Party Directory Page – Listing Opportunity

Life’s Little Celebrations is a blog for mum’s in the midst of their party planning – to provide them inspiration and assistance to save them time and stress!

However besides my blog posts I’d love to provide a page on my blog which lists some lovely suppliers of party items – whether it be party decor, handmade items, cake/cupake suppliers, invitation/graphic designers or event stylists! This is something that I would definitely find helpful myself and I am sure many other mums would as well.

If you would like the opportunity to be listed in this directory for a small fee/year please contact me at lifeslittlec@gmail.com.

I hope that along with my blog posts this page will be one that mum’s can easily drop into to source some lovely items and suppliers!

Paris Inspired Theme

Ooh la la – it’s time for a girly Parisian party! Think poodles, Eiffel towers, feathers & fluffiness and lots of pink! You can go stripes and polka dots, or elegant options such as damask and chevron designs!

However there are some gorgeous Paris theme parties which have been styled in red/blue/white and other colour combinations so let your imagination run wild!  I’ve based this blog post however on the common colour combination of pink/white/black.

You could theme this around poodles, pampering, travel or Paris and France in general and I am sure your little girl will enjoy planning this party with you if she is old enough!

I hope you enjoy this selection of Paris inspired items! For a full range of items and suggestions for your party please contact me regarding my Custom online party inspiration packs: lifeslittlec@gmail.com

Invitations/Printables

Set the stylish mood with these invitation choices:

Le parti de paris - Alannah Rose

0022 BIRTHDAY Paris DELUXE PERSONALIZED Party Kit-Printable pdf Complete Set

Paris Birthday printables - Paper Glitter

 

Paris passport invitation - Flipawoo

 

Paris party invitation - nslittle shop

 

Eiffel Tower and French Poodle-Birthday Invitations, Cards, Cupcake Flags and Gift Tags

Eiffel Tower and French Poodle Party - Icing Designs

 

Parisian chic birthday invitation - Party Box Design

 

Decorations

Keep decorations soft, fluffy and girly – or go bold with bright pinks!

Giggleberry creations bunting - Sweet Little Birdy

 

Tulle pom pom by Magic Stardust - Sweet Little Birdy

 

Feather balls - Lantern Shop

 

Hot pink honeycomb ball - The Little Big Company

 

Black paper lantern - The Little Big Company

 

Cerise tissue paper fan - Little Sooti

 

White tissue paper fan - Little Sooti

Combine a few feather trees for a stunning centrepiece:

Dusty pink feather tree - Feather.com.au

Tableware

Combine pinks, black and white for an elegant, stylish and sweet table:

Candy Pink tablecloth - P is for Party

 

Vintage black and white table runner - The Party Parlour

 

Pink Floral table runner - Le Petit Party

 

Hot pink table runner - The Party Parlour

 

Baby pink table runner - The Party Parlour

 

Fuschia pink plate - The Party Studio

 

Candy stripe pink plate - The Party Studio

 

Paper Eskimo spot napkins - Mon Tresor

Stylish placemats to create an extra special look on the children’s table:

Black and white placemat - U Wish Jellyfish

 

Lipstick pink paper straws - Sweet Style

How cute are these drinking cups? The little ones would love to sip out of these I am sure!

Eiffel tower drinking cup - The Little Big Company

Or perhaps a stylish Eiffel tower glass drinking bottle for the older birthday girl:

Eiffel Tower drinking bottle - The Little Big Company

These gorgeous goblets would look beautiful on a Parisian styled table:

Pink glass compote bowl - The Little Big Company

Cute Eiffel towers to use for your buffet labels:

Eiffel Tower placecard holder - Pink Frosting

 

Sweet Treats

Style a beautiful dessert table with these items to give pops of colour and create a Parisian effect:

Black and white cherry lollipop - The Little Big Company

 

Cherry flavour swizzle stick - The Little Big Company

 

Black and white swirl rock candy - Pink Frosting

 

Poodle Cookie Cutter - Sweet Themes

 

Eiffel Tower cookie cutter - Sweet Themes

 

Paris cupcake wrapper - Angelfish Dragonfly

 

Le Petite Gateau cupcake wrapper - Mon Tresor

 

Black and white stripe cupcake wrapper - Mon Tresor

 

Image of Oh Paris Cupcake Kit

Oh Paris Cupcake Kit - Lovely Little Parties

 

Ohh La La Cupcake kit - The Party Table

Love these gorgeous options to display your treats!

