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Yesterday’s post over the awesome Where the Wild Things Are First Birthday thrown by Adi, from Garden of Edlen, for her son Jack left one of my favorite details out… just because I wanted to share it with you in a separate post because it was THAT cool.

Right before we left, we got to see little Jack open his gift from us and from Jason and Suzannah from Adventures in Dressmaking. Suzannah had made little Jack a hat like Max’s from the story “Where the Wild Things Are.” It was so adorable I asked for a few tips for all my readers out there still trying to figure out Halloween costumes this year.

Earlier this month I was a guest at a beautiful first birthday party put on by the fabulous Adi from Garden of Edlen. The party pics are up at my other blog…but, I had a lot of other photos from the event that I wanted to share. There are a couple that are a tad blurry…sorry!

Myself, Adi (Garden of Edlen) and Suzannah (Adventures in Dressmaking)

I’ve had the extreme fortune this past year of getting to know these two lovely ladies through the Portland Bloggers meet-ups. We’ve really had a lot of fun working on the Portland Bloggers group… but, memories like these are my favorite. We’ve become a part of each others lives outside of blogging, yet we get to keep up with each others day to day activities through blogging. It is like the perfect mix of social networking in the real world and the virtual world. Getting a little sappy over here.

This is pretty much my view all of the time. My kiddo walking with his dad right behind him making sure he doesn’t fall too hard. I’m pretty smitten with the two of them.

And, this is what Jack and X looked like near the end of Jack’s first birthday party. They were totally worn out by all the fun. Go check out the lovely party images of Jack’s Wild Rumpus and get some ideas for an awesome “Where the Wild Things Are” party!

You know, it is pretty awesome to have super talented and amazing friends. I love throwing a party any day of the week. But, sometimes it is just fun to go to a party and be surprised by all the lovely little details. Adi, from Garden of Edlen (a fellow Portland blogger), threw a top-notch, awesome birthday party for her son Jack’s first birthday. Adi went with a Do-It-Yourself approach to creating a party based on the book “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak. Check out the awesome DIY details so you can create your very own “Where the Wild Things Are” First Birthday Party.