Monday 14 November 2016

A WOODLAND PARTY

my son and i share a birthday. it was not planned like that at all, but thats how it is. labour is not necessarily how i wanted to spend my thirtieth birthday but it did mean i got the best birthday present ever! i was planning on having a bit of a party for my thirtieth but when i found out i was pregnant and due so close to my birthday, i put off celebrating. so this year, for my son's first birthday and my thirtieth [plus one], we put on a combined party. here are some of the pictures from the set up. we went for a bit of a woodland theme, with grass and moss covered cupcakes, and feathers, wood slices and pine cones for decoration. our cakes were super simple but i was really happy with them. hope you like them!

as you walk in our front door, there is our linen cupboard with a chalkboard door. so i did a party board!!!! the trick was using a chalk pencil for the fine lines, i just find if i only use chalk it looks clunky.

outside on the deck, we used balloons, feathers and pine cones. some of the feathers were dipped in gold glitter which looked great in the sunshine!





our cakes were a simple carrot cake, one with two layers and one with three, both with a healthy amount of home made cream cheese icing. the bunting was handmade, and the animal figurines from mini zoo

with the help of family and friends, we were able to put on a great spread. there were mushroom cupcakes [that needed a whole bottle of food colouring!!!], moss cupcakes, critter cookies [thanks ikea for the cookie cutters!], meringues and fruit, and it all looked and tasted amazing!



the light above our dining table has a branch, with six pendants off it. we added a little embellishment in the party theme, with white flowers, pine cones and feathers.


and here is the sweet birthday boy!!! he kept his crown on for the whole party [hand made with a piece of felt] and he enjoyed his first taste of cake. the high chair banner was also handmade with all materials from spotlight.


 it was heaps of prep but totally worth it. it was a great time celebrating our boy and that we had made it through the first year of parenting, and that we are all still alive. it was fun celebrating my thirtieth also, albeit a year late - i don't mind waiting if its for this precious boy!



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