Summer turns 18!

 

Being Two is tough work for this wee one as behind the scenes is a noisy new born brother!

 

Looking adorable comes easy...especially with those big eyes & eyelashes!

 

However, the 6th April 2014 is a big day for her as she is turning 18!

 

 

 

I love to bake - so out came the cookbook.

 

 

 

Never one for waiting for surprises - Summer takes a peek!

 

 

Summer loves all things pink & Ballet, so it wasn't hard to decide on what direction

I was going to take with decorating the cake.

I thought the vintage roses would be a nice touch as since she is turning 18 - fresh

flowers from The Country Providore would 'grow the cake up' so to speak.

 

 

 

 

I thought Raspberry & White Chocolate Icing would look great with the colour scheme -

not too mention great flavour!

The name of the roses where 'Old Dutch' & looked great with the vintage little

ballerina decorations I found at a local shop.

The pink balls around the edge of the cake were in actual fact - scorched almonds.

They were coated in this amazing pink metallic coating!

I found these also at a speciality lolly store in town.

 

 

The cute little 'Happy Birthday' bunting came from a giftware sale that I had saved.

 

 

 

Our 'big girl' at 18!

 

Happy Birthday Summer xx

 

 

Vintage Mad Hatter's Tea Party #2

 

All party props were sketched & painted by me.

 

They are all for sale at a really reasonable price & should you need help with any others

 

I can help you out with that too!

 

All vintage tea cups & saucers are now for sale

 

Looking for help creating your party?? Let me help create your fun day around your budget!

 

No party needs to be expensive - just great planning & great ideas!!

 



Vintage Mad Hatter Tea Party

Ruby turns 5 with a "Vintage Mad Hatter's Tea Party"

I love Vintage, I love the Mad Hatter, I love creating parties - so I had an amazing time putting together and creating Ruby's 5th Birthday Party!

It takes time to pull off a party - well for me it does anyway.

Time is always something I am short of - so I always have to plan.

I kept numbers to a minimum as we played 'Croquet' and it was a set of 8 so that made it easy.

For most of my decorations I made - I got supplies from Spotlight.

I sketched & painted the life size props - of the Wicked Queen, Royal Rabbit & Cheshire Cat.

I also sketched & painted the Flamingos that I used on stakes in the ground where we played Croquet.

I created a menu for the actual 'tea party' and wrote a list to collect all the ingredients in one hit at the local supermarket.

The supermarket has a great selection of cake decorations, icings, colourings & flavourings. 

Be creative with these things as these are the best parts & fun to create!

For my husbands, myself & our eldest daughter's costumes along with other extra cute things to make the party a hit - they came from Amazon.

The tea sets, table crockery & cake stands, Ruby's vintage dress all came from a collection of second hand shops.

No party needs to be expensive to pull off - just time & a bit of thought & planning.

Ruby & her friends also had fun playing pass the parcel, musical chairs & statues.