I was very excited and grateful that my daughter’s Baptism celebration was been featured on the Party Inspirations blog!
My daughter Naomi Grace had her Baptism celebration one week after my elder daughters birthday party – so in order to avoid too much stress I kept it very simple and small!
Everything was based around a floral garden look/feel.
Sharon from Cakes by Sharon created the gorgeous ruffle Christening cake. I had seen this ruffle cake design by Sharon and loved it and knew I wanted it for my daughter’s Christening.
To match the floral feel, Dunne with Style made an absolutely gorgeous fabric flower garland as well as toppers which I used atop the little jars of white chocolate mousse. To say these were gorgeous is an understatement! The mousse was served with some floral spoons – image and more details further down this post.
Another favourite item of mine were the pink picket fences I used around the platters which I sourced from Saffy & May and were perfect for the floral/garden feel.
I used floral printed pop sticks from Polkadot Prints for the oreo pops I made.
I had a little drink area set up and reused the pink ruffle garland I used at Rebekah’s birthday party from Emerald and Ella. The drink dispenser is from Leo & Bella and I just added a doily decoration onto it to dress it up a little.
I set up a little area where I had the party favours – chocolate bars & wrappers for the adults from Bespoke Party Products and goodies for the kids in beautiful floral favour bags from Sweet Celebrations. The floral garden mat I placed my daughter’s picture frame on is also from Sweet Celebrations.
I used the gorgeous pom poms from Rebekah’s party again here too. They were made by Pom Pom Princess.
Here is a close up of the chocolate bars and wooden spoons from Bespoke Party Products. I thought they were just divine! I loved that I could purchase the chocolate bars with wrappers all together because with Rebekah’s party the week before I simply didn’t have time to cut printables and prepare these myself!
A close up of the name print & name blocks, Baptism Candle and a special gold cross gift she received.
The name print & blocks were from Retro Ragamuffins and I LOVE them! They are now in her room which she will eventually move into once she outgrows her bassinet. On the name print I had “Naomi” as well as the meaning of her name underneath: delightful, pleasant, beautiful!
And here is my little darling….my favourite picture of the entire day =)
I’m thrilled that my daughter’s 2nd birthday party has been featured on the Little Big Company blog!
We chose an “I’m a little teapot” theme as she loves singing nursery rhymes and playing with her teaset – I knew this would perfectly suit her! I simply wanted a sweet and fun party for her.
With a 5 month old to take care of my energies were a little strained leading up to the party but in the end I just loved seeing my little girl enjoying herself so much on the day! There were many little things I should have/could have changed but it doesn’t matter….celebrations aren’t about the perfect…they are about the memories!
I was inspired by some vintage tea party printables by Love Creation Gal and the colours pink, yellow & mint green.
All the vendor credits will be listed throughout this post if you wish to find anything =)
Hope you enjoy viewing the pictures of our own little celebration!:
The dessert table included a stunning cake made by Spoon and Fork Cookies & Cake who also made gorgeous cookies.
I also had jelly cups, oreo pops, marshmellow pops, meringues and turkish delight.
The backdrop ruffles I bought from the online store Emerald and Ella
Mint Green cake stand is from Leo & Bella, and the pink cake stand is from Mum’s Little Party Secret
Denin from Spoon & Fork Cookies and Cake did an amazing job with the cake and cookies:
I made the oreo pops and marshmellow pops. The marshmellow pops were a little bit of a disaster but thank goodness I had these cute toppers from Charli Mae to make them look adorable anyway!
The sweet stamped spoons were from Red Elephant Creative. They are personalised with Rebekah’s name and also have a delicate doily print stamped on. These baking cups are from Sweet Celebrations. Perfect for jelly!
I was lucky enough to have Pom Pom Princess create a beautiful set of pom poms for the drinks table – I am in love with these tulle pom poms which are now hanging in my baby girl’s nursery! They are so soft and pretty! To be honest I DON’T think I did them justice – I think I could have laid them out in a better way! All the rushing around in the morning with a toddler and baby in the house contributed to that =)
Red Elephant Creative also created teapot garlands in pink, yellow & mint which I used around the party areas – these were so delicate and cute.
