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…for a party that’s a blast!

Today’s post is inspired by the ever so talented Amy Atlas. Last week she hosted a space party for her 5 year old son, below are some images of the gorgeous details she created, you’ll find more images from the party on Amy’s blog.

Images above from Amy Atlas – also see here for instructions on how to make papier mache planet decorations.

A space theme party is such a great theme for boys, our Ready Red Rocket party invitations and rocket party tags are a perfect starter for this theme.

Other things you can tie it in with include;

Paper Rocket Garland by Paperklip

Rocket Cookie Cutter – (make delicious cookies and place in cello bags for a great take home favour – see Amy Atlas images top)

Space Cadet Suit for those budding space travellers

Personalised Rocket T-Shirt for the birthday boy

Ready Red Rocket Favour Tags by Alannah Rose

Space theme cupcakes by Bella Cupcakes

Make your own Rocket Icy Poles

Enjoy!
xx

I love cupcakes. My kids love cupcakes, in fact everyone I know loves cupcakes, so cupcakes were a perfect choice for a design to include in our new party invitation range.

There are so many beautiful things you can do with this theme. Set up a baking table and let kids ice their own cupcakes to take home in little boxes, make up a felt cupcake and play ‘pin the candle’ on the cupcake. Decorate in theme with the invitation using pink, white, chocolate and a dash of red. Use cherries, cupcakes, flowers and all things pink and sweet for a Cupcake party to remember.

See the below inspiration boards for more ideas
Suzi xx

Above (clockwise from top) Alannah Rose Cupcake Celebrate Party invitations; cupcake hair clips by Little Choopie; toy cake set made of felt from etsy; Keep Calm and Eat Cupcakes poster from Etsy; Cupcake Pops by Bakerella; Baking Spoon party favours from Twiggi; Dolly Up outfit from Ekidna Kids; Bakerella Pops as previous; Cupcake styling inspiration and banner by Amy Atlas; felt cupcake set as previous; cupcakes by Sweet Art

Above (clockwise from top) Alannah Rose Cupcake Celebrate Party Tag; Paper Daisy from Details Details!; Personalised mother and daughter cupcake aprons from etsy; Oopsy Daisy Baby cupcake t-shirt from Twiggi; Cupcakes here; aprons as previous; cupcake soap, make your own here

Enjoy your cupcake celebration!

Our Cupcake Celebrate invitations and gift tags are available through our stockists.

I don’t know a single little girl that doesn’t love fairies. My own daughters are no exception, so when I designed the new children’s range, the Little Fairy Princess design was a mandatory inclusion.

When the invitations arrived back from the printer last year, the fairy invitation design was snapped up by my Eldest daughter and I was told she was having a fairy party for her 4th birthday. (she also had a fairy party for her 2nd… it seems fairies NEVER go out of vogue!

So earlier this year we celebrated her 4th Birthday with small party of 4 year olds at Fairyfields.The Little Fairy Princess invites, were the perfect starter to what was a truly magical day.

For those not familiar with Fairyfields – it’s a beautiful little fairy shop in Fairfield (Melbourne), but at the back of it is a hidden assortment of party rooms – all of which follow a fairy theme (and for the boys, there’s a wizard room!).

Once everyone had arrived in the fairy shop, our party host – Fairy Steph appeared, a beautiful elphin like fairy who had the children mesmerised from the minute she appeared. Fairy Steph had lost her way to fairy land and needed help finding her way there. After much searching of the shop they found a wardrobe, which at first glance, was simply that, but after some fairy magic, it turned into a secret passageway to fairy land. So all the children followed her through a corridor lined with fairy dresses and lights to the fairy room.

It’s hard to see from the photos, but Fairyfields is truly beautiful. Each of the party rooms is decorated with fairy seats, fairy lights, birds, leaves, branches, fairy dust, fairy stools and more. An enchanted room that made each of the children feel like they really were somewhere magical.

Fairy Steph kept them all entertained and happy and then led them into the Under Sea Garden room where party food (finger nails (chips) mud pies (party pies) and other fun things were served. From there it was through another secret passageway and down the magic slide into the secret fairy garden to hunt for treasures.

To finish the day off we handed out fairy loot bags, finished off with our new fairy princess favour tags.

Fairyfields is located at 80 Station Street, Fairfield. The pricing is very reasonable and includes party food, fairy host and an icecream cake. We’ll be heading back there again, you can never have to many fairy parties!

For those having a fairy party at home, look at these gorgeous cupcakes (above) from Sweet Art to tie in with your fairy theme.

And for the perfect fairy present – why not have a fairy move into the house?

