A well-thought-out and planned party theme will instantly set the tone for a birthday celebration. For our 31st birthday, we wanted to celebrate in style and plan a party that was just as memorable as our 30th. Guests loved the theme the prior year and we thought it would be fun to color everything pink this year. Pink parties aren’t just for little girls and their princess parties!
We hosted a casual barbecue on a beautiful rooftop in New York City. We had a lot of fun composing the menu with lots of colorful fruits and vegetables. This year Archana wanted showcase her cooking and baking abilities and she made all of the appetizers and desserts. We used Uchida’s scallop and circle stampers and pink cardstock to create our pretty in pink food labels. The pink appetizers included tomato, basil and mozzarella bruschetta; strawberry, cucumber and goat cheese bruschetta; and pita with roasted pink pepper hummus. For dinner, we grilled burgers, hot dogs and pizza.
Red velvet cupcakes are always a crowd pleaser. We thought it would be fun to make mini pink velvet cupcakes with pink cream cheese frosting. Shaping the cupcakes into numbers instantly makes them more interesting on the dessert table. We also created delicious sugar cookies in the shapes of tulips, daisies, roses, butterflies and ladybugs and decorated them with pink, white and orange royal icing. Pink chocolate colored marshmallows and strawberries completed our dessert spread. We recommend bite sized desserts for adult parties. You want your desserts to look good on the dessert bar AND be eaten. Plus, all you need is a little bit of sugar!
This year’s specialty cocktail was a refreshing strawberry and mint Pimm’s cup. Guests also sipped on pink champagne, rosé, pink lemonade and pink water. Our good friend, Karl, even found us raspberry beer.
We ended the night with our annual group photo. Doesn’t everyone look great in pink? Unfortunately, the Empire State Building didn’t get the pink memo.
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“Pink isn’t just a color, it’s an attitude!” ––Miley Cyrus
Recipes From This Party
Pink Velvet Cupcakes: Wilton
Cream Cheese Frosting: Wilton
Sugar Cookies: Allrecipes
Royal Icing: Karen’s Cookies
Shop This Party
Wine Glasses: IKEA
Champagne Flutes: IKEA
Pink Cardstock: Michaels
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Really Enjoyed Moments
Very creative party set-up. Happy 31st the both of yo.
Pink is my favorite color, so you know I am ALL OVER THIS! It’s such a bright, uplifting color.
Wow! Pinky pinky party!!! Sounds so cute setup. Happy 31st dears
So cute! I love the theme. Pink is always a pretty color, I even find it attractive when men wear pink shirts. The food looks delicious too! Love those pink cupcakes!
This set-up looks so attractive and awesome….Food seems to be very delicious and you all looks gorgeous in pink…
It’s so fun to incorporate a theme in unexpected ways (raspberry beer?). The party looks great.
This looks like it was a super fun party. The food looks amazing. Hopefully soon we can start having parties like this again!
What a fun party! I love your group photo, white and pink compliment each other so well and, remind me of ice cream 🙂 A barbecue is a fantastic idea for a birthday party!
What a gorgeous location and fun idea! I love a themed party.
Truly fits the title. You guys do look so pretty in pink.
I love the party theme and setup, sounds soooo cool! How i miss those parties 🙂
Looks like so much fun! Love the all pink!
What a fun party theme!! You both look lovely in pink too!!
Aww you ladies are definitely all pretty in pink! Looks like such a fun time!
What a sweet way to celebrate together! This was well planned and executed.
Happy Birthday to you both! I love the pink theme you chose for your birthday celebrations 🙂
Louise x