know how crazy that would be until that first year that we had to have 2 parties back-to-back! My daughter had a girly Pinkalicious party, and then we had a combined family party for both of them. I wanted to decorate with something special that would acknowledge both of their big days! So I looked through all my pics on iPhoto and selected 13 pictures of each child.
For my son turning 1, that meant one picture from each month.
For my 3-year old, I started with newborn and did approximately 3 months apart to show how much she has changed over the years. It was so fun to look back and get all the pictures!
I used a circle punch on each picture (little tiny headshots!) For the pennant banner I used scrapbook paper cut into triangles, sewing them together to make one long chain. I added stickers to mark the months 3,6,9 and 12. I loved seeing the change in our baby’s first year of life!
For the other photo banner, I made a bunch of tiny accordion circles.
1. Cut your paper to desired width. I used 3×12 inch strips of paper.
2. Accordion fold.
3. Make into a loop and staple.
4. Push in the center to make the medallion. I used hot glue on the center to hold it together.
Add your punched out pictures and attach to ribbon, twine, etc. (Thanks, hot glue!)
We had a fun little “Hungry Caterpillar” theme and the photo banners were the perfect finishing touch!
And…I liked them so much they stayed in our kitchen for longer than I’m willing to admit. 😉
I think this may be a new birthday tradition in our house!
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What a great idea! Will keep this in mind for our next birthday party. Thanks 🙂 xo P
Well, it is nice to know I am not the only one that experiences the craziness of back to back parties. My kids are 2 days apart (one is 2 and the other 5) and the grandparents live out of town. So, each year, we have a Saturday party for one and a Sunday party for the other.
Love this idea for the birthday banner.
Love this birthday banner idea!! Totally cute!!