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| Retro Train Party dessert table Concept, design, styling & stationery - Little Birdie Events |
Archie loves trains, which inspired us to create this train party with a fun, wholesome, and fresh, yet retro vibe. We loved working with our colour palette of slate blue, powder blue, apple green, and mid-grey. We also pulled in wood-grain and light bright tones to off-set the gorgeous preppy colours and patterns of spots and stripes.
If you have been a reader of our blog and follower of our work, you would know that we prefer not to work too literally with a theme, so we set about creating a dessert table fit for a little boy with added train touches and a retro feel.
We put a great deal of love and fun into putting this event and dessert table together, and we are so happy to be able to share the details with you. We have included vendor credits throughout and at the end of this post.
We are so grateful to our terrific suppliers. We adore working with you, Judy from Cakes by Judy C, Trish from Marche du Macaron, Rosie from Jocelyn's Provisions, and Lily from Sticky, Chouquette, Flour & Chocolate, and Gwen from Welsh Lady. Thank you also to Samantha from Dunne with Style for your wonderful style and crafty work.
Read on for the details and photos...
{Invitation}
We created this simple, yet stylish and fun invitation, which introduced the colour palette, theme, and wholesome boyish retro atmosphere of the event.
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| Stationery by Little Birdie Events |
{Backdrop}
Samantha from Dunne with Style created rosette fans out of card stock in our chosen colours and patterns in line with the fresh, wholesome retro feel we had in mind. She also created a rosette fan name garland on bunting using vintage-style paper fans (similar to those we had made for Isabella's Wonderland {very merry} Mad Hatter Tea Party - click here to check it out).
We selected the light-toned brick wall as the location for the table, knowing it would tie in to the theme wonderfully. We love the striking backdrop for the dessert table.
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| Rosette fans and name garland by Dunne with Style |
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| Rosette fans by Dunne with Style |
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| Rosette fans and name garland by Dunne with Style |
{Food}
We had such fun designing some neat and scrumptious sweet treats with our wonderful suppliers to coordinate with the young boyish, preppy Retro Train Party theme.
Once again we came together with Trish from Marche du Macaron to create some macaron magic! These were some of our favourite items on the dessert table. We selected six of Marche's usual menu flavours that represented six traditional style "Soda Pop" or "Milk Bar" drinks that may have been used as refreshments on a train:
- Ginger Beer (one of Marche's current limited-editino "Spring Picnic" macarons)
- Traditional Lemonade (Marche's "citrus lemon" macaron)
- Creaming Soda (Marche's "vanilla bean" macaron)
- Chocolate Milk (another one of Marche's current limited-edition "Spring Picnic" macarons)
- Strawberry Milkshake (Marche's "mixed berry" macaron)
- Iced Coffee (Marche's "espresso" macaron)
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| Macarons by Marche du Macaron Concept, design, styling & stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Macarons by Marche du Macaron Concept, design, styling & stationery by Little Birdie Events |
The decoration of each macaron was so eye-catching and fabulous (and yummy) - how cool are the chocolate squiggles, the gorgeous candied lemon peel and ginger pieces, and the tangy dried slices of strawberry! We just adore working with Trish - she is so passionate about bringing our ideas to life.
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| Macarons by Marche du Macaron Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
Caramel Bomb cupcakes are one of Judy C's specialties - a delicious, fluffy cupcake with a surprise caramel centre. One of our favourites. Yum!
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| Cupcakes by Cakes by Judy C Stationery by Little Birdie Events |
Peanut butter whoopie pies are another one of Judy C's specialties. Delicious, soft peanut biscuits sandwiched with peanut butter cream.
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| Whoopie pies by Cakes by Judy C Stationery by Little Birdie Events |
Meringues (made by Jocelyn's Provisions) and Ferrero Raffaello balls appeared as little puffs of smoke. These were displayed above mini vanilla bean cupcakes made by Flour & Chocolate.
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| Meringues by Jocelyn's Provisions Mini cupcakes by Flour & Chocolate Stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Mini cupcakes by Flour & Chocolate Stationery by Little Birdie Events |
Petit four eclairs filled with chocolate, vanilla, and coffee custards made by Chouquette were some other tasty morsels featured on the table.
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| Eclairs by Chouquette Stationery by Little Birdie Events |
"Railroad Slices" consisted of three slices from Jocelyn's Provisions, cut into haphazard pieces and placed atop black chocolate beans to look like a railroad. The decadent slices included chocolate & raisin, triple chocolate, and (our favourite) chocolate, caramel & pecan.
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| Slices by Jocelyn's Provisions |
Classic vanilla biscuits were decorated with apple green spots, slate blue stripes, and two different edible images with motifs, which we created to tie in with the stationery suite - "Archie Express" and "Stop No. 2". Made by Cakes by Judy C.
