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April's Vintage Chic(ken) 1st birthday

Jennifer B By Jennifer B  in Birthday

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This year we celebrated my youngest daughter, April's 1st birthday. It wasn't a huge affair, in fact it was basically an afternoon tea with our extended family....so maybe I went a bit overboard...
But then again, no, I don't think you can go overboard when it comes to celebrating your children ;)

The theme, as some of you may remember from my inspiration board , was Vintage Chick(en). 'Chicken' because April is a very cheeky chicken and 'Vintage' as her name is April Rose which lends itself to a vintage styling in my mind.

The scene was set using hues of yellow and teal, perhaps not your typical colours for a little girl's first birthday but gorgeous all the same.
Needless to say there were little chicken themed decorations throughout and also carried through to the use of egg cartons in my wall decor and as serving dishes for yummy sweet treats. The sweet treats themselves also featured chicken themes with little chocolate nests holding chocolate eggs and chicken cookies. Also on the menu were: an array of yellow lollies in jars, mini lemon cheesecakes, caramel and cream biscuits, mini chocolate cupcakes, big vanilla cupcakes and of course birthday cake. The savoury yummies included chicken & salad and egg sandwiches, mini quiches, sausage rolls and a cheese and dip platter. YUMMMMMM!!

The decorations were vintage inspired and doilies featured heavily. I made my own wall decor out of them, pattie pans and egg cartons and had strings of paper ball garlands hanging from the ceiling and draped across the front of the table.

On the lollie bag table there was a basket containing mini pegs, small cards and a pen for guests to write their birthday wish for April and attach to a wonderful wish frame that my husband made, using chicken wire - to fit with the theme ;) A pretty bunch of yellow and cream roses with yellow daisies finished off the table beautifully.

It was a lovely afternoon and April charmed all our guests with her cuteness!

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