Recently we celebrated Portia’s thirteenth birthday with a breakfast party. She loves breakfast food, so this was a fun idea and quite simple to put together. Portia also loves pastels, so I used this for the styling theme.
On the menu was bacon, three types of breakfast cereals (the sugary kind usually forbidden in our house), waffles with maple syrup, whipped cream, berries, choc chips and chocolate, caramel and blueberry sauces for toppings. There was also a DIY station to make smoothie bowls with lots of different toppings. The smoothie contained frozen cherries, bananas and coconut yoghurt blended up together. The girls had a lot of fun making their own concoctions.
For drinks, we had two different kinds of homemade lemonade infused with crushed strawberries and puréed watermelon and mint respectively. I was excited to find the recipe for the cake on the Sugar and Sparrow website (link here). It’s a milk and cereal cake containing crushed cereal, icing made with cereal infused milk and topped off with a milk splash. What could be more appropriate for a breakfast party!
I love the styling aspect of a party, as each time I get to use some ideas from my Pinterest board. This time my girls and I painted some jars on the inside with pretty pastel colours to use as vases. I also enjoyed making a hanging flower wall as a backdrop with some washi tape. Both were very simple projects which looked effective.
For the table I used a white tablecloth as a base, overlayed with a pastel vintage tablecloth I found in an op shop. Target had some lovely pastel paper plates, cups and napkins, which I combined with some of my mismatched collection of vintage china. I reused some doilies I had dyed for the Mad Hatter Teaparty for the centre of the table, along with some tea lights. The roses were from my garden.
This was the most grownup I had ever seen this peer group at a party (I guess they really are young adults now)! Instead of tearing about the place they were happy to chat, make some milk bath (recipe here) and play scattergories and twister. All too soon the party was over and it was time for the girls to go home. The party bags were a labour of love this time! I sewed each one using this great tutorial. I hadn’t put in any zips since home economics at school, so I was really pleased with how they turned out!
Do you love to eat breakfast foods at any time of the day like we do?
Love this! The handmades are all gorgeous, especially the pouches and cake! The colour scheme is so pretty.
Thanks Swoo! xx