 

Black resin finial jar - Sharnel Dollar Designs

 

Pink petite treat cupcake stand - Tout Mon Amour

 

Petit Cupcake stand by Robert Gordon - Occasion by Design

 

Jolie Two Tier stand - Malmaison Botanical Interiors

 

Two tier nickel stand - Sharnel Dollar Designs

 

Le Gateau cake pedestal - Tout Mon Amour

 

Crystal cake stands - Magic Stardust

 

Special Themed Items/Decor

A Paris themed party isn’t complete without an Eiffel tower! Here are some options of what you could use:

 

French poodle centrepiece - Cracker Box

 

Wire Eiffel Tower - Le Forge

 

Set of 2 eiffel towers: Natures Home Garden

 

Eiffel tower candles - Australian Wedding Shop

 

Eiffel Tower decal in various colours - My Munchkin Home

With paris come poodles! Choose one of these for the birthday girl:

Poodle Amelie - Rainbow Puppen

 

Paris the poodle plush toy - Salt Homewares

 

White poodle soft toy - Koolaru

 

Paris the posh poodle - Lullabies Ladybirds

 

Candy the pink poodle - Koolaru

These items would also make unique features for this party:

Mini Mannequin - Sweet Little Birdy

 

Frou Frou french vanilla umbella - Shoppe with Lily

A few style items for your Parisian birthday girl!

Billy Lids pink velvet berret - Zodee

 

Tou Tou light pink headband - Swish Lily

 

Uptown girl small korker - Spoiled Rotten Princess

A special item to use for decor and as a birthday gift:

Personalised cushion - Iddy Biddy Boo

Love this canvas which you could use as a backdrop and then hang in the home after the party if your family loves Paris!

Pink Eiffel Tower Art - French Affair

A fun themed poodle game for the little one’s to play:

Pin the tail on the poodle printable game - Brooke Chanel Designs

Incorporate feathers into this theme through this feather boa! Follow the link to find more feather items!

Candy pink feather boa - Feathers.com.au

These storage items would make beautiful features at the party to place under platters or display other party items:

Paris medium suitcase - Creations from the Heart

 

Paris at Dusk small round suitcase - Kaboodle Designs

 

Bistrot de Paris storage box - Ruby Rose Interiors

 

Pink polka dot suitcase - Papier damour

Splurge alert! This amazing pink chandelier is definitely not for a “one-off” use! However if you’d love to have this hanging in your daughter’s bedroom then it would be a gorgeous item to hang in the party area as well!

Pink Chandelier - Ministyle

Party Favours & Packaging

Some sweet options that all the guests are sure to love to go home with!

Pink and white resin bead bracelet - Tout Mon Amour

 

Parisian spiral notebook - French Affair

 

Eiffel tower key ring - French affair

 

POCKET MIRROR EIFFEL TOWER PNK

Paris pocket mirror - French Bazaar

 

Pocket Mirror - The Sugar Pot

 

Uptown girl pink and black bow - Spoiled Rotten Princess

 

Sabini princess girl handbag - Zelows

 

Rhubarb girls necklace and bracelet set - Holly and Eddie

Whether you are giving a lovely gift or some sweet items – package them beautifully in one of these options:

Rose Gelato candy box - Candy Soirees

 

Black and white chevron tote box - Sweet Style

 

Black and ivory favour box - Pink Frosting

 

Pink plaid purse favour bag - Once Upon a Party

 

Paris favour bags - Ben and Jess

 

Antique french apothecary jar - The Little Big Company

Stamps are a lovely way to embellish your packaging as well as other items for your party:

Merci and Eiffel tower stamp set - Lilypad Designs

Top it all off with some cute ribbon!

Black with white dots grosgrain ribbon - Shoppe with Lily

 

Fuschia grosgrain ribbon - Shoppe with Lily

 

Real Parties

Stylish Paris in Winter party in traditional red, blue and white french colours from Just Call me Martha

Real Parties Sweet Poodles in Paris party showcased on the Marabous website

Lovely paris party by the TomKat Studio

Gorgeous purple colour scheme for this Paris inspired party on Hostess with the Mostess

Simply beautiful Parisian pink dessert table featured on the Amy Atlas blog

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Hope you feel inspired from this post to create your very own Parisian soiree for your little one (or even for yourself and friends!).

