Okay, it’s not exactly a birthday party, but this toy soldier-themed christening celebration is so utterly divine that we just had to show it to you.
Li-Ann was an architect before her boys arrived and her flair for design certainly shows in the stunning celebration she created for her ten-month-old identical twin sons Hamish and Luca earlier this year.
We love both the sentiment behind Li-Ann’s toy soldier reception theme and the way that it’s perfect for babies without being babyish. She chose soldiers to represent strength, courage and honour – the traits she wants to instill in her sons as they grow.
Li-Ann and her brood live in Melbourne but the party was hosted by Hamish and Luca’s grandparents for the boys and a cousin in the glorious gardens of their home in Malaysia.
Li-Ann designed the party invitations herself, along with the menu cards, the bunting, the treat bags, the thank-you cards, cupcake toppers, soldier decorations and all the other cheery party bits and pieces.
The perfect attention to detail isn’t just in the decor. Guests feasted on satays, laksas and curries made to order by a team of cooks hawker-style in the garden, in honour of the boys’ Eurasian heritage, before being invited to indulge with the sweets table. And what a feast! Lemon poppy seed cakes, chocolate marshmallows on sticks, eclairs, jellies, profiteroles, macaroons in red, blue and yellow to match the soldier decorations, and all manner of traditional Malaysian sweets. We’ll let the stunning photos speak for themselves…
If you thought it couldn’t possibly get any more delightful, just look at these toy soldier gingerbreads a friend made to give to departing guests as party favours. Li-Ann found some toy soldier decorative paper at The Wrapping Paper Co to decorate the party bags and even made the darling little pegs used on top.
I don’t think you’ll be surprised to learn that Li-Ann recently started her own business – Ham & Pea – designing stunning stationery and putting together equally dazzling events. Li-Ann, we salute you! And we can’t wait to see what you do to celebrate Hamish and Luca’s first birthday!
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How absolutely stunning! And those twin boys… just gorgeous! Makes me want twin boys… then I’d have four boys… These party features are just too much! Love!
Li-Ann’s work looks amazing and just too adorable for words! Happy to see our macarons blending in really well with the whole theme of the party :) Those boys are too cute! xx
As proud grand parents here in Malaysia, your team have just made us live up to our country’s tradition and promise – Malaysia, land of a thousand smiles! So really if only you can see us (grandma and pa) smile. We thank you Babyology, you have just made us EVEN more proud by that lovely feature, it will be in our memories for life. Sincerely, we thank you and your team for the professional effort and love your keen eye for “special” celebrations and having them so nicely put together in your feature. Above all we thank God for making that christening celebration possible and even more so – a huge success! Indeed we had some very moments in this special celebration and we thank Charles and Li-Ann, for having it here with us – well done! Thank you again Babyology.
It’s our pleasure Robin, what a gorgeous family you have – thank you for sharing this special day with us! xx
wow what sensational looking stationary – definitely one to keep in mind for the next party – just takes the pressure off so much more of an already stressful event.
I have four year old twin boys and one year old twin girls. I LOVE planning their birthday parties and get very carried away with all of the ‘little details” but Li-Ann has definately raised the bar. Beautiful!
Wow Li-Ann you did a wonderful job and what a gorgeous post from Robin too. I hope you all had a wonderful time and wish you every success with the business Li-Ann, but just quietly I think you will do fine!
Oh how absolutely gorgeous – I love the toy soldiers theme! Amazing work Li-ann (it was so much fun working with you back in our interiors days) and thanks Babyology for sharing all these lovely festivities, always such a joy to read!