Stage Lights and Southern Style: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday

My favorite book from childhood has recently grown even more popular...thanks in part to the new line from Pottery Barn Kids. I adore Eric Carle's vibrant and cheerful artwork, particularly from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. There's something about it that just exclaims the simple joys of childhood! That being said, my children have more than a few Eric Carle things: they dressed as The Very Hungry Caterpillar duo for Halloween this year (Blake as the butterfly and Beckett as the caterpillar,) Beckett has the shoes, Blake has the Memory Game, they both have the PB Kids dish sets...and if that wasn't enough I decided that my life simply wouldn't be complete without throwing a Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday party for my little caterpillar, John Beckett! We had just a few close friends over to share the special day and the decor would have made Eric Carle, himself, proud! ;) Here's a few pics to commemorate Beckett's 1st Birthday:

I designed and printed Beckett's invites from home on linen textured cardstock I purchased from a local stationary store in Fort Worth, Paper Planet.

His invite, book, and caterpillar "friend" were proudly on display in the foyer.

These flags, constructed from scrapbook paper, cardstock, and strung with green yarn, made for a low cost, high impact visual. A BIG thank you to the lovely, Jamie Cain, for cutting the triangles for all the patterned paper!

Oh-so-easy tissue pom-poms are constructed with 10 sheets of tissue paper and 1 pipe cleaner...seriously, that's it! Instructions can be found on Martha Stewart's website. Very simple...albeit, a bit time consuming!