Birthday Balloons and Decorations

October 3, 2009

What comes first, the cake or the decorations for a 1st birthday party?  Do you choose the cake and then pick the balloons or do you choose the balloons and then pick the cake?

There's no right or wrong approach.  It all depends on what you're trying to achieve.  Let's say you're going to do an Elmo 1st birthday party.  You know you'll be able to find an Elmo cake and Elmo balloons and the standard Elmo colors of red and yellow.

What if, however, you're doing something a little unusual?  Or you want no character at all?  While there are some Elmo decorations on this fondant cake and on the smaller cake behind it meant for the birthday boy himself, the cake is more a work of art.

If you want decorations that are unique, find some interesting Mylar balloons first and then have the birthday cakes designed to match.

Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdharrison/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

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