Description
I decided a retro day at the beach theme for Charles 1st birthday. Being February, in Australia, it's the hottest summer month and I thought if we could play water games if we needed to cool down a little.
Project Details
The desert table comprised of a orange and turquoise colour scheme. A water/surf themed cake, orange jelly beans (complete with cocktail umbrellas), life saver lollies, kool mints mounted in oyster shells on a bed of 'sand' (brown sugar), fruit cups and displayed with surf life saving food labels. I even went so far as to have fish shaped ice for the champagne bucket.
Favorite Items
The lollipop mounted in the thongs (flip flops) are my favourite and were a hit of the party. I also love the marshmallow choc top mini cones (really easy to make).
Advice
For details, see my blog at: http://www.nestdesignstudioblog.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/charlies-1st-birthday-retro-day-at.html.
You can also see details here: http://babyology.com.au/parties/show-us-your-party-charles-beach-birthday.html
Bright, breezy and beachy! I just love the colors. And those little spoons with tags.
The gradation of color on the icing of the cake is very creative! I also love the “sand” under the label markers- was that brown sugar too? If so, how did you get it to stand up the label sticks?
Hi LarzyB,
No, that is just sand from the boys sand it. I stuck the flags posts down with blu-tack (not sure if that is just an Australian thing or not?) and then heaped the sand around them.
Belinda- I know what you mean we have a similar product in the US- very cool! Thanks!