We had an adults food table and a seperate kids food table. On the kids table I used some yellow polka dot lanterns from The Party Studio as well as a bunting using the printable collection for decoration. The pink polka dot tablerunner in this table and the above table was from The Party Parlour (love their range of tablerunners!)
The colourful food cartons I used to serve some of the snacks are from The Party Studio
I made a print for Rebekah describing what she is like at the age of 2 which will be nice to look back on as she gets older.
We were lucky to have the gorgeous pink damask plates & cups from Illume Designs – they are really pretty!
I stamped all the napkins with a stamp I had bought from Sweet Style for Rebekah’s first birthday.
I used large lovely mint green lanterns from The Party Parlour. These lanterns easily fold for storage after the party – highly recommend them for a simple but effective decoration!
You can see again the teapot garlands from Red Elephant Creative here as well:
We LOVE having toys from Tiny Tots Party Hire at our parties – the kids go crazy for them. It keeps them so busy and entertained which also means the adults can have a great time! The ball pit was again another hit, as was this toy kitchen! I wish I could show you all the pictures of the kids having loads of fun on all the toys but I don’t like displaying other people’s kids on my blog. Trust me – the toys were played with non stop =)
Bespoke Party Products created these teapot favour bags – they were truly adorable! I topped them off with thank you tags from the printable collection and tied them with yellow twine from Sweet Celebrations.
Here are the favour boxes all laid out on my daughters toy piano with the teapot garland which Red Elephant Creative made:
And this is what it’s all about! Smiles by the birthday girl =)
Thanks for taking the time to view the pictures and thank you once again to all the vendors who helped contribute to this special celebration for our daughter.
Photos are thanks to Gather and Stitch (Sydney)
I swooned when I saw the images of this Lalaloopsy Baptism celebration by Kate from Piece of Cake Parties & Celebrations for her daughter Paige! Kate decided to setup various tables each styled around the personality and characteristics of a different Lalaoopsy doll. What results is a gorgeously detailed and thought out celebration with loads of prettiness!
The main table was set up in front of their cubby house (looks like a dream cubby house!) and this backdrop is just gorgeous! Love the chandelier, gold birdcages and the pretty bunting which all work so well together! It is honestly stunning!
On this table Kate had cupcakes, white chocolate mousse, cookies and other sweets along with Paige’s beautiful two tiered Christening cake, decorated with sweet icing buttons & bows.
I just love the extra detail added to these mousse pots and drink bottles including the way the platters have been decorated:
This drinks table is ever so sweet and demonstrates a great set up which you could use for your own parties.
Styled around another of the dolls is this Morning Tea table with scones, jams and strawberry custard tarts complete with a biscuit tiled floor! I just love this beautiful table:
Also set up was an assorted cakes and dessert table again based around one of the Lalaloopsy dolls which has a connection with bandages, bumps and bruises – hence the cute extra bandage details on this table!
A lot of the party wares came from Kate’s own online store Piece of Cake Parties & Celebrations however there were lots of other great suppliers involved and full credits and sources can be found in the full blog post on this celebration.
Thank you Kate for giving me the opportunity to showcase this beautiful celebration for Paige!
It was so wonderful to be able to celebrate my daughters first birthday and now to finally be able to share the pictures and give credit to some lovely vendors on this blog! It’s also very exciting to be featured on the Amy Atlas blog for the first time!
Some of you would have already seen the pictures from the party however I thought I’d use this blog post to share where I got different items from throughout this blog post and I apologise because there a lot of places to mention!! I bought items from various places…when there were sales on, or if I remembered something to get etc – hence my party items come from everywhere!
I chose a baby elephant theme for many reasons! Rebekah received lots of gifts with elephant designs when she was born and I thought it was such a cute theme for a first birthday.
I tried to incorporate different elephant theme ideas such as: peanuts, memories, elephants walking together & an elephant family walking together, elephant watering hole etc. If you were planning for this theme you could also go for a circus/carnival elephant feel as well or a jungle elephant theme.
