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Entertaining / How To's / Kids & Family

VINTAGE CIRCUS 1st Birthday Party

Animals on parade

Our friends threw a party to celebrate their son’s first year, and whoa! They did such an amazing job with all the little details, I had to share!

vintage circus birthday party: cake, garland, cupcakes, animal toppers, red, white

vintage circus birthday party: cupcakes, animal toppers, red, white

vintage circus birthday party: water bottles, Barnums animal crackers

vintage circus birthday party: red white popcorn bags

vintage circus birthday party: big top cookies

vintage circus birthday party: confetti animal cookies

vintage circus birthday party: macarons

vintage circus birthday party: linen elephant favor bags

These are the same friends that enlisted my help for their nursery…doesn’t his momma have fantastic taste?

Well done, parents!

Photos by Erika Brechtel

Erika Brechtel

Erika's passion for guiding women to "Style Your Biz, Your Home, Your Self, Your Life" led her create 'The E List' (formerly the Small Shop blog) in 2010. Since, she's expanded globally into speaking, mentoring, course offerings, angel investing, and social entrepreneurship through the Élanoura Collective for women founders.

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  1. Liz @thelvibe says

    June 6, 2012 at 5:34 am

    Adorable vintage 1st birthday party! Photos of the children would have been bonus. I love little munchkins!

    Liz
    http://www.lvibe.blogspot.com

  2. Eileen says

    June 6, 2012 at 5:37 am

    Cutest ever! Mommy’s got style :-)

  3. Lauren {Stylized Existence} says

    June 6, 2012 at 6:29 am

    What a chic 1st birthday party! This is gorgeous.

  4. viv says

    June 6, 2012 at 7:21 am

    Wow. I want my birthday to be this cute!

  5. Christin says

    June 6, 2012 at 7:57 am

    would it be weird if i did this for my 28th birthday? it’s pretty awesome…

  6. Albertina says

    June 6, 2012 at 8:09 am

    so cute! I love everything! where are the little cupcake animal toppers from? and of course that nursery that you designed is amazing. I love the ikea hack. I love a circus theme.

  7. elizabeth says

    June 6, 2012 at 9:23 am

    That looks so professional – I could never pay that much attention to detail. Some people just blow me away!
    xoxo -e (modern24seven)

  8. Jessica Rowe {The Aestate} says

    June 6, 2012 at 10:40 am

    omg this is so cute, I’m totally stealing this idea for my little girl’s next b-day party.

  9. Lonely Wife Project says

    June 6, 2012 at 10:57 am

    So creative and detail oriented! I feel extremely lazy right now.

  10. Bettina says

    June 6, 2012 at 11:14 am

    Love this for a one year old’s birthday theme! Definitely had to pin these for future reference!

  11. TheNOW says

    June 6, 2012 at 11:23 am

    OMG this is so cute! Your friend is super creative!! xo Elizabeth

  12. Tara Johnson says

    June 6, 2012 at 11:23 am

    Love! how super cute. I love the colors and details. I also like the idea of a circus theme. That’s definitely on my future party list of ideas. I used those same cupcake toppers for Max’s 1st Birthday (Zoo). I also made personalized toppers.

    Thanks for sharing!
    Tara
    http://madmaxandfamily.blogspot.com
    http://blog.chron.com/madabouttown/

  13. FROM THE RIGHT BANK says

    June 6, 2012 at 11:52 am

    This is one of the cutest birthday parties I’ve ever seen. It’s so well done. She absolutely has great taste. Thanks for sharing!

  14. {The Design Daredevil} Jessie D. Miller says

    June 6, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    Is it wrong that I am jealous of 1 year olds who have cooler birthdays than my 30th???!!!

  15. asi says

    June 6, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    So beautiful pics, different . like it
    parfum pas cher

  16. Samantha Penner says

    June 6, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    Wow! What a cute theme! I love that they did all the different carnival foods and did water bottle labels. Too cute!

  17. karlita says

    June 6, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    wow! I don’t know if I should feel good or bad! I guess I just need to throw a better party for my daughter.. in her soon to come second birthday! great photos!

  18. Gaby [The Vault Files] says

    June 7, 2012 at 1:10 am

    Oh so gorgeous! love every detail!

  19. designstiles says

    June 7, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    This is adorable. Very clever. I thought for sure this was your doing. Stylish friends you’ve got there.

  20. Jamie Buis says

    September 3, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    Love all of it!! Where did you get the water bottle labels??

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