If you would like similiar custom inspiration for the celebration you are planning please contact me to find out more about my packages!: lifeslittlec@gmail.com

 

Lego Party Supplies Shopping guide

Most of us grew up playing with LEGO and it’s wonderful to see that it is just as loved by our little one’s too! It is a popular party theme and a fun one to put together.

You can easily use your child’s own lego collection to put together decorations and centrepieces for this party theme as well as fun activity stations for all the kids to play lego during the party. View my PINTEREST board for lots of party ideas for a lego party.

Given that lego pieces really are just made up of rectangles and circles it also makes it easy to make your own lego inspired decorations and blocks for this party as well!

Go for bright colours for this theme, and I’ve included lots of polka dot supplies as it’s a pattern which suits a lego party.

I hope you enjoy the lego party supplies I’ve included!:

 

Lego Invitations and Party Printables

 

Lego building block party printables – Crackers Art

 

Girls lego party printables – Crackers Art

 

Lego inspired printable invitation – Giggles and Grace designs

 

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Lego printables – Edgehouse Design

 

 

Lego party printables – Be Design Solutions

 

 

These are available as printed, cut and assembled for you:

Lego party invitation – Sweetheart Party Extras

 

Lego party stationery to match above invitation – Sweetheart Party Extras

 

Here is a free printable invitation to go with the latest Lego movie:

 

Free Lego City party invitation printable – Rook No.17 blog

 

A printable in the traditional yellow/red look:

 

Lego Birthday Printables – Simone Madeit

 

 

A cute idea for a DIY invitation!

 

Lego invitation – lmnop

 

Lego Party Decorations

You can create your own lego block decorations and there are lots of ideas online for inspiration:

 

DIY Lego hanging decorations – Idaho Mum blog

 

Otherwise going with a polka dot pattern works in well for a lego party:

 

Yellow spot lanterns – Little Red Chick party boutique

 

Yellow polka dot balloons – Just Party Supplies

 

There is also lego city licensed items available for decorations for a lego party:

 

Lego city balloons – Piece of Cake Parties and Celebrations

 

 

Lego Party Tableware 

 

Yellow polka dot table cover – Piece of Cake Parties and Celebrations

 

Lego city table cover – Fantasy Kids Parties

 

For a lego party you could go with square plates for a block look:

Red square plate – The Party Parlour

 

Or continue a polka dot pattern:

 

Sambellina yellow polka dot plates – The Party Parlour

 

Or you can mix in some licenced lego partyware with non licensed items:

 

Lego city large party plate – Fantasy Kids Parties

 

This cutlery would be perfect if you are having a lego construction party:

Construction wooden cutlery – Bespoke Party Products

 

 

Sweet Treats

Some fun lego shaped candy!:

Lego shaped candy blocks – Lollies 2 Go

 

Dress up the drinks with these cute lego ice cubes!

 

Lego ice-cube tray – Lego Shop

 

Create decorations for your cakes or treats with this mould:

Lego moulds for cake decorating – Cakes Around Town

 

Use this lego head cookie cutter to make lego shaped cookies, sandwiches etc:

Lego cookie cutter – Sugar Time

 

Use baking or ice-cream cups to serve up savoury or sweet items to match with your colour scheme:

Yellow polka dot ice cream cups – Sweet Celebrations

 

Fun lego candles for your cake!:

Lego Blockz Candles – Children’s Dept on Down That Little Lane

 

 

Remember there are lots of wonderful vendors to create Lego cakes, cookies, cake pops, macarons and more for a lego party on the children’s party directory in the Cake and Desserts category. 

 

Lego cookies – One Sweet Chick Couture Cookies and Cakes (Sydney based, posts Australia wide)

 

Here is a fun idea – a Lego smashcake, perfect for your child to knock down and deconstruct!:

 

Lego party smash cake – SmashCake

 

 

Special Lego party props or decor:

Some fun free Lego mask printables:

 

Free lego mask printables in different designs – Lego

 

These lego storage items are great to be used as decoration or props with a practical use for after the party:

 

Lego snack box – Howards Storage World

 

Lego storage block – Howards Storage World

 

 

These turntables are fantastic for a lego activity/play station at the party filled with different lego pieces:

 

Craft turntable in red – The Party Parlour

 

You could use this fun scene setter for a photo area:

 

Lego wall scene setter – Piece of Cake Parties and Celebrations

 

 

Hire

Some fun hire items such as large lego blocks for building:

Giant building blocks for hire – Tiny Tots Toy Hire

 

This lego head is a great centrepiece on your party table:

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

 

The black and white checked floor would also fit into this lego party theme:

 

Black and white chequered floor for hire – Tiny Tots Toy Hire (Sydney)

 

If you’ll be having different lego activity stations at the party, some kids table and chairs are a must. Nowadays there are lots of options to create fun kids party settings. Have a browse of the HIRE category on the children’s party directory.

