Inspirational Party Desserts

I’ll admit when I am planning my children’s parties one of the things I get the most excited about is the desserts for the celebration! Desserts have evolved so much from when I first started blogging and to see the creativity and art that is being transformed into something edible is truly a feast for the eyes!

Today I’m sharing with you some gorgeous (truly!) desserts and styling by an incredibly talented LLC partner – Katerina of My Petite Sweets in Perth

I am always drooling over what Katerina shares on her social media and I love that she not only can create desserts but she styles beautiful dessert tables:

How amazing is this Frozen party dessert table? The towers of meringue kisses make a fantastic feature:

As you can see My Petite Sweets really can bring a party theme to life with the whole setup, props, cake and desserts! Here are more amazing kids party dessert tables:

My Petite Sweets offers a range of desserts and as you can see the detail in her desserts are truly amazing and she really does take desserts to the next level!

Everything can be custom made to suit the party theme – cake pops, cupcakes, macarons and more! You also receive a special taster box to help you choose your flavours!:

My Petite Sweets also offer high tea packages which are perfect for adult celebrations, baby showers and kitchen teas! You can relax as everything is setup in your home/venue and your guests can enjoy a charming setting and delicious high tea menu!

If you’re based in Perth – make sure you contact Katerina from My Petite Sweets when planning your child’s next party! If you’re not in Perth but can appreciate amazing desserts then make sure you keep a eye out on the facebook page of My Petite Sweets!

Lego Party Supplies

Lego…the classic toy that kids and adults love (except when stepping on a lego piece in the middle of the night!)

It makes such a fantastic party theme and easy to style in primary colours! Looking at this amazing dessert table is sure to get you inspired!

Lego dessert table – The Sweet Cart

Here is my round up of the latest Lego party supplies and partyware that would work in for a lego themed party!

Lego Party invitations and printables:

Lego party invitation – Giggles and Grace Designs

Lego party invitation and printables – Edge House Design

Lego party backdrop – Giggles and Grace Designs

Lego backdrop (and party styling) – Dream a Little Dream children’s parties

Lego Party Decorations:

Such a fabulous lego pinata that would double as a decoration as well as a fun activity!:

Lego pinata – Party Pony Designer Pinatas

Lego foil balloon – Fantasy Kids Parties

Emoji balloon – Love The Occasion

Dark blue paper fan – Emiko Blue

Yellow accordian lantern – Deer Little Parties

Lego tissue pom pom – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Lego Ninjago party pom poms – Theme It Party Boxes

Lego party garland – Paper Face

Giant red and white balloons – Emiko Blue

Yellow honeycomb balls – Love The Occasion

Lego blocks hanging decoration – Fantasy Kids Parties

Marble balloons – One Magic Day

Black giant number balloon – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

These could be used as extra props and decorations at a Lego party:

Lego props for hire – Tiny Tots Toy Hire

Lego storage bricks – Mattys Play Time

Lego Party Tableware

There are some fun lego tableware available but you can also mix and match plain coloured/patterned paper plates with lego tableware:

Lego party tablecloth – Fantasy Kids Parties

Lego party tableware – Fantasy Kids Parties

Lego party tableware – Favor Lane

This is a clever way of dressing up some plain black cups!:

Lego stickers for cups – Glitter and Glue Designs
Party styling by Dream a little Dream children’s parties

Yellow triangle plates – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Yellow plates – Little Kite

Red and black party tableware kit – The Kit Source

Black cutlery – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

This lego head for hire would make the perfect extra decoration item on your lego party table!:

Lego head for hire – Tiny Tots Toy Hire (Sydney)

Lego Party Entertainment:

The perfect entertainment for any Lego party is of course – playing with Lego! However of course you may not have enough for all the kids and the idea of pieces of lego being scattered all over your house is enough to give a mum nightmares for weeks!

