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My lovely little ladybird turned 4 last week and we celebrated on the weekend with a Ladybird party. I didn’t want to do a heavy red and black theme, so we decided to turn it into a Ladybird Garden party, going for a natural look and incorporating lots of pretty garden colours. Ella received a beautiful lavender fairy dress from her Nan which she wanted to wear for the party, so we used this as an accent colour alongside reds and pinks, but keeping the ladybug elements in their red and black.

Considering it is winter in Melbourne, and freezing, it was necessary to have an indoor party, so we decided to bring the garden inside! The dessert table was covered in artificial turf and our garden party grew from there!

Above: The dessert table, covered in artificial turf set the scene for the ladybirds garden; Wooden lady bugs dotted amongst the foliage; homemade cupcakes; Alannah Rose Lovely Ladybird Invitations; Ella’s Ladybird Birthday Banner

Above: Homemade gingerbread flowers potted in watering cans; sweet pink lemonade bottles with paper straws (from details details); the birthday girl

Above: Party Food – Potted Gingerbread flowers; Jelly beans; potted marshmallows and tiny toadstools; fairybread flowers, cupcakes; marshmallows dipped in chocolate, Yum!

Above: The beautiful two layer ladybird birthday cake was made by my very talented Mum! (thanks mum, so much it is exactly as I imagined x)

Above: little party guests enjoying the fare; pretty pom pom flowers adorned the roof of the kids party room for a garden feel; the children’s party table was set with ladybird antennae (homemade) for the kids to take home (plus ant antennae for the boys) and ladybird garden colouring sheets (free printable colouring sheet file available with purchase of our lovely ladybird invitations on request) and potted gingerbread flowers

Above: Also in the party room were the loot buckets – filled with plastic magnifying glass, ladybird clickers (remember those old fashioned metal ones?), lollies, blowouts and balloons – ‘fly me home’ were the instructions from miss ladybird; party games – a jar full of chocolate ladybirds went ‘missing’ each child was handed a net to catch the ladybirds and bring them home. They were then divided up and tied into the nets for the children to take home with their lolly buckets. This game was a big hit with the kids!

Other games included pass the lucky dip – my variation of pass the parcel – rather than wrapping prize upon prize into paper, I put individual prizes into paper bags which were passed around in a larger gift bag for the children to ‘lucky dip’ when the music stopped.

Supplier list:

Invitations and stationery – Alannah Rose – Lovely Ladybird Party Invitations

Stripey Straws – Details Details

White buckets – Holly Lolly

Flowers – gorgeous Kale, Rosehip, Roses and Magnolia leaves all from Camberwell Florist

Cake – made by my Mum! Ladybird sugar decorations from Cakes around Town

Nets – These are fish tank nets – I sourced them from a local $2 shop, and Cheap as Chips

White Ceramic Pots – Ikea

White Watering Cans – The Reject Shop

Lollies – Toadstools from Coles, Large marshmallows used on sticks in pots Campbells Cash & Carry

Mini Glass Bottles – These are empty Vittoria Juice Bottles – thanks to Sharnel and my twitter friends for the heads up on these

Special thanks to all my lovely friends and family – mum for all her help and the amazing cake, my husband for putting up with my bossiness, prue (gigi & lulu) for her inspiration, ideas and help on the day, Adrienne & Tim for the turf, and Kerrin for extra vases I needed at the last minute! Plus hugs and kisses to all Ella’s little friends that helped her celebrate and make the day so special.

Happy Birthday Beautiful Bella, I’m glad you loved your party, your smile and excitement bring me such joy! x

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

Following from our last post, I received another gorgeous circus theme party in my inbox this week. This time from the very talented Sacha at Bridal Survival.

Sacha arranged this fantastic party for her partner’s 30th Birthday – held in the rotunda of a local park and themed in true Big Top style, Sacha wowed not only her partner but their guests and friends.

Being in the park Sacha’s main requirements were that everything was easy to set up and take down. Casual was a must on the birthday boy’s list – so a fun, relaxed setting in the park with bbq lunch and friends was the perfect way to celebrate.

The theme started with our Roll Up Circus party invitations and was carried through with beautiful details including make your own lolly bags, pinwhirls and giant lollipops, whilst guests clowned around with red noses, moustaches and juggling balls.

Sacha sourced her supplies from a variety of online and local stores including:
Bunting – made by Sacha; fabric from spotlight, Paper straws and popcorn cups from Bake It Pretty, Striped table runners from Details Details Toffee Apples from here, Balloons and ties from Pink Frosting, Red noses, moustaches and juggling balls from ebay. White raspberry fairy floss and movie style popcorn from Flossy’s fairy floss , Cake – Homemade, Lolly buffet contained old fashioned circus fair – toffee apples (as above), fairy floss (as above) movie style popcorn in boxes (details as above) candy bracelets, redskins, crackle and pop bars and different lollipops. Star and Elephant shape cookies made by Sacha.

The gorgeous pinwheel centrepieces were also made by Sacha using instructions, sticks, pins and beads from Pin Whirls on the recommendation of Prue from Gigi & Lulu. Pinwheel paper from Paper Heaven.
Invitations and lolly bag tags from Alannah Rose.

Thanks so much for sharing with us Sacha – what a beautiful party!

Suzanna recently emailed me some pictures of the beautiful circus soiree party she created for her son Maddox’s 2nd Birthday.

Inspired by our roll up circus party invitations – Suzanna created an atmosphere of colour and fun.
A feature of the party was a delicious dessert table inspired by Amy Atlas and created with love by Suzanna. The delicious clown cupcakes by 2bites.com.au were a hit with guests and party accessories such as the gorgeous striped table runner came from on of our lovely stockists Details Details. Party Pom Poms and Maddox’s birthday banner from Mon Tresor finished off the party theme.

Little guests were entertained with a magic show, games and face painting by Cookie the Clown.

Congrats Suzanna on a beautiful party, and happy birthday Maddox!
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’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.