Sunday 5 September 2010

jedi master aniken 1st birthday

My gorgeous little boy Aniken turned 1 yesterday. We had the most wonderful day and celebrated his birthday with our family and friends. It was months of planning but everything went so smoothly. It is so wonderful to be able to celebrate our child’s 1st birthday and to reminisce about the year gone and the wonderful memories we have shared over the last year!
The theme of the party had to be “Star Wars” as my son is named after one of the characters. Hubby was super excited about Anikens party as he a HUGE star wars fan. The scene was set up using shades of black, red and blue. Perhaps not your typical colours for little boys first birthday but we had to use colours inline with the star wars theme.

I bought Aniken a Darth Vader costume, I don’t think he could pull of the ‘mean’ vader look as he is the sweetest little boy :) so I had to change him into his super cute 'jedi master' hoodie.
We had inflatable light sabers for all the kids which they all loved & entirely enjoyed. The kids played ‘pin the light saber on a jedi’ game and the winner was presented with a ‘jedi certificate’. Few of the kids enjoyed star wars coloring, however the space cadets jumping castle was a hit.

As for the sweet treats, I organized a mini candy buffet with a colour palette of red/black/blue lollies. The R2D2 birthday cake was made by Catherine from 2bites, she did an amazing job. The personalized chocolates and chocolate pops were made by the very talented Niki from Candy Soirees. The star wookie cookies and delicious star feature cupcakes were made by my lovely sister inlaw Suzanna. The party bags had lots of yummy lollies for all the kids.

I would like to thank my gorgeous mum, hubby and dad for all their hard work. Mum did most of the food, I decorated the place and dad and hubby were in charge of setting up the outside area. Also I would like to thank my amazing sister in law Suzanna (Mon Tresor) who made the delicious cupcakes and super cute star wookie cookies.

Also I would like to thank few of my fellow blogger/facebook friends for making Anikens party complete. Firstly the lovely Niki from Candy Soirees for making the personalized chocolates and chocolate pops, they looked and tasted delicious. Also the talented Jordan from Polkadot Prints who designed the party labels, thank you so much.

Enjoy xx
{1 year ago in a galaxy far far away, little Jedi was born his name is
Aniken and he is strong with the force}

{star wars themed dessert table}

{happy birthday banner designed by {Love the Day}

{R2D2 birthday cake by 2bites}

{candy buffet - lolly pops }

{gorgeous star cupcakes and wookie cookies made by Suzanna ~ Mon Tresor}

{delicious personalzied chocolates & chocolate pops made by Niki ~ Candy Soirees}

{handmade party hats, cups and stripe straws}
{stripe straws available at Mon Tresor}
{party hats designed by Love the Day}

{lolly bags}

{gorgeous labels designed by Jordan ~ Polkadot Prints}

{jedi certificates and inflatable light sabers}

{May the force be with you}

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27 comments:

  1. AMAZING!!!! Vesna u are such a star and your little man's party is so awesome!! I just said to my husband that Aniken will look back when he is older and be so stoked to see how cool his first birthday party!! Well done!!

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  2. WOW. Everything looks unreal. You did an amazing job!

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  3. OH Vesna Aniken is so special and the 1st birthday is such a special one....candy soirees enjoyed making these unique chocolate wrappers for your boy I am so glad you were happy with the outcome....the party was nothing short of fabulous. You did an amazing job putting this together for Aniken...lucky boy xx

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  4. Happy Birthday Aniken, that is one super impressive party layout!! Lucky boy!! Good luck keeping up that pace & standard, boy, just incredible. Congratulations, before you know it he'll be in high school, sigh, that is where i'm up to. Love Posie

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  5. Vesna, you did an amazing job, it all came together beautifully, congrats sweetie! Aniken is a lucky little boy :) xxx

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  6. Well done it looked AMAZING and a wonderful day was had by all. The kids had a ball with the light sabers- a fabulous idea! Enjoyed making the cookies and cupcakes for my little 'jedi' nephew, Happy 1st Birthday Aniken! Xx

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  7. Love this! I would show my Hubby, cause I know he would LOVE it also, but I am afraid he will want it for our son's 1st b-day in two months. And I am already deep into party planning, HA! GREAT job shared it on my FB page
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/True-Love-Found/193211993971?ref=sgm

    XO
    Amy

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  8. Absolutely fabulous! I love all the details, and not just because I have a household full of Star Wars lovers; my boys oh'd and ah'd and begged to have a party that looks JUST LIKE YOURS. I would love to share with my readers!

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  9. This is so Fantastic ..i love everything about it,you have done an amazing job and your little Aniken looks so CUTE xxx

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  10. wow....what a celebration, looks like loads and loads of fun!!!! you must of enjoyed doing it all too lisa xox

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  11. Everything looks so amazing! My little star wars fans would have been in heaven!

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  12. I would love to thank you all for your gorgeous comments. I entirely enjoyed planning Anikens party and cant wait for his 2nd bday :) xx

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  13. Vesna! This turned out SO cute! I love everything about it! Can I feature this on my blog?

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  14. Definitely Lindi, that would be fantastic.. Thanks so much for your lovely comments :) xx

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  15. Wow! What an awesome party! You're so talented Vesna!! I bet everyone had a ball! Happy 1st Birthday Aniken! Xxx

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  16. Fabulous party, love the colour scheme. Aniken is gorgeous too :)

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  17. kimberley belford9 September 2010 at 19:26

    OMG That is amazing - very very talented
    What a birthday party -cant wait to see what 2nd brithday has in store heheh

    kbelford69@hotmail.com

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  18. Wow Vesna! You did an AMAZING job! What an AWESOME party for your little man! Everything looks so great...and such a great use of colour! LOVE IT! xo

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  19. I love everything about this! Especially the color scheme!

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  20. I loved this party!! The jedi hoodie is just too cute! This post makes me soo excited for my son's party next month! Great job!

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  21. Just wanted to let you know I used some of your pictures (with proper credit, of course) in my blog for Star Wars Party Ideas, you can check it out here, let me know what you think. I recently had a Lego Star Wars party for my son and loved seeing your blog for inspiration :) Thanks! http://bearheartbaking.com/?p=742

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  22. I loved your decoration. Very well done. Nice colors.

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  23. I love all your ideas! Where did you get the blow up light sabers?

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  24. I just told my son (who is also having a star wars party) that your son's name is Aniken and his eyes popped!! He was very impressed:) I love all of your ideas but specifically wanted to ask about the jedi certificates as I'd love to do them for my son's party. I was wondering if you had a template with wording and also, where you found the paper to print them on? Thanks! adinakanner@gmail.com

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  25. I am researching ideas for Star Wars party for my kids. Where did you get those inflatable light sabers? I've found other ones, but the ones you used look much cooler.

    Thanks

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  26. Great party ideas. My son is two months old and we named him Anakin as well! thanks for the party ideas

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  27. I love your party ideas! I was wondering if I could get a copy of the Jedi certificates? you can email them to heatherarave@Msn.com

    THanks

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