Thursday, 19 June 2014

25th Wedding Anniversary Party Prep

So my parents 25th is coming up and I'm planning a little family party and thanks to Pinterest I've had plenty of inspiration. I wana make it not your typical sit down party and have some thing unique so through pages of searching and spare time in the evenings I came up with these...


First off this adorable little painting. Quite a twist on a usual guestbook but really personal. Simply on a piece of black paper I wrote ' Please leave your Thumbprint and sign your name' and on a long piece of picture I drew a tree which I'm surprisingly proud off. I searched everywhere for a picture frame to fit the tree picture and my last resort was a canvas which is sightly ginormous and kind of defeats the purpose but it still will be a nice addition to the party.

Next up lighting.. 
Because it is outdoors (thanks to the beautiful June weather) candles are must for the evening and I decided to make some adorable tin lanterns from recycled bean cans. Using a drill I simply (not too simply) put a few holes throughout the can to give it a nice effect when lit. I was going to paint the cans and then remembered the Party was a Silver anniversary so decided to leave them silver. 





 


I made about five and then tied some string through two of the holes, placed a candle in each can and then hung them along the fence.







Finally the cake. I used a basic sponge cake for this but used gluten free flour because of celiacs in the family. Its quite ridiculous the amount of eggs I used.

Take one                                                                                                Take Two


After adding a few silver ribbons, silver balls and a silver 25th candle (which took me forever to find) the cake was complete 


Also the cake stands were from the original wedding cake 25 years ago.



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