Girlie Christening/1st Birthday - Pinks and White

Pink and White themed party we put together for a client last month and as featured on Little Big company Blog. 


The occasion was a Christening/1st Birthday celebration. The client chose a very girlie colour scheme of pink and white and wanted a pretty and whimsical design. 


There were 45 guests, who all attended the Christening at the local church before coming to the private residence for the celebrations. The Inspired Occasion managed the event, organising the spit roast catering, food service staff, crockery and silverware requirements, as well as table, chair and linen hire. In keeping with the client’s chosen theme the tables were dressed with white table cloths and matching runners with lantern centrepieces. 


We also provided a number of other hire items for the client to utilise such as our large silver drink tubs and bench seating for the children. All dessert station edibles, stationery and themed items were made and designed in-house, with even the pink and white dessert station canopy constructed specifically for this event.


The guests were served a hearty roast buffet lunch consisting of roast beef, chicken and pork with roast potatoes, and a selection of salads.


Our Dessert Station menu for the event: 

Pink White Chocolate Ganache Macarons

Red Velvet with Buttercream cupcakes

Vanilla with Raspberry buttercream cupcakes

Raspberry Jelly Cups

Chocolate Mousse Cups

The dessert station was completed with two cylindrical jars filled with assorted pink and white candies, and two hanging lanterns with flickering candles under the backdrop which matched the lanterns centrepieces on the tables.

As a take-home thank you gift from the client all guests received a personalised bagged sugar cookie in a heart shape. 

The client made her own birthday cake, which was presented on our cakestand on a riser. The cake, once cut, was a beautiful rainbow layer cake finished off with white buttercream and pink and silver cashous giving the table a finishing touch from the client herself.

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Oscar Wilde - Themed Dessert Station

Last month, thanks to Timeout Melbourne, we had the pleasure of theming an Oscar Wilde dessert station.  The occasion was the launch of The Wilde, a new restaurant and bar on Gertrude Street, Fitzroy.

With a name like The Wilde the brief was simple, think "Victorian English Dandies” prim and proper, with a little bit of debauchery thrown in. 

We used an array of props including vintage suitcases, a vintage typewriter, Victorian inspired silverware, jewellery boxes and cake stands to create an interesting talking point for the evening.

The menu was kept to some old fashioned favourites, with the addition of some of our most popular Inspired staples such as cake pops and macarons. 

• Triffle Cups
• Peach Melba Cups
• Caramel Tarts
• Jam Tarts
• Chocolate Mousse Shots
• Mini Vanilla Cupcakes
• Macarons
• Cakepops

It was an evening full of cocktails, life drawings and guests dressed to impress.

Styling/Edibles/Jars/Cake stands/Silver Wares - The Inspired Occasion

Photography by: Graham Denholm http://grahamdenholm.com/

Flowers - The Flower Jar

Sponsor - Timeout Melbourne

This party was also featured over at Little Big Company Blog and  Beth Jennings Photography

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Lego Spectacular - Part 2

Tonight we post more photos from our Lego Party... Enjoy

(The Following Photos where taken by The Inspired Occasion.)

We conclude our Lego Spectacular with some fantastic feedback from our client:


"Hi Alex,

Just wanted to say a big thank you for helping us organise such an amazing party for Tristan. He had loads of fun and everybody was commenting that it was great party. I am really impressed with every little nitty gritty detail you looked into and everything looked GREAT. Comparing to his past 2 parties we've had for him, this has been THE BEST!

Once again, thank you to your and your family for all your hard work and dedication! Pls post some pictures of the party on your facebook page. Would love to see them!

Will touch base with you again sometime in September to discuss about venue for next year for my 2 boys. 

Pam"




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Lego Spectacular - Part 1

Last month we had so much fun when we event managing and styled a 3rd birthday party with a Lego theme.  Lego, easy you think but not quite so easy, much time and fun was spent researching design ideas and theming.  The following is our interpretation of Lego and we hope you enjoy as much as we did. Our challenge was to create a themed dessert station, drinks station and children table taking into consideration that we are catering for adults and children, things to be considered were children's party food (including any special dietary requirements), adults finger food catering, and venue logistics to coordinate. With details and themed edible items on the dessert station including; Lego vanilla cupcake Lego sugar biscuits Red white chocolate ganache macarons Lego oreo cakepops The dessert station was themed and created by The Inspired Occasion with all stationary, backdrop, props and table wear designed in-house. A carefully selected range of colour coordinated candy was supplied which included jelly beans, choc coated smarties, clouds, raspberry jellies and giant lolly pops. The children's table was themed and colour cordinated in the typical lego colours of bold red, yellow, blue, orange and green. With each child's place setting receiving a themed party hat and personalised water bottle. We also organised for all the children to feast on fruit platters, crisps, fairy bread, sausage rolls, frankfurts and cheese pizza.  The beverage station provided another eye catching table with themed linens and personalised lego man bunting. The popular drinks dispenser again making the dessert station look impressive. The fabulous "from Genevieve" was our resident photographer and what great detailed shots she took. We have so many great photos of this event that we will bring you Part 2 on Sunday night... The Inspired Occasion