Posts Tagged ‘ children’s party invitations ’

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

October is the month for all things spooky, with the Halloween season right around the corner, we thought our Spooky Spider Invitation and new matching Spooky Spider gift tags are just the ticket for your own spooky after dark party this month!

There’s no reason a spooky party needs to be limited to children- especially when there are such delicious treats like spooky cocktails, midnight treats and perfectly spooky costumes to play with! Why not throw a midnight spooky spider party with your friends? Make it a dress up theme and light the room with only the flickering of candle light. Serve spooky treats and don’t forget the cocktails!

Clockwise from top left: Spooky bat cookies from Cookie Couture, Alannah Rose Spooky Spider Invitation, Tulip centrepiece photo from Hostess With The Mostess, Black Widow cocktail recipe & photo from Talk Of Tomatoes, Plastic spiders from 24-7 Party Pak, ghost cake from Martha Stewart, Alannah Rose Spooky Spider gift tags, orange votive candle holders from Candles D-Light.

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.

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.

Hurrah! Our new boxed children’s party invitation range has finally arrived!

You can now view the entire range on our website, and please visit one of our fabulous stockists to get your hands on some of this gorgeous new range of celebration invitations.

Our new Roll Up Circus themed invitation is a perfect choice for unisex parties, take a look at these shots from our recent photoshoot to see how you can style this fun theme into your childs special day.
Think bold colours, balloons, lolly pops and top hats and tutus!

Clockwise from main image: Ringleader Harry in a gorgeous outfit by Little Bubble & Tree, holds Alannah Rose Roll Up Circus invitation available from selected stockists, cakes from Zimt, use multi coloured balloons for circus fun, roll up cones of coloured paper for popcorn, girls tutu’s are home made, simply cut thin strips of multi coloured tulle and slip knot around an elastic headband, add ribbons and any other decorative elements, gorgeous!
Images by children’s photographer Little Bird, Styling by Gigi & Lulu, many thanks to Mimi & Harry xx

I’m so excited today as I can finally give you a sneak peak of our gorgeous new range of boxed party invitations! Launching in March through selected retailers, the range consists of 20 delicious designs suitable for children’s parties, christenings, baby showers and celebrations.

We’ll be unveiling the full range in March, but for now here is a sneak peak of the photoshoot we did with the very talented Pru at Little Bird Photography.

The styling was done by the talented Prue of Gigi&Lulu who is a dear friend and creative wonder.

We used some gorgeous products for the shoot and I’ll be unveiling some more images in the coming weeks and how to create the look for your next party.
Above: Alannah Rose Lala Bird Party Invitations, Kaiya Eve Red Pettiskirt from Mum & Babe, Pink Pettiskirt and rosettes from Princess Ratbag, pink singlets by Big, Bunting by my lovely mum!, toadstools and bird cage stylists own.

If you’re a retailer and interested in stocking our new range, please contact us.