My 1st Customer !

I recently finally got up the guts to try and help someone else out with their little girls birthday party after my sister kindly encouraged me to do so.

The end result turned out great with a few hitches along the way but it was meant to be a learning curve and it was, realising things I should've done different etc and the cost factor also.

The Draft Package

What she received

The end result

Easter Fun!

Well even though Easter is officially over, the chocolates are still flowing....

The Easter Bunny was very kind to me this year leaving my husband and I a jar of goodies each (he he).

One of the fun things I found for the kids this year was these 'Growing Chicks'.  They are eggs which once placed in water, slowly over about 48 hours, start to break open and a chick will hack out. Then over a further 5 or so days the chick will grow to its full size.

The kids loved waking up each day and checking how much more their eggs had cracked.  I only gave one to my 2 and 6 year olds because I thought my 10 year old boy was too old for it, but I did find him checking on them and getting quite excited and showing the other kids at times.  It just goes to show that we are never too old for a bit of fun!

Day 1

Day 3

Day 5

A very cute solution to having to deal with real eggs and chicks I must say.  This one was a winner for me and the kids!

Ocea's Tea Party

Let me begin by noting that I don't know much (or anything really) about blogging.  This is my first attempt at sharing anything I've done with the public other than Facebooking with friends.

I wanted to share my recent experience of planning and hosting a Tea Party for my little girl Ocea, who just turned 2 years old.  I have 3 children, 2 boys, Bodhi and Taij, who are 10 and 6, and then there's my adorable little girl Ocea.  I hope I don't come across as having a favourite child because I adore all 3 of my children, but the experience of finally having a little girl to pretty up and do girly things with is just wonderful!

Anyway, I was flicking through one of 'Donna Hay's Kids Issues' when I came across a beautiful little girls tea party which gave me the idea to host a tea party for Ocea's 2nd birthday.

The day of the party turned out to be extremely wet, causing the yard, where we were hosting the party, to be like a sinking mud pit, but....there was no time to make any changes so we went ahead with it.  Yes we all had wet, muddy feet, but the party was still a hit!  I didn't get to decorate as much as I had hoped because of the weather, which was a little disappointing, but everyone tells me it still looked great.

The pretty birthday girl.

I made labels for all the bottles, cups and party bags using the same print as the wrapping paper I found and used on the table as a table runner so that it all matched.

The girls were each given a little cupcake holder to fill with lollies from the lolly buffet.

The little tea cups were filled with Strawberry Jelly.

Pineapple and Coconut Cake.

We had Cupcakes, Lemon Pikelets, Jelly Cups, Fruit Cups, Mini Sandwiches, Mini Sausage Rolls, Strawberry Melting Moments and a Pink and White Lolly Buffet of Musk Sticks, Strawberry Mushrooms, Jelly Beans, Meringues, Marshmallows and Mini Wafers.

The party bags had adorable little white lace umbrellas which the girls just loved and worked really well in all the photos.

The girls had Strawberry Milk, Pink Juice and Raspberry Punch.

The Lolly Buffet was definately a hit.

I tried to stick to the colour scheme as much as I could even with the sandwhich selection, but of course had to make it kid friendly.  There was Turkey & Cranberry, Avocado, Cream Cheese, Ham and Jam.

Don't know how this black pot ended up in my colour scheme, was a last minute vase choice I think.

For the entertainment I made Ribbon Sticks from leftover ribbons, so the girls were able to dance and twirl around to music, and gave out little bottles of bubbles for the girls to use.

We also set up a playhouse (using a camping tent)  full of dolls and toys for the girls to play in. I made a coloured paper dollie, by dipping the white dollie's in food colouring, and gluing them together onto a string of rope, which hung on the playhouse to pretty it up a bit.

Overall, even with the rain and mud, I think the girls, both old and young, had a really good time!  

Now I can't wait to host another little girls tea party....