Lil Kidz Constructions (based in Sydney but you can find similar in other states) is a great solution – they can either come to your house or you can hire all the equipment from them – and the kids will have loads of fun without you having to worry about all the bits and pieces (literally!):

Lego party – Lil Kidz Construction (Sydney)

If you have some younger kids at your party then these large lego blocks are great to give them something fun but lego themed to do at the lego party!:

Lego party blocks for hire – Tiny Tots toy hire

Lego Party Cakes, desserts and accessories:

Some cute Lego cupcake toppers which can be made in custom colours:

Lego party cupcake toppers – Sugarlicious Parties

Yellow spot baking cups – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Blue sherbet baking cups – Emiko Blue

Red and white stripe baking cups – Love The Occasion

Create your own lego lollipops with this cute mould:

Lego block lollipop mould – Confectionately Yours

For some lego themed cake and desserts for a lego party, visit the Directory pages to find professional bakers who can create lego-licious treats for the kids!:

Lego Cake – Miss Confetti (Sydney)

Lego layered jelly – The Sweet Cart (Perth)

Lego cookies – One Sweet Chick (Sydney)

Lego cake pops – Bites By D (Perth)

Lego cake – Niknak Sweetest treats

Lego Party Favours:

Love these cute lego party favour ideas and packaging ideas:

Lego favour box – Printables by Dream a Little Dream parties

Lego favour bag idea – The Sweet Cart (Perth). Printables by Sweet Scarlet Design

Sambellina favour box – Emiko Blue

Lego favour lollipop holder – Glitter and Glue Designs

Sambellina candy stripe favour bag – Love The Occasion

Lego ninjago favour bag – Small Favours

Lego Party inspiration:

Needing some more idea and inspiration for a lego party? Here are some amazing lego dessert tables! Click on the image to be taken to the website of the stylist who created these:

Lego dessert table – Styling by Red Wagon Events (Melbourne)

Lego dessert table – Dream a little dream children’s parties

Lego construction party – Paper Face

Hope you’ve enjoyed this lego party inspiration!

Easter Showcase: Partyware, Gifts and Stationery

Easter has hopped around so fast this year and being just a few weeks away- NOW is the time to get organised with your Easter gifts and decorations! Now I believe there is a deeper meaning to Easter than just eggs and chocolate – which is why I believe it should be celebrated! So I have put together once more an Easter Showcase (which you can also view on my FB page here ) to assist your Easter party & celebration planning!:

This round up of Easter partyware, gift ideas, printables and stationery will be all you need to get organised for your Easter celebration! All items are from businesses you can find on the Directory pages of this site. As you go through this blog post, simply CLICK onto any of the images to be taken to the website or Facebook page of that business.

So lets get started with some gorgeous Easter stationery!

Whether you’re after some Easter gift tags for classmate or teacher gifts or a little creative touch to your family Easter presents – you’ll be guaranteed to find a look you love in this range of printables, tags and stationery:

Easter printables – Millyboo Designs

Easter Printables – Lou Lou Pie

Easter printables – Giggles and Grace designs

Easter printables – Joyful Invitations

Easter printables – True Style Designs

Easter gift stationery – Kel’s Gift Labelling

Easter printables – Paper Blossom Creations

Easter printables – Jo Studio

Easter printables – Edge House Design

Easter printables – Fairydust Stylish Stationery

Easter gift stationery – The Sprinkle Studio

Easter gift stationery – Glitter and Glue Designs

Easter gift stationery – Sweetheart party extras

Easter gift bags and tags – DIY Parties by Renee

Easter printables and gift stationery – Emajine Designz

Easter chocolate bar – Sweet Art

Custom carrot favour bags – Elk prints

For some Easter decorating – for a small or large Easter celebration – here are some gorgeous partyware and decorations that will get your heart hopping!:

Easter partyware – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Easter partyware – Hip and Hooray

Easter partyware – Love The Occasion

Easter partyware – Favor Lane

Easter partyware- The Party Parlour

Easter partyware – Fantasy Kids Parties

Easter partyware – Saffy and May

Candy coloured decorator kit – The Kit source

Easter partyware – Peppermint Sunday

Easter Partyware – Illume Partyware

Easter partyware – Pom Pom Princess

Are you looking for some unique gifts for Easter? This range of gift ideas and edible Easter desserts will put you in the good books of any teacher, workmate or family member!:

