Hatley Robot Rain Boots

Although living in Southern California rarely calls for rain boots, I just couldn't help myself, I had to get JD these awesome robot rain boots. I found them at Hatley.com. They have so many cute styles for boys and girls and you can also find matching rain coats and umbrellas on their site. These boots usually run about $35 but they are currently on sale for $21!

Ohdeedoh Feature

This morning I received a wonderful email from Carrie of Apartment Therapy letting me know that JD's Robots & Rockets Birthday Party was being featured on Ohdeedoh today!

Apartment Therapy is one of my favorite home décor website and a constant source of inspiration. Their mission is to help people make their homes more beautiful, organized and healthy by connecting them to a wealth of resources, ideas and communities online.

Ohdeedoh is a subdivision of Apartment Therapy and is a site for people who care about good design, but happen to have children! Ohdeedoh is an amazing resource for design ideas, art projects, product recommendations, real children's parties and photo tours of real nurseries and kids' rooms.

I'm so elated that JD's party was featured today and hope that it will inspire more retro toy themed parties. Thank you for the feature Apartment Therapy!

JD's Robots & Rockets 2nd Birthday Party

JD's Robots & Rockets 2nd birthday party was last Saturday! When JD arrived at his very own party the expression on his face was well worth the months of planning, he was so excited; we all had a blast, especially the kids and a few kids at heart! This was the very first party we've thrown at our new home and I have to admit although I was a little nervous everything turned out perfect! I want to thank everyone who came out to celebrate with us and I also want to thank all the wonderfully amazing vendors who helped us pull this party off!

Please visit my flickr account here for the full album!

Vintage Rocket Wreath by Natalie at The Knock-Knock Factory

Robot Cake by Christine at Sweet Quince Cakes

Robot Cake Pops by Micaela at Zendeja's Goodies

To see the entire album please visit my flickr account here!

Robot Invitation

JD's Robots & Rockets birthday party was this past weekend and I thought I'd share his invites and the inspiration behind them! I have to admit although I love making invitation they can be so very time consuming, so I'm glad this party was super small and I only had to make about 20 of them. I had an idea of what I wanted them to look like and I knew I wanted to include some type of tin material (I was going for the whole retro tin toy robot look), but had no clue where to start until I came across LovePaperPaint Blog; it was like Katie knew exactly what I had in mind, the invitations she made for her son's retro robot party were so amazing and I give her all the credit for inspiring the design behind JD's invitation. Thanks Katie!

TPPM: Robot Invitation Inspiration

The one thing I've had a really hard time finding for JD's party are robot invitations. I've come across so many cute invitations, but none of them have that retro robot feel I’ve been looking for. For years I've made invitations for parties myself, including our wedding invitations but lately I've shied away from making them because they can be so very time consuming. Well, last week after taking a second look at a really awesome robot I plan on adding to JD's collection, an idea popped into my head; so I've decided to bite the bullet and make JD's robot invitations myself, especially since a smaller party means less invitations to make. Wish me luck!

Here is my inspiration!

Mr. D-Cell Robot

"2009"

TPPM: Creatology Robot Paper Shapes

This past week was an amazing "party finds" week! I found two great additions to JD's Robots & Rockets birthday party at Michaels Craft Store and a few other things online that should be here any day now. JD's 2nd birthday party is going to be a small party at our new home and most of the children attending will be around his same age, so I wanted to find a little craft project that would be fun and easy for toddlers. I was thinking of a build your on robot station, but was still working out the kinks when I came across these really cool Creatology Robot Paper Shapes at Michaels. The robots are 11.5 inches tall, made of cardboard and can be colored, painted, decorated and traced. Each package contains 12 robots and cost $2.99 per package, but with my 50% coupon I got each package for about $1.60, practically a steal!

Revolving Robots and Gears Box

Have you ever become totally obsessed with something and no matter how much you try not to think about it, you can't! Well, when I started planning JD's robot room I came across this really awesome wood Revolving Robots & Gears Box and I fell completely in love with it, I not only wanted for his room but I also thought it would be a great décor piece for his Robots & Rockets birthday party. I searched everywhere for it but it was either sold out or extremely expensive. This week I received an email from Ebay letting me know about items I might be interested in (based on my recent searches and purchases) and there it was again, that Robot Box (still expensive too)! I decided to Google it again while crossing my fingers and I found it at Amazon.com, it was the last one available and it was on sale for $48.99, yippee; so I bought it and I've been giddy ever since; I can't wait until JD sees it, he just loves “Wobots”!

 Midwest Revolving Robots and Gears Box

Seven colorful gears and two robots simultaneously spin in this masterful Rocket Factory. Hit the switch on the rocket’s back and this all wooden factory goes into action. A special and beautiful Space Age toy for your Rocket Fan or Robot Factory worker. The rocket is blue with yellow, red, and yellow moving gears on a space base.

Wooden Robots and Rockets - Handpainted

Wood Robot and Rockets - Requires 3 AAA

Size: 12" Tall (12 x 7 x 5 inches)

Etsy: Robots & Rockets

The 4 month countdown to JD’s Robots & Rockets birthday party is here and this is when I start to shop and get organized. I’ve already ordered and received most of the party favor items and now I’m moving on to all the unique things that only Etsy.com can provide. I’ve been a member of Etsy since 2008 and it is definitely my favorite site for party supplies and handmade goods. Here are a few of my favorite robot and rocket themed goodies from Etsy!

 Little Robot Party Invitation & Party Circles

by Paperspice

Fondant Robots & Rockets

by KidsCakes

 Rocket Pinata

by PinataQueen

Rudy Robot Digital Kit

by Scrapdub

TPPM: Robot Table Settings

Today I stopped by Target and the moment I walked through the door I wound up in the $1 section and look what I found!

I purchased a bunch of sets for JD's Robots & Rockets birthday party and the kids will be able to take them home as souvenirs!

TPPM: Robot Cake Pops

We definetly plan on getting JD a cool robot cake for his 2nd birthday party, but this year we are passing on the cupcakes and instead I (with the help of the Garcia Foodies, hint, hint) will be making Cake Pops, they are so fun and bite size. I love these Robot cake Pops by Bakerella, they are just too cute, I hope ours will come out just as cute, wish me (us) luck!

Here are a few more cute Cake Pop ideas by Bakerella, you can also buy Cake Pops: Tips, Tricks & Recipes here.