Somewhere over the rainbow… you’ll find a birthday cake that will leave you agog with wonder! Slip on your ruby slippers, cue the tornado and come with us to Ella’s most magical Wizard of Oz birthday.
Remember that stunning rainbow layer cake we showed you all the way back in January last year? Well, Jessica has impressed us no end by making it the centrepiece of her daughter Ella’s Wizard of Oz-themed birthday.
And that’s not all she’s impressed us with. Her red, white and blue colour scheme – a homage to the outfit worn by Judy Garland’s Dorothy in the classic film version and seen here in all its splendour at the party table – really does sing.
The striped straws came from Etsy seller Hey Yo Yo, along with the zingy cupcake cases. Jessica hired white tablecloths from a party place, then dressed them with some red gingham fabric from Spotlight. And can you spot the cute little Hello Hanna cupcake stands?
We’re digging the personalised cupcake toppers. They came from US-based paper goods store Sarah & Abraham, along with the sweet customised invitations that Jessica blinged up herself with a vial of glitter to create those famous sparkling red slippers. Perfectly matched red and blue gingham bunting strung through the trees was another Etsy find, along with the eye-catching cake bunting and Ella’s Wizard of Oz-themed headband.
The party was held in a local park but that didn’t stop Jessica going all out with the decorations too – red and white polkadot lanterns from Robert Gordon, polkadot paper chains, blue spotted paper plates and cups from Sambellina and this stunning Happy Birthday banner from Rosenberry Rooms.
Here’s another fabulous idea to steal! Look carefully and you’ll see the sweets table is decorated with “confetti” made from photos of the birthday girl, ordered online at Photofetti.
So what did the little munchkins eat? How about pretzels, organic popcorn, sugar cookies dotted with red smarties (made by the birthday girl herself), lamingtons, toffee apples, fairy bread, cupcakes, lots of fresh fruit and enough lollies to give the whole population of the Emerald City a sugar high!
And how’s this for dedication? Not only did Jessica soak the labels from those little glass bottles sourced from her local supermarket, she painstakingly removed the labels from mini water bottles too and replaced them with personalised versions from The Posh Event.
Jessica did something a little different to the usual take-home party bags and it seems we’re not the only ones who loved the retro rainbow-coloured gumball machine favours. Each guest who took one home left with a giant smile on their face too. We’re betting they couldn’t have been bigger than the smile on the face of the birthday girl!
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Thankyou so much for the fantastic write up for Ella’s party Nicki, this is just wonderful, thanks again x
That is an awesome cake, and a really well done birthday party! LOVE IT! <3
I love this…although i do have to worry about the sustainability with all the paper used…dont get me wrong, it is absolutely gorgeous, but what are we teaching our kids in terms of consumerism/using the earth’s resources?
Gorgeous party – Happy Birthday Ella! Sarah + Abraham is the same as Olliegraphic, who I used for Olivia’s party (featured previously), Meg really does produce brilliant invites and customised stationary.
Thanks Sandy for your feedback in regards to this party, the paper articles used were paper plates, paper cups, paper straws, paper napkins, paper cupcake wrappers, paper lanterns, paper cupcake stands, paper liners on the trays, photofetti, cupcake toppers. All paper items with the exception of the cupcake toppers, cupcake stands, paper chains, paper lanterns, photofetti and paper liners were used, then recycled in my home recycle bin (we took all rubbish with us when we left the park), the paper liners, cupcake stands, paper lanterns, paper chains, photofetti and cupcake toppers have been stored by me for reuse or refashion at other parties and events. I find that the use of plastic that can rarely be recycled in full successfully or refashioned well is also not a fantastic demonstration of best utilising the earths resources. Considering I was in a park a fair distance from home it was not possible for me to bring along china plates and cutlery. Thanks so much for your compliments and party feedback.
Thanks Jessica for your response. I think you did such an amazing job on your little girl’s birthday party – you’re a fun, clever and dedicated mum (honestly, where did you find the time to do such clever things!!!). I sometimes just get stressed when I see or go to some parties and witness all the wasteage that goes on for the sake of a few hours – but well done on planning to reuse those things…it’s great that you had already thought about that. I was just putting it out there since unfortunately the majority of people dont think about where all that stuff ends up or even where it comes from.
oh and the reson I was so drawn to this story was because of the INCREDIBLE job you did on the birthday cake. I only hope I can do as good a job on the cake as you when my little one has her birthday!
Jessica, its lovely to see & go to parties that effort, fun & love have gone into planning a fun day for our children. Keep up the lovely work. Can’t wait to see more of your parties shared online.
this is lovely jessica, well done..it all came together beautifully:)
Beautiful party, I love your use of colours and the red gingham looks fantastic! Wizard of Oz is such a lovely theme to play with at parties! I recently did one myself :) If you’d like to see how I drew inspiration from the classic tale you can pop over to my blog at http://prettylittletouches.blogspot.com xx