Easter cookie mix gifts – Sweet Health

Easter organic chocolate gift- Winnow Chocolates

Easter Cookies – Petite Cookies (Melbourne)

Easter Cookies – Sweetcheeks Cookies and Cake (Melbourne)

Easter Macarons – Arelio Sweetbox

Easter cookies and macarons – Sweetest Jubilee (Melbourne)

Easter cookies – Miss Confetti

Easter macarons – One Bite (Sydney)

Easter cookies – One Sweet Chick Couture Cookies and Cake (Sydney)

Easter Hot Cross Buns macarons – Moreish Macarons (Sydney)

Easter cakes – Pretty n Ash Cakes (Melbourne)

Chocolate gifts – Sucre Chocolates

A few little touches for your own homemade Easter desserts:

Easter Edible images – Custom Icing

Easter cupcake toppers – A La Roch

Easter Cupcake wrappers – Confectionately Yours

I love these butterfly wings and bunny ears for a non-edible Easter gift idea for the kids!:

Butterfly wings – Special Celebration Events

Bunny ears for kids – Kreate a Dream

If you’re planning an Easter celebration here is a touch of inspiration for you from some Life’s Little Celebration partners:

Easter dessert table – Imagine Event Styling (Melbourne)

Easter table and chairs for hire – Tiny Tables and Chairs (Melbourne)

Easter styling – Tiny Tots Events (Melbourne)

Hope you enjoyed this Easter round up and discovered some wonderful businesses you can use for Easter and other celebrations throughout the year!

Biz inspiration from Illume Partyware

If you’re a mum in business it is fantastic to be inspired by and learn from other entrepreneurs! This week I am introducing you to LLC partner Louise from Illume Partyware! The Life’s Little Celebrations directory is filled with many amazing entrepreneurs and it is wonderful to hear their story and advice!

Enjoy this Q and A as you find out more about this gorgeous online party boutique:

 

When and how did Illume Partyware come about?:

When I was putting together my sons 1st  birthday party. I found there was a lack of fashionable and stylish party products out there in the market. I wanted to style a party and have everything co-ordinate together from the tableware to decorations. There was plenty of partyware out there but I couldn’t find any items that where high end, high quality and up with the current fashion trends. 

 

 

How has your business evolved over the years?:

I started out back in 2007 originally designing personalised wedding and christening invitations. In 2011, I decided to move on from personalised invitations and launch Illume Partyware. A stylish high end fashionable partyware brand, that launches a new collection every year.

 

What did you do before starting your business?

I started my design career designing ceramics and home-wares for Australia’s large department stores it was the first job I had after graduating from Graphic Design. A few years later I was recommended to a contemporary digital art company that contracted me to design a whole range of digital artworks for canvas and perspex. I worked together with them for 1 year developing their new range. I was then recommended to Bauer Media (formerly ACP magazines) where I became the advertising Art Director for ‘Australian Gourmet Traveller’ magazine. I worked there for a few years before I launched Illume Partyware.

 

What do you love about running your own business?

I love that I am able to design and create products that I believe in and I can share them with others all over the world. After working for many years with other companies to their design briefs I love that I now have the freedom to create and design products for my own brand Illume Partyware.

Don’t worry about what everyone else is doing, be yourself, do what you do best and what you believe in.  Get a business mentor, someone you can talk to for advice. When it comes to running a business you don’t have to re-invent the wheel. Ask for help in areas you are struggling in.

Thanks Louise for sharing about your business! Visit Illume Partyware here and see their gorgeous range of partyware and tableware!

Baby Shower finishing touches

Celebrating the impending arrival of a new baby is such a joyous event but by no means an easy one! So hopefully my previous post on Baby Shower Cakes and Desserts has given you a great head start on planning this special occasion by ordering those ah-mazing cakes and frosted cookies, and now it’s onto the finishing touches to pull it all together!

Once you have your theme or colour chosen, shopping for the finishing touches is the easy part! To make it even easier for you though, we’ve searched the LLC partners for you and found some gorgeous items to complete the look no matter what your theme. You can search our full list of Directory pages for more ideas and finishing touches from our fabulous partners.

