Belle and Boo party

Two birthday parties to organise in the next two months. Aren't these perfection? Think i'm going to keep this for Lola's 1st birthday. Never had a summer one to organise before!

Via Belle and Boo

jumping for joy

Some cousin loving and a birthday. The birthday girl asked me for a jaguar cake...hmmm.

Under the Sea

A certain brand new 4 year old became a mermaid for the day. Happy Birthday Beautiful Girl.

 

Er, not you Barbs...

Starting to think i overdid it on the Caribbean blue!

 Now don't look too closely. I made it!

 Homemade mermaid bookmarks and cut and colour sheets. Got to love a handmade goody bag!

Unfortunately, i have time management issues and lots of the photos are an after thought. So no pictures of beautifully set rooms or the sea caves before all the kids wrecked it! I hope other people forget to take pictures at their kids parties too!

Cheat's birthday cake

Someone around here turns two tomorrow. Today we went to the zoo to celebrate. Tomorrow we'll go swimming and have his favourite tea and then cake. This is my version of a really easy...kind of cheating cake.

If you don't have oodles of time. Make your favourite cake recipe. Lash on way too much buttercream icing (the BEST kind of icing if you ask me!) Then steal a few favourite toys, wash them and plonk them on top. Voila! A few sweets and a bit of edible glitter and your done in under 2 hours start to finish.

On a more serious note though...i'm dying without my camera. Need to make a purchase soon. The iphone pics just don't quite cut it.

Candy cake

So we spent 10.10.10 celebrating my sister Candy's birthday. Let me tell you, it was all about the cake. You are never too old to have a homemade birthday cake made for you. This...

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Paper Balloons

I found these Japanese paper balloons at Bambino Goodies recently and were blown away by
a) how cute they are
b) how cheap they are £2-3 each. And they are reusable. Bargain!

And that's not something I find myself saying anymore.

Great for kids rooms, parties, well anything fun and frivolous! I plan to buy some of the sea creatures for an under the sea party I'm already planning for one of my kids one day soon. What a beautiful party theme huh?!

But the panda melts my heart too.

All from Petra Boases Super cute site with loads more fabo stuff.

Kids parties

So way back in February and March! Seb was one and Kitty was three. I love a good birthday party. I love planning, preparing amd making but i always forget to photograph stuff before it gets trashed or used! Anyway here are a couple of pictures from the party people themselves.

Sebby had a small family party with a teddy bear theme but Kitty had her first 'proper party' with lots of local friends, party games, face painting by my sister, body tatoos her cousin did and lots of general frivolity! She loved it.

As there were so many children at Kitty's i put large spotty waterproof table mats on my floor in the kitchen with lots of plastic storage boxes in the centre in a long line. I covered this with table cloths and put the food on the boxes. I added pillows and cuddly toys all around the outside so that the kids could sit inbetween the pillows and toys to eat. I hung a really easy to make doilly banner and other crepe paper streamers and banners over the wood beams in my kitchen and for party bags all the girls got a paper bag with a lolly, cake, balloon, Hello Kitty stickers and homemade 'make your own bracelet/necklace kit with some supplies i bought off ebay.