Winner of our Giveaway

Thank you to all of you who entered this giveaway to celebrate the launch of my new online services – inspiration boards and online/electronic party theme styling packs!

The winner of our 1st prize who wins a Rosanna Decor Footed Bowl from My Garden Party AND a Custom party theme stlying pack from me was #16 (from random.org):

Congratulations Maria Bekiaris! Please e-mail me at lifeslittlec@gmail.com

The winner of our 2nd prize who wins a custom inspiration board from me was #30 (from random.org):

Congratulations Janelle Curry! Please e-mail me at lifeslittlec@gmail.com

Remember I am offering 15% off my services for this month – just quote the special code mentioned in my advert on page 53 of the new My Little Jedi magazine!

 

Owl Theme

For all the wise little one’s out there, an Owl party theme is gorgeously cute and perfect for boys, girls and twins!

I love the idea of incorporating browns and natural colours and textures into this party theme, but really you can style this party with a range of colours depending on your chosen invitations.

Team this theme with birds (see our Little Birdy theme ), woodland features (see our woodland party theme) or it is perfect to stand as it’s own theme as well.

 Invitations/Printables

Love the colour scheme used in these printables for boys and girls:

 

Fairydust Stylish Stationary has loads of cute owl printable options. Here is one of them, but there are many with other colour choices:

Love the idea of combining owls with buntings as opposed to branches:

A few other sweet owl invitations:

 

 

 

 Decorations

A cute owl themed bunting in your party area would look delightful!

 

 

The pastel shades of these Alimrose buntings work well with this theme and are perfect for future themes and use in the nursery:

The natural look of this paper bunting would work in well if you are using a wood element to this theme:

A cute hoot birthday banner perfect for behind the cake:

Love these colours together in this paper garland. Perfect for an owl party in blues and browns:

To incorporate balloons I thought these one’s were really lovely and simple! Also available in pink shades as well:

You could mix them in with these cute polka dot balloons:

Tableware

For your tableware I was delighted to see that these new coloured linen options are now available from Occasion by Design in a range of colours. It makes setting the base of your table so easy to match with your colour scheme!

 

If you are using plastic tablecloths, then this sweet owl tablerunner could help bring your owl theme to life.

This tablerunner (also available with pink stripes) is great in incorporating the natural/wood look into your table:

I thought these plate options were really cute and stylish if you are looking for theme based plates:

 

You can incorporate natural textures through these items:

Or find another option to work in with your colour scheme:

 

 

 

Complete your tableware with a colour matching or theme based napkin:

 

 

 

 

Sweet Treats

For your sweet treats, themed based cookie cutters are great not only for cookies but you could use them on sandwiches or other items too:

Cute cupcake toppers (available in other colours too) to add a personal touch:

 These baking cups add a touch of brown to your decor:

 

 

 Cocoa colour candles could be mixed in with other colours to also carry on a wood feel on your cake:

Love these cake stands as they make sure your cake stands out and a sweet owl would be lovely atop one of these!

Special Themed Items

Some lovely wall decals to decorate your party area:

 

A cute print can create a special touch and memory of this birthday:

 

Love these cute (and educational) blocks, also available in other colours. Would make a nice extra on the food table:

Another option for decorations which can be transferred to the nursery afterwards:

 

These sweet personalised carry cases can be used on the day of the party to display favours, plates/cutlery, water bottles or other items you want to display in a unique way:

Grass flower placemats are perfect for this theme as well as any future parties which are based around outdoors/gardens/woodlands etc

For a unique way to display some of your food items, these mini stools can be placed on your dessert table to create the natural wooden feel:

A lovely wooden stool as a special seat for the birthday boy/girl and a garden feature for after the party:

Some lovely ornamental owls as a special feature at the party:

 

If you are hosting this party in the cooler months, these cute sleeping owl beanies would look gorgeous on your little one!

Feature some lovely delightful owls as part of your party decor. Here are a few choices:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Favours/Take home gifts

There are so many cute options for party favours for this theme. Here are a few of them:

 

 

 

 

 

Package your treats up in one of these cute options:

 

 

Some options for packaging embellishments:

 

 

 

 

Real Parties

A sweet girls owl party from Stamp with Kim

Want to go vintage? Have a look at this beautiful vintage owl baby shower on Kara’s Party Ideas

Absolutely gorgeous boys Owl party by Sugarcoated Events

Simply amazing Night Owl party from Snowybliss

Beautiful Baptism party on the Style Me Gorgeous blog based on her owl printables

Love all the tree trunk elements in this hoot party featured on Amy Atlas

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I hope you have found some inspiration for this gorgeously cute theme – whether you use it for a birthday, baby shower or Christening or even a starting/finishing school party!

