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Well here we are back from a lovely weekend and a fantastic and fun rainbow party!
Alannah had an amazing time, she was so happy the entire day, and I  thought I’d share the pics with you.

Keeping with our our rainbow theme and inspired by the book ‘You, Me and the Rainbow’ I introduced a heart element into the invitation design as well as some of the design elements in keeping with the rainbow ritual in the book ‘sending a rainbow from my heart to yours’.
We were both really excited about this theme, it was so much fun to work on.
Above: Our new ‘wrap me in rainbows’ party invitations created especially for this party; Miss Alannah loving every bit of her 6th Birthday; ‘wrap me in rainbows’ party hats
Above: Rainbow party hats – Alannah loves party hats, so these were a special request from her, now available as a printable party file;
Favours – guests were given ‘Cookie Love’ take home rainbow gingerbread hearts; The kids party table – one of my favourite things and a fabulous find that I used for this party were the garlands – you can’t see much of them in the pics, but I strung them all over the roof, mainly in white, with some bulk colour for the rainbows. These were not actually garlands, but strings of wool! Yes wool, it’s called snowball and you can purchase it in 25 metre lengths in a multitude of colours from Lincraft or Spotlight for around $3.50. A bargain!

Above: The Sweets and Candy Table – The hanging cloud with rainbow hearts was purchased from etsy seller The Rainbow Room, Clara very kindly adjusted the design to have hearts rather than rain drops for me; The Cake - I first saw the rainbow cake over at my lovely friends Hip Hooray, for instructions to make head on over to Whisk Kid. For our version I wanted Alannah to be involved – she finger knitted the wool decoration to wrap around the cake, and chose the unicorn on top out of selection of few cake toppers I found on etsy – this one came from the very talented Bunny with a Toolbelt. The number six was purchased from spotlight and I glued some printable paper with spray adhesive to the front so it would tie in with the other stationery pieces.

Above: The food - as we were having an afternoon party I didn’t want to make too many different dishes for the dessert bar, so we went with cupcakes – topped with the rounded tip of a candy cane, rainbow bark – white chocolate with crushed candy cane on top, heart shaped fairy bread – always a favourite, and rainbow striped gingerbread hearts – these took a fair bit of time to make, but I’m super pleased with the outcome even if I do say so myself! An assortment of coloured lollies were also added included smarties, jelly beans and twizzlers – rainbow coloured licorice!

Above: More sweet treats; Drink bottles – were dressed up with printable drink labels in our wrap me in rainbows theme

Above: The rainbow cake – it worked! It really is simple to make, and very effective – the papparazzi were in force!; Sweet Treats – I printed up little treat bags and filled with candy for guests to take home

Above: More Gifts - I couldn’t resist making up these  little personalised pocket mirrors to match the invitations. The poem on the hessian bag was ironed on with t-shirt transfer.

Entertainment - I wanted to sit back and enjoy the party this time around so I organised for Stephanie from Fairy Flutterby to entertain the guests. Stephanie is a fantastic entertainer and talented face painter. She kept the girls laughing with a magic show, dancing, games, facepainting and balloon sculpting – what more could you ask for! I highly recommend her.

More Details:

Stationery - All of the stationery items used in this party are now available for purchase through Alannah Rose as printable party files, you can view our ‘wrap me in rainbows’ printable party invitations and matching items here. So if you’re wanting to replicate this look, you can simply purchase the files and print off the paper pieces at home.

Twizzlers - from Sugar Station

Ribbon Cake stands from Tracey Lau

Rainbow Candy Cane - Big W

Cake Supplies – Wests

Rainbow Twine – The Twinery

Finally – A very special thank you to my mum, my husband, my two gorgeous girls that make me smile every day, my lovely friend Kerrin, and the mums that helped me on the day.

And finally to Amy Atlas who featured our little party on her blog today with the sweetest words – I’m so flattered! – I’m ever inspired by Amy’s work, and thrilled that she has featured one of our party’s again.

When we asked our Facebook “likers” which of our invitations they liked best recently, our friend and stockist of Alannah Rose, Kathryn of Pink Frosting said “Paris” was definitely her favourite.

We love our Paris party invitation, it conjures up so many beautiful parties – today? a French inspired afternoon tea party. Wire replicas of the Eiffel tower gracing the tables, sweet raspberry macaroons, blooming peonies and of course- the finest of tea leaves drunk from our favourite tea pot!

Clockwise form top left: Alannah Rose La Parti De Paris Invitation, Macaroons from Gourmet Traveller, Iron Eiffel Tower from Paris France Products, Tea Light candle holders from Love, Loans & Linen, Peonies from Just Picked, Teapot from Peters Of Kensington

First birthday parties are inherently special- filled with the baby innocence and the relief of parents surviving the sometimes harrowing first year. Our take on a first birthday party is always perfectly sweet with a few special touches.