I chose the adorable baby elephant printables from Style Me Gorgeous which Sarah made some custom changes to for me. Cake Avenue created the most perfect matching cake!
I used paper chains from Linkits for the backdrop and Heidi perfectly matched the right colours for me. Paper chains haven’t been used a lot in dessert table backrops although I have seen some recent ones and really liked the look of them! The custom made bunting from Giggleberry Creations helped to emphasis the colour scheme of pink, grey and aqua blue. The wooden name sign which was made for me by Chikkimoo Designs (in record time too – great service!) was a personal touch I really liked.
How adorable is this figurine from Cake Avenue which is now in my daughters nursery under a cloche I bought from Sweet Little Birdy. The cake sat upon a ribbon cake stand from Tracey Lau Art and Soul. This was placed atop of pink nesting suitcases form Butterfly Garden Hair Accessories. When it came time to cut the cake I used an extra long candle from Sharnel Dollar Designs which is great especially for little ones so they don’t have to bend down too much to blow the candle out!
As my daughters middle name is Rose I wanted to incorporate roses onto the table, which I did in these sweet blue spanish jars from Shoppe with Lily. Another favourite feature of mine were some elephant prints I purchased from Etsy store Oh Hello Dear which I had custom colour matched to the colour scheme. I placed one print on this table, and 2 on the savoury food table. I’ll be hanging these up in the nursery =)
The sweet treats included these cute elephant cookies with pink ears (to match the printables) were made by Spoon and Fork Cookies and Cake, Macarons from Ma Cake (in gorgeous jars from Sweet Style) , persian fairy floss from Shoppe with Lily and lollipops and swizzle sticks from The Little Big Company displayed in a rosanna bowl from Sharnel Dollar Designs.
I made oreo pops and strawberry mousse in cups which I topped off with stamped wooden spoons (stamp and spoons from Sweet Style). I also had musk sticks and pink sugared peanuts.
I used cupcake wrappers from Cupcake House as buffet label holders by merely turning them upside down and cutting a small slit on either side. The mini pink tongs I bought from Little Kitchen
I made a small book for guests to sign in. However rather than them sign just a wish for Rebekah I wanted them to write a memory of her from her first year, and I added a little card to explain, saying: “Elephants have long memories but mine isn’t long just yet. Please share a memory from my first year so that I’ll never forget”.
I incorporated other little rhymes as well in signs for the dessert table and favour table. I enjoy writing poetry so this was a way to just add another fun personal touch.
This photo also shows the Sambellina plates I used for the dessert table which I purchased from The Party Studio.
My lovely sister in law created this “My First Year” canvas showcasing a picture for each of the months of Rebekah’s first year. It is something really special that we will also be putting in her nursery.
For take home gifts my sister in law made delicious cupcakes which were presented in sweet Candy Soiree boxes (purchased from Occasion by Design) and topped off with twine (from The Party Studio) and a thank you note. I also had the Golden Book “The Saggy Baggy Elephant” to give as a take home gift as I love the idea of giving books to children!
For the drinks table (which I labeled “Elephant Watering Hole”) glass bottles from The Inspired Occasion (250ml) were wrapped with Cupcake wrappers ( Cupcake House) and topped with party flags. I displayed them in this gorgeous grey wire tray from Sweet Little Birdy which not only looked pretty but also was practical too in keeping them safe from straying little hands.
Since elephants all gathering together at a watering hole I wanted to incorporate the idea of elephants walking along together into this table. So I used an elephant garland made by Etsy store Bugaboo as well as this sweet elephant family by Sweet Tashie (which I also wanted as a memento of this day for Rebekah). The Drink Dispenser was hired from Tiny Tots Toy Hire. Cups were from {P} is for party, straws were from Occasion by Design, Sweet Style and Mon Tresor (see what I mean about buying things from everywhere!)
Thankfully I had a very helpful mum, mother in law and sister to help out with the savoury items and they took care of all of this for me. Phew! One of my favourite items was another hire item from Tiny Tots Toy Hire which is a ferris wheel cupcake holder which I actually used with pink tin pails instead from Invite Me. I filled these with carrot and celery sticks and it looked really cute. This would also be a perfect item if I had taken on a circus elephant theme which is also quite popular if you are thinking of doing an elephant theme party. Plates were purchased from {P} is for Party.
