ISSUE 26 Celebrate Magazine: One Happy Dude party

Inside our recent free online magazine CELEBRATE we featured a fun, modern and unique One Happy Dude kids birthday party collaboration shoot

Filled with ideas and vendors for a cute 1st birthday party for a boy – this party shoot was colourful and has lots of ideas you can use in 2026 for your kids birthday party celebrations.

Styled by our Celebrate Society member Gem Party Co at our member venue Bivianos at Dural, Sydney it was the perfect example of hosting a kids party with various stations for play, craft, eating and celebrating!

 

The main backdrop and table setting was an incredible centrepiece for the whole party setup bringing the One Happy dude party theme to life with smiley faces, modern shapes like lightening bolts and checkerboard patterns.

 

 

 

The cake worked in perfectly with the One Happy Dude 1st birthday party theme and celebration:

 

 

 

 

 

The kids table was incredible with gorgeous florals, customised activity packs and favours:

 

 

 

 

 

 

A cute candy cart was styled with cupcakes and cookies and worked into the One Happy dude theme with the colours used:

 

 

 

 

 

The play area was filled with a jumping castle, soft play and a bubble dome and the kids had so much fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There was a slime making station setupfor the kids to enjoy…and how epic are the balloons?!

 

 

 

 

 

Love how the slushie machine was customised as well as the slushie cups!

 

 

 

 

The Heartwood Bar area of Bivianos was perfect to fit all the different stations and sections for this party

 

 

 

It was smiles all around from the kids! I hope this shoot inspires your celebrations ni 2026 whether you’re planning a One Happy Dude kids party birthday or another theme!

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIEW MORE IN ISSUE 26: https://issuu.com/lifeslittlecelebrations/docs/celebrate_26_november_2025

 

 

VENDORS:

Concept, balloons & backdrops 

Gem Party Co (Sydney)

instagram.com/gem_partyco

 Venue

Biviano’s Dural 

instagram.com/bivianosweddingsandevents

Photography

Captured By Kirri  

instagram.com/capturedbykirri

Soft play, bubble dome & jumping castle 

Elimilio Play Events 

instagram.com/elimilio_playevents

Furniture, LED letters & numbers, slushie machine & candy cart 

NY Party Hire  

instagram.com/nypartyhire

Favour Bonbons 

Candy Boxes 

instagram.com/karamelacandyboxes

  Florals 

Events by LM 

instagram.com/events_by_lm

Tableware (plates, cups, cutlery & napkins)

Platefully Yours 

instagram.com/platefully.yours

Cake & cupcakes 

Cake From The Heart 

instagram.com/cakefromtheheart

Personalised stationery & cutouts

From Kasia 

instagram.com/fromkasia 

Slime & playdough workshop

The Kidz Party Crew 

instagram.com/thekidzpartycrew

Cookies

Oh My Goodies Perth 

instagram.com/ohmygoodiesperth

Acrylic cake topper, table signs & keyrings

Studio Berns  

instagram.com/studioberns

Children’s clothing 

Lessi The Label  

instagram.com/lessithelabel

Latex balloons

Hayden Agencies

instagram.com/haydenagencies

Butterfly Party Supplies and Party ideas

 

The butterfly theme has flown back as a HUGE trend recently with butterfly party inspiration hitting our feeds regularly. So if you’re planning a pretty Butterfly theme for a kids birthday party, a Christening or other event – we have the Butterfly party finds you need from our Celebrate Society members!

Remember to CLICK on any image to be taken to that relevant business!

To start with, here is some inspiration of beautiful Butterfly inspired birthday parties and events by some of our members:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUTTERFLY PARTY STATIONERY

Every party starts with an invitation and these gorgeous designs will help inspire the colours and feel for your child’s butterfly party or event!