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| Biscuits by Cakes by Judy C Stationery by Little Birdie Events |
Six white dishes on top of a long wood-grain riser with six grey-striped rosette fan wheels reminiscent a train carried cargo, including chocolate-covered honeycomb, Ferrero Rocher balls, and a range of delicious Darrell Lea sweets - "Caramel Snows", licorice bites, pieces of rocky road, and chocolate-covered peanut brittle.
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| Rosette fans by Dunne with Style Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Rosette fans by Dunne with Style Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
"First Class Ticket" Whittaker Peanut Slabs were covered in personalised stickers coordinated with the stationery suite we created.
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| Whittaker Peanut Slabs Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
Kiwifruit-flavoured green-and-blue lollipops were designed and created by Sticky especially for the birthday boy, Archie. These had "Thank You" notes tied to them with different styled ribbons, and were displayed in wooden plantar boxes.
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| Lollipops by Sticky Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
Chocolate mint balls and apple-flavoured bon bons were displayed in apothecary jars, as were a selection of fresh apples and pears, as well as gorgeous black fabric poms to depict coal and fluffy grey fabric and tulle poms to depict puffs of smoke, made by Samantha from Dunne with Style.
Like the macaron "Refreshment Bar", there was a savoury snack bar, with small pine cups holding "boy snacks" - Kettle corn, mini pretzels, and roasted salted nuts.
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| Mini pretzels, roasted and salted nuts, and kettle corn in mini cups Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
The beautiful dessert-style "Ultimate Chocolate Roulade" was made by Gwen from Welsh Lady. We wanted to use a cake that was a bit different, and that depicted a log that may be cargo on a train.
{Drinks}
We had a small drink station serving iced water and lemon iced tea from eco-glass drinks dispensers.
Mini glass bottles were dressed with "neck ties" of ribbon coordinated with the colour palette and patterns consistent with the styling, as well as fun retro-style paper straws.
{Details}
We love creating little details that make each event special in its own way. For Archie's party we designed and created the stationery suite ourselves using a cute train in slate blue, and text, fonts, and colours in line with the retro theme.
{Photography}
The Little Birdie girls have recently purchased an SLR camera and have been dabbling in simple photography. We've had a lot of fun experimenting with the camera and trying to capture the details of our work.
{Vendor Details}
Concept, design, styling - Little Birdie Events
Stationery - Little Birdie Events
Sweets: Cakes by Judy C, Marche du Macaron, Jocelyn's Provisions, Sticky, Chouquette, Flour & Chocolate, Darrell Lea
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Check out our Facebook page for more photographs of Archie's Retro Train Party.
Just one week after Archie's party we created a Ladybird Garden-themed dessert table for Gracie, a little girl who turned one. We will be sharing images of this event soon.
Carole & Gerri
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| Cake by Welsh Lady Poms by Dunne with Style Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Cake by Welsh Lady Rosette fan by Dunne with Style Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
{Drinks}
We had a small drink station serving iced water and lemon iced tea from eco-glass drinks dispensers.
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| Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
Mini glass bottles were dressed with "neck ties" of ribbon coordinated with the colour palette and patterns consistent with the styling, as well as fun retro-style paper straws.
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| Concept, design, and styling by Little Birdie Events |
{Details}
We love creating little details that make each event special in its own way. For Archie's party we designed and created the stationery suite ourselves using a cute train in slate blue, and text, fonts, and colours in line with the retro theme.
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| Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Mini glass bottles representing the "Refreshment Bar" macarons in flavours reminiscent of traditional "Soda Pop" and "Milk Bar" drinks. Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| White dishes ready to carry "cargo" atop a wood-grain "train" with rosette fan "wheels". Rosette fans by Dunne with Style Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Whittaker Peanut Slabs covered in "First Class Ticket to board the Archie Express" stickers Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Welcome sign before entering the "train yard" Rosette fans by Dunne with Style Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
{Photography}
The Little Birdie girls have recently purchased an SLR camera and have been dabbling in simple photography. We've had a lot of fun experimenting with the camera and trying to capture the details of our work.
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| Macarons by Marche du Macaron Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Lollipops by Sticky Macarons by Marche du Macaron Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Eclairs by Chouquette, biscuits by Cakes by Judy C, slices by Jocelyn's Provisions, cake by Welsh Lady Rosette fans by Dunne with Style Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Rosette fans by Dunne with Style Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
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| Concept, design, styling, and stationery by Little Birdie Events |
{Vendor Details}
Concept, design, styling - Little Birdie Events
Stationery - Little Birdie Events
Sweets: Cakes by Judy C, Marche du Macaron, Jocelyn's Provisions, Sticky, Chouquette, Flour & Chocolate, Darrell Lea
Rosette fans, name garland, poms: Dunne with Style
Cake: Welsh Lady
Photography: Little Birdie Events---
Check out our Facebook page for more photographs of Archie's Retro Train Party.
Just one week after Archie's party we created a Ladybird Garden-themed dessert table for Gracie, a little girl who turned one. We will be sharing images of this event soon.
Carole & Gerri
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