I hung pretty Ah-Tissue pom poms over the food table in pink, grey and blue. We served various homemade pastry items, sausage rolls, elephant shaped fairy bread (using an elephant cookie cutter from The Princess and the Pirate), sandwiches, little skewers of pineapple, cheese and cherries (something our mum use to make at our parties when we were little). Sultanas were served in cute mini baking cups from Sweet Little Birdy. We ran out of time to put all the party flags in the food but managed to have some in there! The blackboard is from The Carousel Boutique.
The ball pit which we hired from Tiny Tots Toy Hire was a HUGE hit! It was perfect for the kids, and my daughter loved playing in there! Due to child protection issues I don’t like displaying full face shots of other people’s children on the blog – hence the strange shots I’ve picked to display! However you can see my little angel enjoying herself in a rare moment when she wasn’t diving everywhere!
We also hired a mini rollercoaster and a play gym which the kids enjoyed as well as these cute mini chairs from Tiny Tots Toy Hire. Most of the children were too small for me to have a kids table however we did have a few kids around the 3-5yr mark who I thought might like a little “Elephant Resting Spot” where the parents could make them sit down and have a rest and a drink. I printed off some little elephant masks to pop onto the blue chairs.
This is the dress my daughter wore for her birthday. Since it was plain white, I had Cathy from Bliss Clips make a headband and matching dress brooch in pink,grey,turqouise to add to the dress – and as you can see Cathy did an amazing job! I don’t even have a headband this pretty!
Here is my little one all dressed up!
We had a little photo area set up with a giant balloon from Occasion by Design and made sure we got pictures with people as they arrived as I didn’t want to miss having photos with all the guests. It definitely helped having a photographer there so we didn’t have to worry about taking pictures, and Sha Photography did a great job for us!
It was a wonderful day and I worked hard in the leadup so I wouldn’t have to stress too much on the day of the party and during the party. I also received help from family members and outsourced items (such as the cake, cookies, macarons) to also make it less stressful (plus I am no cooking expert!). This was really helpful for me because of course in the midst of the preparing I still had a 1 yr old to look after! However I was glad I was able to make some of the food items and other things in the party (such as the memory book) since I am naturally not very crafty it was a good challenge for me =)
I learnt a lot in the process as well, being the first children’s party I had put together, and I have to say a big thank you to Dawn from Ruby May Designs who helped alot with listening to my ideas and giving me honest advice too! =)
Thanks so much for reading and sharing in some of my daughter’s celebration!
Tara who owns and runs Sweet Little Birdy organised a Harry Potter party for her son Callum’s 7th birthday and I’m delighted to show you the pictures of all the unique and creative details!
Being a huge Harry Potter fan herself and Callum loving all the Harry Potter lego this was the perfect theme for everyone to enjoy!
There was a snacks bar and the candy and dessert bar, and the children enjoyed pizza for lunch.
I love the backdrop which totally sets the scene, as well as the web tablecloth.
Great use of props such as little potion bottles and candy jars sitting atop of books:
How cute are those little bottles, and can you spot the owl in the cage?
Great idea of using snakes crawling around the table!
The cauldron cake!
Wow, love those huge lollipops (I’m sure the kids did too!).
The snacks table with decorated bowls and cute cauldron prop:
This is such a creative party! Thanks Tara for sharing and make sure you pop over and visit Sweet Little Birdy for lots of party & home decor items as well as dessert table styling services in the Hunter Valley, Newcastle and Central Coast regions of NSW.
Credits:
Photography: Red Door Photography
Custom bunting: Giggleberry Creations
Cupcake toppers and wraps: Simply Incraftible
Buffet labels: Creative Little Stars
Chocolate wrappers: Style Me Gorgeous
Swizzle sticks, lollipops and cake stand (that the cauldron cake is on): The Little Big Company
Bags for Bertie Botts beans: Sharnel Dollar Designs
Favour Packaging: Candy Soiree gelato stripe boxes availble from Sweet Little Birdy
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