Remember to contact me if you need more customised inspiration for the party you are planning: lifeslittlec@gmail.com

Enjoy the celebrating of your little one =)

 

 

 

Yellow & Grey Colour Theme

For your little one’s celebration, styling it around colours (as opposed to a specific theme) can work beautifully and yellow and grey are two colours that I am loving together at the moment (and it seem’s alot of you are too!). Of course you can also choose this colour scheme to work in with a specific theme you have chosen as well. It’s perfect for boys, girls or a baby shower!

Make sure you also pop into our previous “You are my sunshine” theme post which has lots of yellow inspiration as well!

Please contact me at lifeslittlec@gmail.com if you’d like to know more about my services to provide you with more inspiration, customised to your specific requirements and vision – all provided to you online! =)

Invitations/Printables

There are some beautiful invitations available on Etsy for printing in the yellow and grey theme although most of them are for baby showers or weddings, often the wording can be customised easily for you:

 

Here are a few options from Etsy which combine this colour scheme with a theme as well:

 

 

 

Decorations

Keep things light and fresh with some of these decorations which you can combine for a beautiful look:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tableware

For your table, along with yellow and grey you can bring in white elements too which fit beautifully with these two colours without overpowering them as a main colour.

 

 

Scatter this lovely confetti over your table to highlight the colour scheme:

Combine a pale yellow plate with a stylish grey napkins:

 

 

These milk bottles can be ordered in both yellow and grey:

Combine grey straws with a yellow straw tag, or vice versa:

 

Sweet Treats

Lovely cupcake wrappers which you can customise with your little one’s initials:

For a modern look these wrappers have a great design:

Or use a yellow iced cupcake inside a simple grey cupcake wrapper to create your yellow/grey effect:

Create a beautiful yellow and grey sight with your cake decor with these items, starting with a gorgeous grey cake stand which would work with so many future colour schemes as well:

 

 

 

 

Special Themed Ideas:

This print would make for a very special gift for your little one:

Such a gorgeous wreath to hang in the party area, on the front door to welcome guests or as a feature for your dessert table:

Some inspiration of some themes which go with yellow & grey – using these cute wall decals:

 

 Take Home Gift:

Package your treats in one of these stylish options, topped with some yellow and grey twine or ribbon. Keep it simple and sweet:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Parties

Such an amazing backdrop for this yellow and grey dessert table on Hostess with the Mostess

Love the use of pom poms over the table in this baby shower on the Sweetest Occasion

Here you can see yellow teamed with a darker grey in this yellow and grey, bird themed baby shower on Celebrations at home

A really sweet mouse themed birthday party from The White Library

For extra inspiration have a look at this recent gorgeous photo shoot from The Party Studio

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I hope you found some inspiration for the yellow and grey themed celebration you are planning! This colour combination really does work so well with or without a theme combined with it. It’s versatile, cute and perfect for spring and summer coming up!

Pirate Theme

Ahoy! This popular boys theme suits little men of all ages!

You can go rustic and wooden, or pick from a range of colours to combine such as black, white, red, blue and brown. Incorporate pirate elements into the party through the use of props to represent a wooden plank, treasure chest & pirate ship mast and include items such as treasure maps & pirate eye patches & hats. The only limit is your imagination for this fun theme. Make sure you also have a look at our Nautical theme for a few ocean inspired ideas as well.

Here is a sample of great items you can use! For loads more ideas and unique finds please contact me for an Inspiration board or Custom Styling pack!

Invitations/Printables

Love this range of invitations and printables which are all unique and showcase the different ways you can begin to style this theme:

 

 

 

Decorations

Decorate to theme with these options incorporating skulls:

Your hanging decorations can make a huge impact in the overall look of your party space and really contribute to highlighting the colour scheme:

 

 

 Tableware

Carry on your colour scheme in your tableware options. Have a look at our ‘Special Themed Ideas’ section below for some items you can also use to decorate your table for this theme such as gold coins and rope elements!

Love this unique gold mesh table runner to bring in an element of treasure into your tableware:

This selection of other tableware items are chosen to showcase how you can find different items out there to work with any colour palette you are going for. I particularly love working in the wooden aspects for this theme:

 

 

 

 

 

 Sweet Treats

There are lots of ways to provide and decorate treats for this theme that all the little one’s will love, and will ensure your dessert table/food table looks coordinated:

I am sure these lollipops will be a great feature!