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUTTERFLY PARTY DECORATIONS, BALLOONS & TABLEWARE

Decorate your Butterfly themed party with a mix of butterfly items along with items in purple or iridescent or other colour schemes! You can also mix in whimsical items and decorations such as tassels and streamers as well! Include butterfly balloons, butterfly plates – as seen below – with other partyware for a beautiful butterfly party!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUTTERFLY PARTY CAKE, DESSERTS AND ACCESSORIES

Whether you’re looking for a Butterfly cake, butterfly cookies for favours or other delicious treats or perhaps butterfly cake toppers and items to dress up your homemade desserts – our members below have a range to choose from! Or contact any of the members on our directory for a custom made item in your city!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A smashcake can be SO fun and you can request a butterfly themed smash cake!:

 

 

 

These fairy floss tubs would make gorgeous favours OR a feature on the dessert table itself:

 

 

Add some gorgeous accessories to dress up the cake and desserts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BUTTERFLY PARTY FAVOUR BOXES AND IDEAS

A few fun ideas for butterfly party favours:

 

 

 

 

 

BUTTERFLY PARTY ENTERTAINMENT

Keep kids happy and entertained with these entertainment ideas which would fit into the Butterfly theme and pastel colours!:

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you’ve found a range of ideas, party supplies and party vendors for your child’s Butterfly party! Whether it is for a 1st birthday, Christening, Holy Communion, 5th birthday or anything else…a Butterfly theme suits SO many different occasions!

Happy Celebrating

 

A Wiggles 1st Birthday Feature!

The Wiggles are a toddler/pre-school aged favourite and such a popular theme for a 1st Birthday so we couldn’t help but share this bright, fun and colourful Wiggles themed party by Plush Kids in Perth!

We love how they matched the decor, balloons and props to match a Wiggles colour scheme making it a Wiggles birthday party which any Wiggles fan would be SO excited to celebrate in!:

 

 

 

What little Wiggles fan wouldn’t get excited walking into a party room like this?:

 

We love how the spectacular balloons match the Wiggles colours

 

The tulle effect on these balloons match Emma Wiggle’s skirt and the kids Wiggle party table is set with all the Wiggles favourite friends:

 

 

 

How fun is this Wiggles party prop area with the Wiggles Big Red Car? Areas such as this are so perfect for a first birthday where you want lots of memorable photos

 

 

The kids entertainment were not forgotten with these fun toys from Perth Toy Hire and we love how they even match the colour scheme for this Wiggles party!:

 

The Wiggles birthday cake did not disappoint with this fun creation:

 

As you can see, Plush Kids did an incredible job creating a Wiggles party that all the little Wiggles fans would have enjoyed and would have created so many wonderful Wiggles birthday memories!:

 

VENDOR CREDITS:

Styling, balloon art, all decor, design and setup

Plush Kids, Perth

https://www.instagram.com/plushkidss/ 

 

Toy Hire

Perth Toy Hire

https://www.perthtoyandpartyhire.com.au/

 

Cake

Sweet Harvest Cakes

https://www.instagram.com/sweetharvestcakesau/ 

 

 

Girly Nautical First Birthday Party – Magazine Shoot

Mix pinks and navys and you have a gorgeous girly nautical theme for a first birthday – as showcased in this party shoot by Tumble Tots Party Hire in Perth who collaborated with other Celebrate society members for the latest issue of our magazine: https://issuu.com/lifeslittlecelebrations/docs/celebrating_little_ones_magazine_nov_2019_issue_9  !

 

This is the beautiful first birthday dessert table setup – perfectly matched to a girly Nautical party theme!:

 

 

The whole Nautical party setup from the picnic to the dessert table is truly inspiring!:

 

 

The desserts in blues and pinks are just gorgeous for this Nautical party:

 

 

 

 

 

 

This cake is just stunning along with the cake topper!:

 

 

Such beautiful customised favour bags to match the theme by Oh My Party:

 

 

 

 

The kids were entertained with the cutest party toys in Perth from Tumble Tots Party Hire:

 

 

How beautiful is this whole grazing table setup?:

 

 

I love this cute little ball pit!

