40th Wedding Anniversary Party

40th Wedding Anniversary Centre Pieces

We used a church hall for the party, and tried to give it some character with our decor. The round tables had simple white cloths, and beautiful organza pink table runners.

We used silk cherry blossoms, and put them in real water to weight the vases, and make them look more authentic. I wanted a grouping of three items on the table so we used a tea light in a simple glass tea light holder, and some roses. We originally thought of roses in silver julep cups, but they were a little over budget, so I had the idea of using silver creams and sugars which we were able to rent. It was eclectic, and vintage feeling and went great with our tea party theme.

Another fun detail, to tie in the ruby anniversary was that we hung some black and white family pictures on the cherry blossoms with red ribbon and decorated them with red gem stickers.

4oth Anniversary Banner

We covered the room’s bulletin boards with some simple white table cloths to create a neutral background. At the front of the room I hung a beautiful banner to mark the occasion, created with red and pink scrapbook papers, and letters.

Above the banner we hung a gorgeous bouquet of paper lanterns. This was my favourite detail of the entire day – I love how the Japanese cherry blossom lanterns tied into our theme.

These were the background for the two food tables one was savoury and the other was full of sweets.

More Cherry Blossom Details

We also added some red and pink roses to the washroom, along with Bath and Body Works cherry blossom foaming hand soap and hand cream. Love is in the details!

We used lots of red and pink roses on the food, and drink tables, and various red and pink candles in silver and mercy glass candle holders.

A fun detail on the coffee and tea table, which the couple added and I will definitely use again in the future was to add a tiny amount of coloured sugar to the regular sugar. Isn’t it pretty.

40th Anniversary Tea Party

The food for the party turned out really well. For the savoury table we served a variety of tea sandwiches.

We served veggies and dip in a plastic cup, which the guests loved the ease of.

There was also a large cheese tray. I lined up the cheese and crackers in rows, and thought it made for a really pretty presentation.

I made a variety of tea sandwiches.

There were toast cups with chicken salad and onion sprouts -find my recipe here, cream cheese pin wheels, ham and Swiss cheese with honey mustard, egg salad on mini croissants, salmon, and cucumber fingers.

I made some cute pics and used them in some of the sandwiches.

The Desert Table

There was also a sweet table.

The highlight of the dessert table was the cupcakes, looking so beautiful on their pink and white stands. 

I made the cupcake labels, and the pics for the sandwiches with a cherry blossom graphic I found on-line to tie back into our theme.

Along with the cupcakes, I made a large fruit tray. I placed the fruit in rows, like the cheese and crackers, for a pretty presentation. I was lucky enough to find toothpicks for the fruit with tiny hearts on theme. How fitting for a wedding anniversary.

The rest of the delicious sweets were made by the family and friends, and included lemon tarts, shortbread and chocolate spritz cookies. We also included mini chocolate eclairs, and some pink meringue kisses.

It was a beautiful day for a beautiful couple. I loved all the cherry blossom and red and pink details. I think they’d be a beautiful theme for a shower, birthday, wedding or any spring party.

Congratulations Ian and Lois, 40 years married and still very much in love, sometimes life is a party!

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