I’ve been bursting to share Maggie’s first birthday party with you because it was such a passion project for meand yet I was able to make my dreams come to life with the help of
I’ll be sharing how I made some of the individual elements in a follow up post so you can recreate this yourself. Mum’s just don’t have time for lots of faff so I can safely say I kept everything I made super simple and speedy. I think the final effect looks more impressive than the time I actually put in. I say the party had a theme but only loosely. I knew I wanted a vaguely woodland style set up with lots of foliage but there was nothing more specific in my mind. We set a date a long while ago as the grandparents were already eagerly asking when little bean was only 4 months old. I whipped up an e-invite but everything else was a bit last minute.com. Such is life at the moment. At least we knew we’d have the family and friends there that were important.
We also kept food simple as it was in between breakfast and lunch, to fit in with nap times which is something you’ve got to consider for a one year old as having her sleep though her own party would have been a bit of an anti-climax. I put together a selection of bagels, some topped with cream cheese and smoked salmon and some topped with coppa, stilton and red onion jam just so there was something a little more substantial. Basically minimal prep for the morning-of. Both Grandma & Granny bought some sweet and savoury treats which was very handy and
I was desperately trying to think of a cake that I’d be happy for Maggie to eat (yup, sorry not sorry, I’m that parent) and settled on a
I used some of the cream hessian as a runner and scattered the cotton pods and casuarina on top. The letter board and wooden letters (which I attached to string) are great for Birthday messages and I love the large wire letters to personalise the party. Hobbycraft have every letter of the alphabet which you can then decorate as you wish. I’ll show you how to make the garlands and party hats in a separate blog post.
It was such a lovely morning celebrating a whole year of Maggie and as usual I was a little optimistic with our space and possibly over invited but it was lovely to have every one together and I’m not sure if she was riding high on those dates but Maggie was a little party animal and made it well into the afternoon before she crashed for her nap. She loves hugs at the moment so being passed around people for hours having squeezes was probably the best Birthday present she could have asked for!
This post is written in collaboration with Hobbycraft who gifted me most of the products used. The post contains affiliate links so thank you for your continued support of what I do in this creative space.
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