 

So many options for ways you can dress up even the simplest of cupcakes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Special Themed Items

These flags are great to use all around the party area!

These pirate ships would make a great table centerpiece and a lovely gift for your little one as well:

 

 

 

Some unique pieces which you could also use around the party area to bring this theme to life:

 

Such a sweet block set that would look lovely afterwards in your little one’s bedroom:

Fabric such as this could be used as a tablecloth or backdrop, or if you are crafty you could make it into anything at all – buntings, party hats etc:

Get your little one in the pirate look with these items! Also great for the other little guests at the party:

 

This treasure map could be used for a range of things, whether for decoration or for a treasure hunt activity! It can be personalised to include locations, names etc:

A cute modern version of the traditional pin the tail on the donkey game!

Team these coasters with simple cups as another way to dress up your tableware:

Tin pails work well in this theme, either on your table to serve items, as party favours, or purely for decoration:

Use rope to dress up your table or work into your backdrop for this theme. Gold coins help finish the look off:

 

Crates like these can work into many party themes and really help recreate the pirate ship feel for this party! You could turn them over and place your party favours or drinks on them:

 

These fun play tents are a cute way to bring the pirate theme to life and would be lots of fun after the party too:

You can also hire an item such as this if you don’t wish to keep a tent for after the party!

 

 Favours/Take Home Gifts

These cute party favours would work well for this theme! You could also purchase some of the gold coin chocolates available from most grocery stores and combine them in with these:

 

 

Package your favours in matching options:

 

 

Muslin cloth bags are perfect to fill with gold coin chocolates:

These cute options are great for topping off your pirate theme!

 

 

Loving twine – not only for embellishing packaging but you could use it to dress up other items as well such as glass bottles:

 

This cute peg brings in the black and wooden look. Scribble a cute Thank You message on here and attach to your party favour packaging:

For a more novel look, attach your thank you tag with a cute pirate peg:

Real Parties

A wonderful Captain Hook party by Australian based Whimsy Petite Styling & Polkadot prints, featured on Kara’s Party Ideas. I love the pirate ship mast and the walk the plank game!

If your little girl wants a pirate party, then have a look at this Girly Pirate Party on Kara’s Party Ideas!

Love the rustic wooden look of this pirate party featured on Celebrations At Home

Lots of great details in this pirate party. Especially love the mixed fabric backdrop !

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I hope you enjoyed these selections for a Pirate party and they provide a starting point to inspire you in planning this celebration for your little one!

Please contact me if you would look further inspiration and ideas custom sourced for you, as this blog post is truly only scratching the surface of what could work for this theme.

Enjoy the planning & the celebrating!

 

 

 

 

Online Party Styling Launch Giveaway

Life’s Little Celebrations is launching a new service to help you with your party styling needs which I announced in this post! Perfect for busy mums who want to remain hands on with party planning but want extra inspiration or detailed ideas and sourcing of items to save them time!

Our services include inspiration boards (including inspiration boards for specific aspects of your party if that is all your need) as well as the most comprehensive party styling pack you can wish for, e-mailed to you based on your requirements, vision, colour scheme and budget! For more information please pop in here.

Now for a fantastic giveaway to celebrate this launch!!

To celebrate the launch of our new online party styling service & inspiration boards, we are giving you the chance to win a free Online Party Theme Styling pack (from Life’s Little Celebrations) AND a gorgeous Rosanna Decor Bon Bon square footed bowl from My Garden Party!

I’ll also be drawing a 2nd prize to win a custom Inspiration board!

My Garden Party is a new unique party shop & hire service offering children’s tables and chairs for hire. They have vintage and new chairs to make your garden party extra special for your little one, a beautiful range of partyware will also be available when they launch in November 2011.  In the meantime look for them on Facebook.

You have the opportunity to gain 2 entries to this competition! To enter:

1. View the Rosanna Products photo album on the ‘My Garden Party’ facebook page and then comment below on this blog post stating which is your favourite cake stand! = 1 entry
2. Subscribe to the Life’s Little Celebrations blog using the subscription link on the right hand side of this blog and then comment on this blog post to state that you have done this=  2nd entry

That gives you 2 fantastic opportunities to enter this giveaway!
We’d love for you to share this competition with your friends! Don’t forget to tag us if you do =)

A few simple conditions:
1. Entries close on Wednesday 14th September at 8:00pm (AEST) when the winner will be drawn randomly and announced on this blog.
2. Entries are strictly limited to people located within Australia

Thank you and good luck!