Farmyard Themed 2nd Birthday

For my nephew's second birthday my sister and I decided on a farmyard theme. We held it at a local farm where they have a baby animal nursery where kids can get up close to pigs, goats, rabbits, sheep and calves. There is also tractor rides and farm shows so plenty to keep the kids entertained throughout the morning. 
 

We decided on a morning tea (since Mstr 2 would be well worn out by lunchtime!) so we kept the food quite simple with sandwiches and slices.

The letters for the bunting and number 2’s were created by purchasing a Cowboy printable paper from Etsy. The kid’s lolly bags had the first letter of their name on the front using this same font along with some raffia to resemble hay out of the top. We also made up farm yard stickers and colouring sheets to go in there along with the lollies!
 

The galvanised milk tins in the centre of the table were the Socker Vases from good old IKEA and the cow print balloons can be purchased from Spotlight. 
 

 

The animal cupcakes were another creation of my friend from Charlie’s Yarra valley Cakes
 

A 60th Birthday Brunch

For my Mum’s 60th we held champagne Sunday brunch in Mum and Dad’s courtyard. I wanted to make a photo display and I loved how the black and white photos from Mum’s albums looked just on their own. So I decided to string them on jute using mini wooden pegs to hold them. I reused my collection of jars to make arrangements of flowers for the tables. Mum had used birds on the invites so continue that theme I added some extra decoration to the jars by tying on wooden birdcage embellishments. The menu templates were from Download and Print

There were several courses for the food. First up was the cereals and bircher muesli. We then served bruschetta before following up with the main hot breakfast. This included a buffet of items such as scrambled eggs, home-made baked beans, garlic spinach and mushrooms, buckwheat fritters and bacon.

We had sparkling wine, orange juice tea and coffee, and a punch (I am loving these punches at the moment!) As I did with my 30^th I used my most favourite possession at the moment - my drinks urn! However since this was a breakfast we left the alcohol outL. We put the delicious pomegranate and blood orange punch in this. Perfect for brunches, breakfasts and baby showers.

My 30th Birthday


Turning 30 made me decide to start pursing some creativity, and focus on the things I am most passionate about. This has led me to starting this blog. So I thought I would start off by sharing some photos from my recent 30th birthday party. It was a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in Melbourne and all of my beautiful family and friends were there to share it with me.

My punch table - Pomegranate and Blood Orange, Raspberry and Basil Mule and Pink Grapefruit Margherita

 

The most popular - Raspberry and Basil Mule

Spicy glass noodle salad