 

 

The beautiful signage and invitation, customised for this theme are so detailed:

 

 

Well done to all the vendors involved! Click the link below for their details:

 

Concept Design & Styling, Props, Dessert Table, Soft Play Party Toys

Tumble Tots Party Hire

URL: https://www.tumbletotspartyhire.com.au/

 

Party Tableware, favour bags, food picks, bunting, Monogram Alpha

Oh My Party

URL: https://ohmyparty.com.au/

 

Photography

KTJ Photography

URL: https://www.ktjphotography.net

 

 

Graphic Design

frankii STYLES

URL: https://www.instagram.com/frankiistyles/

 

Cake and cupcakes

Cakes by Sarah

URL: https://www.cakesbysarah.com.au

 

Cookies

Flyawaypineapple

URL: http://www.flyawaypineapple.com.au/

 

Cake Topper, Signage, Name tags, Bottle tags, Wood Invitation, Milestone Board

Perfectly Created 4 U

URL: https://www.instagram.com/perfectlycreated4u

 

High Chair

Perth High Chair Hire

URL: https://www.instagram.com/perthhighchairhire

 

Venue and Grazing Platter

Nedlands Yacht Club

URL: http://www.nyc.org.au/

 

 

Cheesecake in a Jar

Petite Treat Co.

URL: https://www.facebook.com/Petitetreatco/

 

Picnic Tables, Rugs Cushions, Arbour

Luxe Picnic Co

URL: https://www.instagram.com/luxepicnicco/

 

Florals

Gilded Florals

URL: https://www.instagram.com/gilded_florals

 

Hair accessories, hand embroidered bows and floral crown

Isla & Mason

URL: www.instagram.com/Isla.mason

 

Models:

Cassandra and Zaria

Beam and Ella

Laine and Heidi

Erin and Alby

 

We hope you enjoyed this Nautical party shoot! Please view the magazine to see more!: https://issuu.com/lifeslittlecelebrations/docs/celebrating_little_ones_magazine_nov_2019_issue_9

Leah’s Floral Flamingo 1st birthday

Today I am delighted to share with you my daughter Leah’s 1st birthday – a floral flamingo themed party! You may have already seen this on social media as it was from February however I have finally got around to blog about it now that the whirlwind of the Celebrate conference day is over (which by the way went really fabulous!).

I love a flamingo theme but rather than go tropical, I decided to go with something very floral and pretty as I wanted to create something unique and special for Leah’s first birthday!

 

Unlike with my first child where I probably planned everything over 9 months…Leah’s party was planned more in the last 2 months before her party!

However everything really came together on the day – from the table decal on the acrylic table…to those amazing balloons…and that flamingo cake! Leah just looked SO adorable (if I do say so myself!) in her cute dress and flamingo party hat!! She was so happy and enjoyed all the attention and balloons!

I chose all vendors from the Life’s Little Celebrations network for the party and Shelley from Paperface Party styled it all on the day so beautifully along with styling the florals!  The balloons by Party Splendour framed the whole setup beautifully. Vanessa Verchiani photography was amazing at capturing the setup AND  photos of family and friends and Leah which we valued so much. I absolutely loved the way the table decal designed by Eve and Co (printed and applied by Jo’s Signs by Design) looked on the acrylic table from Sweet Heavenly Events – and I wished I could have taken it home with me to put in her room!

At the end of this post you will find all the links to the vendors involved:

 

Do you think first birthday parties are a bit OTT these days? I know some people do….but my view?

It’s their first birthday! It IS special! No they won’t remember it…and no they won’t care! And no it doesn’t matter HOW you celebrate it…do a small bbq, do a big bash, do an afternoon tea, do a garden party….anything and everything is fine! Just make sure you do celebrate it because a first birthday is not only a celebration of your child…it is a celebration of all you as parents have enjoyed and learnt and overcome in the first 12 months with a new baby. Lets not underestimate the joys and the challenges you as parents have experienced in the first 12 months..adjusting to new sleep patterns, recovering from pregnancy etc. So take the time to celebrate your child AND what YOU as parents have achieved!

 

I absolutely love being creative in this way and it isn’t something I get to do often – so I really enjoyed being able to put this together! My other kids will have much simpler parties this year as Leah’s first birthday was the larger celebration. So I was certainly happy to indulge a little bit for Leah’s party. So my advice? Don’t feel guilty whether you’re doing something big OR small for your child’s party! You know your true intentions and heart and what is best for your family…so celebrate it how you want to!

Now…back to the party pics!

