Balloon arches, and a unicorn party theme, can you really go wrong for a first birthday? When it came dreaming up a design for Aris, Lotta of Mint Design was all about finding creative ways to channel the unicorn theme without going over the top. Enter feminine pastel hues, springy decor, and sweets on sweets on sweets. (Seriously, they did sweets in lieu of lawn games… Best party ever!) Let’s get straight to Mariel Hannah‘s photos, K?

Lotta says, A long table danced across the lawn, seating over 50 guests. We actually used plastic plates, cups and gold plastic flatware which we purchased from Amazon! It looked amazing and was kid friendly! Tied into a tree at the end of the garden was a wooden board with a white horse. We actually used this at our client’s Kentucky derby themed baby shower the year before. We simply added on florals and a unicorn horn to create the end focal point of the table. To shade us from the California heat, we scattered white umbrellas on either side of the table. 

Violet, peach, pink, and ivory florals lined the table in bud vases.

Not that you need us to tell you, but De Coeur Bake Shop totally nailed the unicorn theme with the cake + cupcakes. The cake was layered with flowers made of buttercream swirls, unicorn dust, and gold accents.

We had unicorn gelato from Gino’s Gelato, which glistened with lush blues, muted yellows, pinks and violets swirled together in a sea of star sprinkles. There was the Mallow Mallow cart which literally fired up toasted marshmallows on the spot—funfetti marshmallows with chocolate sandwiched in a honey graham! It was so fun to see the kids memorized by this stand! We had a cupcake station which was layered with strawberry swirls with vanilla butter cream finished off with unicorn dust… Under a beautiful white arbor cascading with fresh blooms was the baby of honors’ birthday cake!

…And we haven’t even mentioned the donut cart OR this sprinkley number!

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Gotta hand it to Mint Design and the crew below for another fantastic unicorn party.

Photography: Mariel Hannah / Planning, Design & Florals: Mint Design / Cupcakes & Cake: De Coeur Bake Shop / Gelato:  Gino’s Gelato / Donuts: Strongman Mini Donuts / Marshmallows: Mallow Mallow / Catering: Moo Creamery / Signage: All in the Invite / Balloons: Paradise Balloon Designs / Ribbon: Frou Frou Chic / Rentals: Walker Lewis Rents

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Back when Jenny Leu shared her Cabo destination wedding on 100LC, she told us that the experience of planning her big day inspired her to break into the industry. Nowadays she’s on the Archive Rentals team and putting on epic parties for her brand Forrest & J, like this gal’s 9^th. Scroll through all the images from Noelle Bouman Photography to see what she came up with…

Lucy’s mom had the theme “rainbow sparkles” in mind, and let Jenny work her magic on the rest. Enter “Get Your Sparkle On”…

They had a sweet outdoor movie setup complete with La Tavola‘s bean bag chairs + sparkly pillows.

Jenny says, I was dreaming of rainbows and unicorns for two weeks straight and loving every minute of it! My goal is to always make a party unique, one of a kind. Something thoughtful with family memories hidden in special details and of course that “wow” moment that makes people’s heart flutter out of their chests. Lucy is a 9-year-old on her way to 18, so I wanted it to feel grown up but still young at heart.

All the rainbow decor, please! Find all Jenny’s sources at the bottom of this post.

Cute!

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So fun!

Photography: Noelle Bouman Photography / Floral Design: MV Florals / Design & Styling: Jenny Leu, Forrest & J / Furniture Rentals & Goblets: Archive Rentals / Laser cut signs, name plates, drink stirrers: Happily Ever Etched / Bean bags & pillows: La Tavola / Paper décor & balloons: Oh Happy Day Party Shop / Décor: ban.do & Packed Party / Paper utensils: Pixie Dust Party Spot / Tabletop paper goods: Meri Meri / Cookies & rainbow cake: Sweet and Saucy Shop / Candy bar & cookies: B Candy Corona Del Mar / Drink station accessories: Target / Custom signage: TheFabledPapery / Candy goody bags: CreativePartyDesign / Rainbow pom pom garland: MidgetGems / Custom flamingo goody bags: Finch + Fox

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Um yeah, we kinda like unicorn themed birthday parties around these parts (proof here and here if you don’t believe us). Can’t get enough! This one by our guide member Paper & Parties is so cute and thoughtful, as you’ll see in all the cheerful images Chasing Sapphires Photography shared.

Peep Michelle’s shop Paper & Parties for lots of gold and glittery party goodies.

Those silhouette balloons are too adorable.

How sweet is this milestone birthday sign from Love Designs?

HBD to Lily!

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Photography: Chasing Sapphires Photography / Mom, Party Décor, & Styling: Paper & Parties / Milestone Birthday Sign: Love Designs / Unicorn Watercolor Print: Sunday Rest Studio

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