This fairy door from Monkeytail and Wellington, arrived in our house last month and we have had so much fun with it – we know when the fairy has been as she sprinkles fairy dust in front of the door, and sometimes she leaves little gifts or letters. I must note, some of the mums at kinder aren’t too happy with me after my daughter told everyone at special news about it…..

Happy fairy party planning
xx

Firstly a little apology for posting this late, we were busy packing boxes all weekend for a new stockist of the children’s range – you’ll be able to pick it up soon in retail stores in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide, so stay tuned for details.

So now down to business, thanks again so much for your entries for week 3, I loved the emails and your plans for your parties!

I’ve narrowed it down to three winners for our final weeks competition so they are:
Chriss – you’ve won a box of our Cupcake Celebrate Invitations
Eleni – you’ve won a box of our One Little Lala Bird Invitatons
Expatmumma – You’ve won a box of our Little Fairy Princess Invitations

Congratulations to you all, I’ll email you shortly to confirm your prizes, I hope you all have magical birthday celebrations with your children.

For those that missed out, please do visit one of our stockists for our gorgeous invites.

Thanks to everyone that’s entered over the last three weeks, I’ve discovered some beautiful new blogs, now to find the time to read them! Have a lovely week everyone xx

Well, we like to think we’ve got the best baby cards around – and the best range of designs… (but we’re a little biased of course).

Kidspot Australia has just announced the Best of Awards, where you can vote for the best products, toys, books and websites for babies, children and parents. There’s seven different categories you can vote in, and a $50 prize up for grabs each week of the competition awarded by Kidspot just for casting your vote.

So if you love our baby thank you cards, love our site or have used our services and think we’re worthy, please take the time to vote for us in the Best Baby Product category.
Click here for voting and full details of the promotion.

Here’s some of our favourite?baby thank you cards?at the moment.

I can’t believe how quickly time flies. My youngest daughter turned two on the weekend. We celebrated with a pretty polka dot theme using our new Mademoiselle Polka Dot invitation series which can be found in the weddings section on the Alannah Rose website. For those that didn’t know, any of the designs in our collections, can be altered to suit any occasion – so if you like one of our wedding invitation designs , you can use it for a christening invitation or birthday celebration like we did.

I’ve created a board from Ella’s party below, I hope it helps with some ideas for your next celebration.

Clockwise from top left: Drink Bottles – I bought these pop top water bottles from the supermarket, covered the labels with pretty wrapping paper and hung name tags with ribbon around the neck of each bottle. Each child took one as they walked into the party. Polka Dot Cake – Jodi from Designer Cakes in Donvale made this for me, it was just gorgeous and tasted fabulous too! Mademoiselle Polka Dot invitations in blush from Alannah Rose. Party Bags full of goodies for the kids to take home – Mademoiselle Polk Dot Bon Bon cards from Alannah Rose, bags and ribbons from ACN Packaging . Tissue Paper Pom Poms – I made these myself and hung them from the ceiling above the party table with fishing line – you can find instructions to make these pretty decorations on Martha Stewart .

I quite often get asked for advice on invitation wording.
We do have a small section for wedding invitation wording on the Alannah Rose site here that caters for most wedding scenarios.

Another site that I love and is great for wording is www.verseit.com
This little gem has wording for all occasions, weddings, engagements, christenings and baby showers, together with verses and poems if this is something you are also looking to add to your stationery.

Always remember to choose a style of wording that is relevant to the style of day you are planning. If it is a formal occasion, then something very formal is appropriate and vice versa.

One of my good friends had a baby girl last week.

I’m always excited about babies, I’m lucky to work with so many new mums every week with the baby thank you cards in store. But it’s even more special when it’s one of your best friends.

So it got me thinking on all the beautiful gifts that are out there for babies (I had to buy one!).

Some inspiration below

For the girls. Clockwise from top left: Custom Name Letters from Rondeau Industries, Personalised Throw Cushion from Red Plum Linen, Bibs from Red Plum Linen, Pink Flourish Baby Thank You Card from Alannah Rose, Cot Sheet Set from Red Plum Linen, Pink Spots t-shirt from Nic Macisaac, Ruffle Pants from Posh Print Designs, Pretty Little Polka Dot Birth Announcement Card from Alannah Rose, Lulu Bunny from Gertie and Me

For the boys. Clockwise from top left: Custom Name Letters from Rondeau Industries, Cot Sheet Set from Red Plum Linen, Chocolate Dream Baby Thank You Card from Alannah Rose, Eeek It Gift Case from Monkey Caboose, Bunting from Red Plum Linen, Super Star Baby Shoes from Cheeky Little Soles, Blue Chocolatier Birth Announcement Card from Alannah Rose, Gertie Dog from Gertie and Me.