a first birthday
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I’ve previously mentioned that I need little excuse to put my creative gloves on and baby crabb’s first birthday almost sent me into overdrive! Baking, decorating, crafting, wrapping ….. need I go on …..?
And what’s more, I managed to string out baby crabb’s first birthday celebrations across quite a few days so in turn, I managed to spread my crafting across a few days!
For baby crabb’s actual birthday I made him quite a simple three-layered
victoria sponge cake. I added some cute little decorative flags and birds which I already had in my cupboard and tied a piece of blue frayed material around it. This ‘ribbon’ was from my wedding, I ripped lots of pieces of material into ribbon and tied them to the trees on my parent’s front lawn. The cake had quite a shabby chic vintage look about it.
I began decorating the house with bunting the day before his actual birthday. I
used the bunting I had made for my wedding but when I opened the bag it had been stored in for the past two years, I found meters and meters of bunting – I must have gone a little bunting making crazy in the months leading up to the wedding as I had enough to cover all the houses in the village! However, I soon found good use for it all and hung it in the garden.
Baby crabb’s gran and auntie sent him some lovely bunting and easter egg hunt
kits from Laura Ashley so they were a very welcome addition to his easter themed party (his party fell on easter sunday)
And then to the food …. easter egg nests are a must at an easter themed party
and so simple to make. Just a case of mixing crushed shredded wheat and chocolate, putting into cupcake cases, adding a couple of eggs and putting in the fridge to set, yummy – a hit with little and big people!!
Baby crabb loved his first birthday cake so much that I made him exactly the
same cake for his party but this time I iced it and decorated it with his name and rocking horses (he loves anything horse related!).
I also made some cupcakes to match with the blue theme! I used a piping bag to ice the cupcakes; I always
find I need an extra hand when filling the icing bag so the buttercream doesn’t go all over. So, I put the nozzle in the bag and put the bag in a glass so I was left with both hands to fill the bag.
The party went with a real swing; the sun was shining, our friends were smiling and most importantly, after all that hard work, the wine was flowing!
And what’s more, I managed to string out baby crabb’s first birthday celebrations across quite a few days so in turn, I managed to spread my crafting across a few days!For baby crabb’s actual birthday I made him quite a simple three-layered
victoria sponge cake. I added some cute little decorative flags and birds which I already had in my cupboard and tied a piece of blue frayed material around it. This ‘ribbon’ was from my wedding, I ripped lots of pieces of material into ribbon and tied them to the trees on my parent’s front lawn. The cake had quite a shabby chic vintage look about it.I began decorating the house with bunting the day before his actual birthday. I
used the bunting I had made for my wedding but when I opened the bag it had been stored in for the past two years, I found meters and meters of bunting – I must have gone a little bunting making crazy in the months leading up to the wedding as I had enough to cover all the houses in the village! However, I soon found good use for it all and hung it in the garden.Baby crabb’s gran and auntie sent him some lovely bunting and easter egg hunt
kits from Laura Ashley so they were a very welcome addition to his easter themed party (his party fell on easter sunday)And then to the food …. easter egg nests are a must at an easter themed party
and so simple to make. Just a case of mixing crushed shredded wheat and chocolate, putting into cupcake cases, adding a couple of eggs and putting in the fridge to set, yummy – a hit with little and big people!!Baby crabb loved his first birthday cake so much that I made him exactly the
same cake for his party but this time I iced it and decorated it with his name and rocking horses (he loves anything horse related!).I also made some cupcakes to match with the blue theme! I used a piping bag to ice the cupcakes; I always
find I need an extra hand when filling the icing bag so the buttercream doesn’t go all over. So, I put the nozzle in the bag and put the bag in a glass so I was left with both hands to fill the bag.The party went with a real swing; the sun was shining, our friends were smiling and most importantly, after all that hard work, the wine was flowing!
