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In collaboration with DOUBLE DELIGHT and MUNCHKIN TABLES, we are very excited to share photos of our VINTAGE TRAIN PARTY!
As always, the photos are by our very good friend Jill from SHUTTERBUBS.
Many of the products below are now available in our SHOP.
You can see a full gallery at the bottom of this post, but here are some highlights…
CHECK-IN COUNTER
At the entrance to the party we created a check-in counter (using an old box, some wood-effect contact, and dowels from the hardware store).
 
We also created a “wall” for guests to collect their engineers hats and scarves. We used temporary hooks on a large piece of kraft card.
BEVERAGE TABLE
 
The backdrop was created using iron on transfers and LOTS of glitter!
The soda crate we created ourselves, as authentic vintage crates tend to be pricey in Australia (for US readers , you can find plenty of reasonably priced options on eBay or similar). We painted a plain wooden hamper box, lined it with wrapping paper and created the labels in photoshop, printed on translucent paper and applied with double sided tape – not a permanent look, but fine for a party and allows you to use the box for other things afterwards.
MAIN TABLE
The main table held both sweet and savoury snacks for all our guests.
 
Savoury items were arranged in a “train” using painted wooden hamper boxes. The “engine”, at the front, was arranged with popcorn cones (steam) and the “carriages” were filled with quiches, pies and sausage rolls respectively. I am a bit addicted to mini tongs at the moment, so we had plenty of those on hand for serving. We also served up some mini toasted ham and cheese bagels which look like wheels and taste great.
 
 
On the sweet side, we served:
- rice treats cut into locomative shapes, dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with blue and red sprinkles;
- fairy bread, again cut into trains and also stars and made with silver, blue and red sprinkles;
- muesli bars, wrapped in custom ticket-design wrappers;
- sultanas, wrapped in gingham wrapping paper and finished with a custom label;
- fruit; and
- individual banana breads in gingham liners and topped with custom toppers,
Cupcakes and cookies created especially by our friends at DOUBLE DELIGHT.
They looked amazing and tasted even better.
I LOVE PARTIES has teamed up with DOUBLE DELIGHT to offer shoppers the opportunity to purchase custom designed cupcakes and cookies to coordinate with each of the I LOVE PARTIES themes (including the amazing train cookies and cupcakes pictured below). All the offerings are listed in our shop – here and here - or you can visit DOUBLE DELIGHT directly. More on the collaboration later…
 
FAVOR TABLE
We had lots of fun creating our favor table!
 
The table was adorned with: jars of giant red jaffas and a blue and white smartie mix, old-fashioned choo choo bars, Chugga Chews cookies (from the US), custom colouring book favours, train stickers, train whistles, and red lantern and locomotive pencil sharpeners.
 
As much as I love an elaborate lolly buffet, in my experience, lots of lovely lollies end up going to waste and parents tend to be understandably reluctant to give their kids loads of sweets, so creatvie and non-edible favors are always appreciated!
 
Our I LOVE PARTIES signature favor bags with vintage train tags were displayed in a gorgeous old travel case that my mum bought at an antique market years ago.
KIDS TABLE
 
The divine miniature kids’ tables and coordinating chairs were supplied by the lovely Georgia from MUNCHKIN TABLES. Georgia is based in Sydney and she hires out these custom-made tables and chairs plus a wide range of party decor – see her website for hire details.
I created railroad crossing signs as centrepieces on photoshop, using floral foam as a stand.
The table runner and party plates/napkins are in our SHOP now.
WE HEART CAKE
And no party is complete without a cake…and we had two! Here was my attempt. I bought the locomotive cake topper from Etsy and created the rail sign toppers on photoshop. The little model trees I bought on eBay.
Please let us know if you want any more information about how to make or where to buy anything – we are happy to help!
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