I love this shot of Leah in front of the setup. We ensured we got some photos before the party started and she got tired – which is a great tip for any first birthday party to ensure you get some photos of a happy birthday child!

This high chair was a last minute decision…and one I am SO glad I made! It really made such a sweet spot for photos of Leah!

 

The flamingo cake by Quincy Lane was something special! I wanted something unique and I love the brushstrokes and the flamingo head cake topper (by Eve and Co)

 

 

 

Desserts included flamingo cookies, flamingo macarons, lollipops and meringue kisses. The details were really incredible and full credit goes to the talented vendors:

 

 

 

 

 

All the florals on the day were also by Paper Face Party and the colours were just stunning! Yes they were all real but with spray painted copper leaves!

 

 

 

The kids table with the pink tiffany chairs from Tiny Tots Toy Hire and balloons from Party Splendour looked amazingly cute!:

 

 

I found the most perfect floral flamingo partyware at Ruby Rabbit Partyware which is where I sourced all the partyware for this party including the lovely tablecloths for the kids table (I always find it hard to find tablecloths which are disposable but still still cute…I know, first world problems!)

 

 

 

We just had to use this Flamingo prop also from Tiny Tots Toy Hire but of course dressed her up in a floral crown by Paperface Party!:

 

 

I chose to have a milestone board created for Leah and kept it small so I could also display it in her room after the party…and Eve & Co designed a gorgeous board with rose gold foil and such pretty details.

 

 

 

For favours I used these gorgeous rose gold favour bags from Ruby Rabbit Partyware finished off with favour tags by Eve and Co:

 

A few other details by Eve and Co which cannot go without sharing – starting with the invitation design which brought the theme of the floral flamingo to life!

 

It was carried through into all the details as seen above such as the table decal, cake topper and the party hat for Leah which is also now displayed in her room:

 

A few other flamingo touches at the party I couldn’t resist like this jumbo flamingo balloon from Party Splendour, and fun flamingo glasses for the kids from Ruby Rabbit partyware:

 

 

 

For entertainment at the party we had a ball pit from Tiny Tots Toy Hire and a puppet show which included a flamingo puppet! It was great fun!

 

 

 

We truly enjoyed celebrating Leah and this milestone! Being our 4th child we’ve been able to relax more as parents with a newborn and thanks to her being such a easy going baby…it truly was SUCH an enjoyable first 12 months with Leah.

 

 

Vendor Credits:

Click on any of the below links to find the vendors used for Leah’s Floral Flamingo party:

 

Life’s Little Celebrations:  Concept & Coordination

www.lifeslittlecelebrations.org

 

Styling & flowers: Paper Face Party

http://www.paperface.com.au/

 

Photography: Vanessa Verchiani Photography

https://www.facebook.com/vanessaverchianiphoto/

 

Stationery: Invitations, Table decal, Party Hat, Milestone print, Favour tags:  Eve&Co

https://www.eveandco.com.au/

 

Balloons: Party Splendour

http://partysplendour.com.au/

 

Partyware (tableware, favour bags, flamingo glasses, kids party hats, favour bags) : Ruby Rabbit Partyware

https://www.rubyrabbit.com.au/

 

Flamingo Cake & meringue kisses: Quincy Lane

https://www.instagram.com/quincy.lane/

 

Macarons: Arelio Sweetbox

https://www.areliosweetbox.com/

 

Cookies: SweetP Cakes and Cookies

https://www.facebook.com/SweetPCakesandCookies/

 

Lollipops: Delleicious.by.elle

https://www.facebook.com/delleiciousbyelle/

 

Props: Acrylic table, cake stands, high chair – Sweet Heavenly Events

http://www.sweetheavenlyeventshire.com.au/

 

Props: Kids tables/chairs, flamingo prop, ball pit – Tiny Tots Toy Hire

http://www.tinytotstoyhire.com.au/

 

Acrylic table decal – printed and applied: Jo’s Signs by Design

https://www.facebook.com/JosSignsbyDesign/

 

Puppet Show: The Party Puppets

http://www.thepartypuppets.com/

 

Thanks for taking the time to view my daughters first birthday party! I hope it inspires your own flamingo or first birthday party planning!