The Surprise Wedding Anniversary Party

Wedding Anniversary Party inspiration from my parents surprise party. Some easy things to do to have a lovely party at home.

Last year was my parent’s 25th anniversary and it was always the plan to throw a big party for friends and family but life got in the way and we never got round to it. Since it was a bit sad to not have the party I decided to go it alone and organise it for my mum and dad this year as a 25+1 party and hopefully have as not a big year they wouldn’t be expecting it.

It was a lovely thing to do and I’m glad I did it just to see their faces of shock and happiness when they walked in and I said Happy Anniversary and then everyone jumped out and said surprise.

The cake

The cake was made by my friend Mel at Hercule’s Cakehouse www.herculescakehouse.co.uk I designed the cake topper – I managed to sneak out Mum and Dad’s wedding photo and scan it and add the text on photoshop. Mel printed it and made the cake for it to sit on. I was going to make the cake but it would have been very hard to make such a large cake without it being suspicious. Plus Mel’s cakes are far better than anything I could make. The cake tasted amazing and was a fantastic surprise for my parents and everyone at the party.

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My cousin took the great photo of my parents arriving and their faces during the surprise. With the cake, Mr & Mrs / Will & Lori toothpick flags I made the huge amounts of champagne bottles in the recycling the next morning. My parents have very generous friends.

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I made Mr & Mrs and Will & Lori biscuits which looked fabulous. I used my new drinks dispenser from Marks and Spencer’s for the pimms, cut up 2 kilograms of strawberries and made little flags which looked fabulous in the sandwiches.

Wedding Anniversary Party

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There was a huge amount of food. I couldn’t let all the guests go hungry and I love making and baking as you all know. Even with all the food I forgot to eat during the party. There were lots of lovely things with a Vietnamese theme. This was because my mum and dad went there for their 25th anniversary holiday. I included spring rolls, prawn crackers and chicken skewers. Also there was food with a  Mediterranean theme with tomatoes, olives and anitpasti goodies and of course a few good English favourites like ham sandwiches, cress and cucumber sandwiches and cheesecakes.

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I bought this fabulous heart candle holder to decorate the kitchen island with the flowers and the cake.

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I was hoping for good weather and with that in mind bought 100 metres of fairy lights in 2 x 50metre pieces. To hang them I strung them up between the house (using clamps) and a metal bar backdrop stand. Borrowed from my dad. I found the fabulous pom poms from lakeland in the first week I started planning. The colours for the party came from them; white, light blue and purple. The pom poms looked fabulous with the lights as a canopy. If it had rained I did not have a plan, so I was very lucky the rain stopped.

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I love the pom poms!

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The final details

For decorations in the house I had these lovely star lights from homebase at Christmas. They really looked lovely and added something special to the night.

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As a family who love flowers these were just a few of the bunches we were given at the party by friends and some I bought for the party too. Peonies, Cornflowers, Stocks and Arum Lilies.

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It was a fabulous night and it was lovely to surprise my parents to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

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10 thoughts on “The Surprise Wedding Anniversary Party”

  1. Fantastic surprise! You overwhelmed us with your creativity. How did you keep it a secret?
    For Lori and I, it certainly was a great and unexpected surprise. A beautiful evening spent with lots of dear and old friends. Sisley you excelled yourself fabulously.

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  2. What a lovely thing to do for your parents. The surprise party and the beautiful cake, it all looks so good. Love the expression of surprise on Lori’s face!

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    • Thank you Janice,
      It was so funny they had the look of surprise on their faces all evening.
      Especially as more and more people turned up to celebrate with them.

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  3. Wow, the named biscuits really do look great, and the cake is a lovely touch. I’m definitely going to come back for ideas for my parents’ 20th next year.

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    • Thank you Caity.
      I’m glad I can provide some inspiration. It was fun to do and I absolutely loved doing it 🙂
      X

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    • Thank you Stella, It was a great night and I have to admit I’ve found a few things I forgot about I think everyone enjoyed themselves.
      I wish we could have kept the lights up – they were so gorgeous. X

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