Skiing themed 40th birthday party - Party Pics!

What a great night! Lots of laughs, great food, fabulous company and one happy birthday boy!

With all the prep work done and ready we headed to the restaurant and quickly put the table together as guests were arriving, most of whom remembered to wear their Ski Pass Invites (see HERE). The place mats (see HERE) and decorations (see HERE) were a hit with the guests as well as the takeaway coffee cup favours (see HERE) and lots of fun was had with the ski themed photo props too (see HERE)




The restaurant had a wandering accordion player playing and singing on the night so we managed to get him to serenade Matt with a Bavarian style Happy Birthday song.


To top of the night out came the amazing 3D mountain complete with edible snow, skier and trees! Made by Party Cakes by Leora the three tier chocolate mudcake with crushed candy-cane chocolate buttercream filling, covered with ganache and peppermint flavoured fondant was both yummy and looked fantastic!!




We had a fun and late night that will be remembered for quite some time!!

Skiing themed 40th birthday party - Favours!

After a weekend of skiing and with a trip home from the slopes it's always handy to have a cup of coffee to turn to... with this in mind I decided on the party favours that will be handed out at the end of hubby's 40th birthday party tomorrow night.
I bought some disposable coffee cups and lids from ebay then asked Samone from Cake Ink. (man, she puts up with allot from me) if she could design a 'cup sleeve' to put around the cups....
Ta Dah!! How cool are these?!?


To Officeworks I went and printed them off then with some scissors and glue our favours look fabulous!


In the cups are Ferrero Raffaellos (snow balls), Swiss chocolate bar, some chocolate snowmen and a handful of snowflake party sprinkles too. A yummy treat to be enjoyed on the way home from Matthew's Mountain Lodge :)

Skiing themed 40th birthday party - Photo props!

Remember I was telling you HERE how I would be using some old ski boots as part of the table decorations for hubby's ski themed 40th this weekend? Well this is what they will be used for - photo prop holders!!
The clever Samone of Cake Ink. designed me some fun and funky 70's style ski themed props. Beanies, ski googles, moustaches, glasses, mittens, fluffy hats and more. I printed them off, cut them out, mounted them on foam core then attached to a paper straw (so easy).


With these on the table for the night and lots of cameras handy I think we could have quite a few laughs!!

Skiing themed 40th birthday party - Map Placemats!

Just 2 weeks till hubby's Skiing themed 40th birthday party. His actual birthday was yesterday so we celebrated with gifts, a special dinner at home and I may have had a big bunch of helium balloons delivered to him at work - teehee.
With a few props and decorations sorted to throw around on the restaurant tables for the night all sorted I wanted something a little more personalised for the guests place settings so I came up with the idea of a Ski Map Placemat with words of things in Matt's life (hobbies, job, kids names, etc) as the markings on the map.... I then threw this idea at the design legend, Samone, from Cake Ink. with a pretty please and she had a play.
Check out what Samone came up with - Awesome!!


It's probably a bit small for you to see details but there are markings like 'Amy Alps', 'Poker Peak', 'Harrison Hut' & "Father Free Fall' and the tallest mountain on the map is marked as '1972 (hubby's birth year) Miles Above Sea Level' - cool hey?


Samone has also designed some coasters


and straw discs for the table setting to match the Ski Pass Invites
I think the table is going to look fab with all these goodies put together! What do you reckon??

Skiing themed 40th birthday party - decorations!

With hubby's Ski themed party (read THIS post) being at a restaurant we are limited in what we can do for decorations. Never fear though - there is always something we can come up with.
I scoured etsy and eBay for ski inspired things and have a small collection of things that we plan to scatter on the tables for the night.


A handful of these little skier figurines


A splash of some vintage ski cloth patches


A pair of hubby's old ski boots (which will also serve a duel purpose - more on that later)


and these little blue ski's that were hubby's first ever pair as a little boy

All mixed with some very cool bits and pieces designed by Cake Ink. to match the invites (Again, I'll show you those later) and the tables will be themed just right on the night!
Any other ideas you have?? Have you seen something that would be perfect??

Skiing themed 40th birthday party - Invitations!

My gorgeous hubby, Matthew, is only weeks away from turning the 'big 4-0'! But a party has been in the works for much more than a few weeks - you know me with my party planning ;)
Matt picked the theme - SKIING. He has been a ski lover for as long as he can remember going skiing for the first time ever at 4 years old! Matt has traveled the world following the white powder he loves so much and can't wait for our kids to be a little bit older so he can take them down a mountain for the first time.... so the theme couldn't be more perfect!

After a few suggestions thrown around we decided on booking a few tables at a restaurant for the party would be best. So the Bavarian Bier Cafe is where we are booked for Feb 18th.



I can't help but go past this great restaurant (and personal favourite of hubby's) for the 'European Ski Lodge Feel' that the party is calling out for.

With date and place booked in let's talk invitations! Straight to Cake Ink. I went (again) and asked the ever talented and lovely Samone if she could create an invite to look a little like a ski pass and boy did she deliver!! We are calling the resuarant for the night 'Matthew's Mountain Lodge' and the invitation points out it was established in 1972 - hubby's birth year.


I found some bargain lanyards and plastic sleeves on eBay to complete the 'ski passes' and am thrilled with the result!!


The invites are personalised for each guest and states 'Ski Passes Must Be Worn On The Night To Be Valid' - I reckon this will get everyone into the mood and add some fun. I've also had the all clear from the restaurant to take along a few props and simple decorations on the night for the tables so Samone and I are having LOTS of fun creating some goodies that's I'll share with you soon enough.


On a side note - how seriously CUTE are the tiny blue skis in the background of these photos?? They are the first ever pair of skis hubby used at age 4!! My father in law found them only a few months ago after a big clean up and gave them to us - I LOVE them!!