Baby Shower Invitations

These baby shower invitations are just oh so cute and really provide some gorgeous inspiration for baby shower themes!:

Shop the Baby Shower Invitations here: 

Foxy Mama Baby Shower Printable invitation, $12 –  Giggles & Grace

Rocking Horse Personalised Baby Shower invitations, $2.49 each – The Party Parlour

It’s Raining Personalised Baby Shower invitations, $2.49 each – The Party Parlour

Baby Love Baby Shower invitations, $18 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Bonjour Bebe Personalised Printable, $20 – Pretty and Print

Dream Catcher invitations, $19.95 – Love The Occasion

Baby shower partyware

Style a fun baby shower with this gorgeous range of baby shower partyware!:

Shop Baby Shower Partyware here:

Jumbo Gender Reveal Confetti Balloons, $19.95 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Wishing Birds, $4.17 – Party & Co

‘hello little one’ large balloon $16.95 – Love The Occasion

Baby Shower Decorator Kit $60 – The Kit Source

Tiny Honeycomb Balls, $9 – Love The Occasion

Hot Air Balloon Garland, $14.95 – Favor Lane Party Boutique

Pink Honeycomb Diamond, $6.95 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Glittered Mint Feather Garland, $19.95 – Love The Occasion

Baby shower tableware

Set up a lovely table setting for the baby shower guests with these sweet selections!:

Shop Baby Shower Tableware here:

Gold Foiled ‘Hello Little One’ Napkins, $15.50 – Love The Occasion

Confetti Dot Paper Straws, $5.75 – Love the Occasion

Pink Geometric Plates, $6.50 – The Party Parlour

Linen Embossed Square Paper plates, $5.96 – My Party Boutique

Pink ‘Enjoy’ Straw Flags, $8.95 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Honey Paper Dish, $16.95 – Poppies For Grace

Noah’s Ark Blue Dessert Plate, $5.99 – Illume partyware

Eyes & Dots Ice Cream Cups, $11.95 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Cake & baking decor and accessories

Give your baby shower cake and desserts the special finishing touches with these items:

Shop baby shower Cake decor here:

It’s A Girl Cake Topper, $50 – Glistening Occasions

Yellow Rubber Duck Cupcake Baking Cups, $5.50 – Little Kite

Gold Glitter ‘Baby’ Cake Topper, $15 – Sugarlicious

Baby Cupcake Patties, $7.50 – Emiko Blue

Rocking Horse Cupcake Baking Cups, $5.50 – Little Kite

Gold Safari Animal Sticks, $21.95 – Favor Lane Party Boutique

Oh Baby cake topper, $34.95 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Playful Animals Party Picks, $7.95 – Emiko Blue

Baby Shower Favours & Games:

Send the guests home with something sweet to remember the baby shower with! The baby shower bingo card is wonderful to use during the baby shower for a little bit of fun!:

Shop baby shower favours here:

Onsie Gift Tags, $12 – Style Party Love

Retro Swirl Lollipop, $1.50 each – Favor Lane Party Boutique

Moustache Thank You tags, $5.99 – Style Party Love

Baby Shower Bingo, $30 -ELK Prints

Buzz BaBee Favor Bags, $6.97 – Party & Co

Baby Boy Rattle favors, $3.47 – Party & Co

Baby Girl Nappy Pins, $3.47 – Party & Co

Baby Shower styling props

For some extra special items at a baby shower, use some stylish and cute props:

Find the Props here:

Blush Wooden Scoops, $16.95 – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

Vintage Pram, POA hire charge – Two Little Jays

Glass Candy Jar, $23.95 – The Party Parlour

Ornate Rocking Horse, $30 hire charge – Sweet Heavenly Events Hire

Teacups and Saucers, POA hire charge – Two Little Jays

Grass Flower Mat, $3.50 hire charge – Tiny Tots Toy Hire

Drinks Dispenser, $20 hire charge – Tiny Tots Toy Hire

I hope you’ve found the inspiration and items you’ve been looking for to make this an unforgettable baby shower for the new mum!