This party (inspired by our One Little La La Plane Party Invitation) centers around that boyhood wonder- the airplane. Softly swaying planes hang from the ceiling, clouds decorate the wall, sugary sweet cupcakes with flags and handmade wooden airplanes for guests to take home. Along with cupcakes serve treats like popcorn, fairy floss, milk with brightly striped paper straws, soft squishy marshmallows and plenty of champagne for the adults!

Clockwise from top left: Alannah Rose One Little LaLa Plane Party Invitation,  Flensted Aeromobile Click-a-mobile from About Style, wooden airplane from stumpondtoy, cupcake flag from Details Details, blue striped straws from Details Details, cloud garland from Paperklip Design, cupcakes from Cakes and Art from Cupcakes Takes The Cake

There’s nothing we love more than celebrating a brand new baby and we think our Hatching Soon Baby Shower Invitation has just the right amount of cluck, cluck cluckiness for any mum to be!

A birdie theme is just right for a baby shower, the promise of sweet new things to come! Sweet treats like cupcakes are a must (and we think a bottle of perfect pink bubbles for the guests is a necessary accompaniment!) and sugared almonds in twig nests echo our birdie and egg theme. Pretty garlands strung from the rafters look perfect blowing in the breeze and our La La Bird Pocket Mirrors are the perfect gift for games or to share with your guests as a token of appreciation!

Clockwise from Top Left: Alannah Rose Hatching Soon Baby Shower Invitation, Pink sugared almonds from Wedding Favors Now, Nesting Birds Birds Nests from The Baby Shower Shop, Bird cupcake from Sweetopia, Birdie garland from Paperklip Design, Alannah Rose La La Bird Pocket Mirror

My little lala bird turns 5 soon – where did that time go – she started school this week, so grown up!
I’ve started the plans for her party, she’s chosen the lala bird party invitations – she’s been saying for months “I’m having a bird party” so sweet!

Here’s a sneek peak of the colour theme I’m working on – soft pinks, a hint of red, birds, polkadots and hearts.

Now is the perfect time to be looking for things that are red with valentines day just around the corner, you can find little heart elements to tie in the theme.

Savvy shoppers keep an eye out for the last of the christmas decorations on sale – I picked up these red bird decorations at 75% off.

I’m also keeping an eye on the easter eggs starting to appear in stores which will tie in nicely with the bird theme.

Stay tuned early March to see the final product.
xx

It’s not long now until the beautiful boutique pop up retail event - Magnolia Square, begins in Sydney.

Magnolia Square is a unique pop up shopping concept that first launched in Melbourne three years ago and now for the first time will be coming to Sydney with a collection of Australia’s talented designers, artists, stylists and gourmets.

The Sydney fair will have some gorgeous brands on show, some of my favourites, Little Bubble and Tree, Paperklip, Little Bird Photography, Baobab and of course Alannah Rose!

I’m thrilled to be a part of the line up at Magnolia Square Sydney – please pop in and see us, I’d love to meet you! We’ll be selling our beautiful new boxed party invitation range together with a few little surprises that no one has seen before.

Magnolia Square Sydney will be held at The Teahouse at Royal Randwick Racecourse
Dates and times are as follows:
Thursday July 2 2pm-9pm
Friday July 3 10am-5pm
Saturday July 4 10am-4pm
for further details, please see the Magnolia Square website.

See you in Sydney!
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

This weeks blog love competition is all about parties. We’ve just recently launched our new boxed party invitation range and there’s been a lot of blog love to support us.

So this weeks competition is all about returning that love.
There’s three prizes this week, each prize is a box of our children’s party invitations worth $24.95 ea.

Here’s what you need to do for a chance to win:

1. Visit the blogs that have mentioned our new children’s range. (hint: you’ll find them in our blog roll) (bloggers if I’ve missed you, please let me know and I’ll add you in!)
2. Come back here and tell me the name of the blog you like best in the comments of this post
3. Email me at suzi [@] alannahrose [dot] com [dot] au and tell me which design you’d like to win and why

Terms: Entrants must complete all steps of the challenge between Friday 24th April and closes midnight AEST Friday 1st May 2009. Total Prize value for week two is $74.85AU and consists of 3 x $24.95AU boxed children’s party invites, winner can select their preferred design. There will be 3 winners, each will win one box of party invitations each. This is a game of skill, winners will be judged on their ability to complete all steps in the challenge and will be announced on the Alannah Rose blog www.alannahrose.com.au/blog on Saturday 2 May, 2009. Week three competition is open to readers of our blog in USA, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Prize will only be shipped to one of these countries.

It is literally pouring here in Melbourne today, so I thought what a better day to share these gorgeous shots from our recent photoshoot with you.
These gorgeous waterproof parasols by Boston Umbrella Co, would be a perfect gift for a little girl having a birthday with our new lala bird party invitations. Little girls LOVE umbrellas!

above: umbrellas from Boston Umbrella, Alannah Rose Lala Bird Party Invitations, available through selected stockists, pink and red pettiskirt from Princess Ratbag red pettiskirt by kaiya eve at mum and babe, photography by Little Bird, styling by gigi and lulu