Pink and gold glitter first birthday party

Last weekend we held Gabby's Pink and Gold glitter themed first birthday party.
 

With approximately fifty guest and never having held such a large party at home I will admit it was hard work which involved many hours of planning, shopping, decoration making, cooking and cleaning.

Gabby's outfit: Cotton On , My outfit: Tokito dress,Mimco gold glitter headband

I kept the decorations simple by making most of them myself. Using gold flecked twine and pink and gold cardboard cut with a craft punch I made about four meters of garland which I strung to one of the marquees outside.

Each month over the year I have taken a photo of Gabby, in most of these photos she is lying next to a toy which she has quickly outgrown. These photos were displayed using twine, light pink painted wooden pegs and a tab showing the month.

Photos hanging from twine

I stuck pink painted letters spelling ONE on gold glitter bunting from Typo and hung it at the front of the candy buffet.

Candy buffet with Gold glitter and pink letter bunting

Planning the menu was exciting. To ensure the food was perfect there were many practice rounds of mini mac cheese balls, pulled pork and birthday cake leading up to the day.

  Starter platter

Hommus, rice crackers, carrot sticks, celery, capsicum, chips.

Appetisers

Mini toast topped with spinach dip, sun-dried tomato and boccocini

Mini macaroni, cheese and spinach balls

Chicken sausage rolls

Main

Red and white cabbage, carrot and apple slaw

Green salad with pumpkin, avocado, cherry tomato's and feta

Crunchy iceberg, shallot and noodle salad

Vegetarian lasagna

Potato bake

Pulled pork

Red Rooster chicken

Bread rolls

Dessert

Pavlova topped with passionfruit, kiwi fruit, strawberries and blueberries

Fruit salad - watermelon, strawberries, mango, green grapes

Malteser slice

Mini milk and white chocolate mousse

Birthday cake - vanilla and strawberry sponge with jam and cream filling and pink butter cream icing

Magnolia cupcakes topped with pink butter cream

Candy buffet

Caramel buds

Marshmallows

Rocky road

Pink jelly beans

Pink musk sticks

Pink smarties

Starburst baby lollies

Drinks

Appletiser with slices of lime and blueberries

Beer, wine, soft drink, water, juice

From top: Crunchy noodle salad, green salad, coleslaw, potato bake

Cake, cupcakes, Pavlova, Fruit salad

Birthday cake, four alternating layers of vanilla & strawberry sponge, jam & cream filling, pink butter cream & pink smarty topping


Mini milk and white chocolate mousse, Malteser slice

Our young guests had fun playing with Gabby's toys and having a game of pass the parcel. Being such a hot day some of them enjoyed playing with the water table outside, whilst others enjoyed the swing (pictured below).

Table and chairs from DancePartyHire

A big thank you to my mother, mother in law and sister in law for their lovely dishes, DancePartyHire for the table, chairs and marquees, Belinda for taking photos of the day and to all the guests for their lovely well wishes and gifts for Gabby.