Tala Turns 21!

Hello dear readers!

How have you been all this time?

I’m sorry I’ve been off for a while… but what can I say, being a senior is really keeping me busy, just like planning my 21^st birthday party did!

Around two weeks ago, I happily celebrated my 21^st birthday. For this special occasion, I decided to invite all of my friends to a homemade lunch… I prepared everything weeks ahead: from choosing the theme and the flowers, to cooking the food and hosting the party… every single detail was carefully chosen.

I am happy to guide you in my post through all the planning and of course, to give you an exclusive inside look to what many attendees said was the event of the season :D

1-      The theme:

I hesitated between a lace and pearls pink themed party and a fresh colored one… At the end I went for the latter since my birthday is really close to the start of the spring and since I thought I would have more options when it came to choosing colors and supplies.

I went for a fuchsia-pistachio palette with tints of white :D

 

2-      The table:

 

For my food table, I went for a variety of mini-sized food: mini carrots and cucumbers dipped in cocktail sauce, mini-falafel along with their tahini dressing, mini pizza rolls, mini halloumi skewers and pesto sauce, cheese twisters, mini zaatar croissants along with Chinese salad, roasted vegetables and roasted meat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As for the dessert table, and since my birthday falls every year during lent period I had to give up some very chocolaty options and opt for more fruity and neutral tastes. I chose to make a mini ice cream bar with toppings such as oreo, sprinkles, mini marshmallows, smarties, etc.; XOXO linzer cookies; fruit salad, and cupcakes.

 

 

Everything was homemade except for the mini croissants and the cheese twisters. Making all these types of food wouldn’t have been possible without the help of my two fairies, my mother and my grandmother, whom I thank from the bottom of my heart.

 

As for my birthday cake it was signed Secrets by Hazem Araysi, a delicious pastry shop that my best friend introduced me to a few months ago. It was a very light and fluffy cake with lots of profiteroles on top.

3-      The decoration:

 

 

They say simplicity is the best policy. That’s why for the decoration I decided to keep things simple with a 21 balloon and many tulip arrangements. I went for pink and white tulips with shades of green.

I also made some labels to describe the food. For these, I used pink and green cardboards and doilies.

I even customized my candles. I got regular numbered candles (2 and 1) and I covered them in glitter to match my theme.

4-      The party favors:

Being a good hostess, I had to make sure my friends won’t leave my house empty handed. That’s why I prepared them so flowery rings just in time for spring along with a thank you tag and some confetti.