 

 

Red mini panton chair replica for hire – Mini Party People (Sydney and Melbourne)

 

 

Light blue bubble chairs for hire – Sweet Celebrations (Sydney)

 

 

Kids table and chairs for hire – The Candy Tree (Perth

 

 

 

Lego party favours

The perfect take home gift for this theme is of course Lego itself! You could either buy the lego kits, or buy a large kit of lego blocks and divide them up amongst party bags.

However here are a few other novel options:

 

Blocks notebook from Rudy and the Dodo – Down That Little Lane

 

 

Lego city crayon pack – Piece of Cake Parties and Celebrations

 

Lego blocks soap – Soap Buddies

 

Lego soap men – Soap Buddies

 

Use yellow party bags to create Lego faces on them for your take home packaging:

 

Yellow favour bags – The Party Parlour

 

Or add stick on dots to a party box such as this for a lego block look bag:

 

Yellow favour boxes – The Little Big Company

 

A few other party favour packaging options:

 

Yellow polka dot favour bags – Just Party Supplies

 

Yellow cupcake box – Little Red Chick party boutique

 

 

Lego favour bags – The Sweet Little Party Company

 

Some printable options to create your own favour boxes:

 

Free printable lego favour box – Hotcakes blog

 

Lego favour box printables – Printables by Amy

 

Real Parties

View my Pinterest board as well as the below links for more ideas for a Lego Party:

Fantastic Lego birthday party by Anders Ruff

Truly amazing lego party with lots of fun ideas from Daneve of Ah-Tissue

Lovely 4th lego birthday by Ruby May Designs

Another fantastic Lego party & table on the Modern Moments Design website

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Hopefully this post has given you some inspiration to start planning your Lego theme party – a party all the kids will delight in I am sure, as long as there is lego to play with!

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1000 liker Christmas giveaway

My initial goal when I commenced this blog in July 2011 was to reach 100 likers on a facebook page. So I am honoured and amazed that 3 months later I can launch a giveaway to celebrate 1000 of you joining the facebook page and gaining inspiration from this blog! I know you are all busy busy parents so I appreciate every second you might spend visiting Life’s Little Celebrations!

Now onto the Giveaway! This giveaway is hosted by Life’s Little Celebrations, with all items donated generously from the various vendors, and is no way sponsored, endorsed or administrated by, or associated with Facebook.  All entries will be made directly through comments made on this blog post on Life’s Little celebrations and not via Facebook.

The winner will be notified through a post here on the blog.

Here are all the details on how to enter!

This giveaway has 13 prizes available which means there will be 13 winners!!

Main Entry: To gain one entry for this giveaway, make ONE comment on THIS blog post stating that you have visited all the vendor’s facebook pages and liked their page. There are only 10 vendors in total.

Entries close on Wednesday 26th October at 8:00pm (Eastern Standard Time) and winners will be posted on this blog on Thursday 27th October.

Entries open to Australian residents only.

Entries will be drawn by Random.org. The first winner will have first choice in which prize they want, 2nd winner will have 2nd choice for a prize and so on until each winner has chosen a prize (obviously once a prize is chosen then it can’t be chosen by another prize winner).

PRIZES: Click on the Business name links or images to be taken to the relevant facebook pages

 

From Occasion by Designs

Wooden Santa Advent Calender - Occasion By Design

From Pinwheels and Pearls:

6 Christmas Sparkle Ribbon wands in winners choice of colours, inc postage - Pinwheels & Pearls

From Giggles Cupcake Toppers

 

24 Christmas cupcake toppers (various designs available) OR a $30 voucher for Giggles Cupcake Toppers

From Pretty and Print

Christmas printable chocolate wrappers & gift tags in various designs - Pretty and Print

 

From Raindrops and Roses Children’s Fashion Emporium

2 X $40 vouchers from Raindrops and Roses Children's Fashion Emporium

From Kristy Gray Designs

2 prizes available: Personalised print yourself Christmas greeting cards from Kristy Gray Designs

 

From { P } is for Party

$40 voucher from {P} is for Party

From Charli Mae:

24 Cupcake Toppers from Charli Mae

 

From Creative Little Stars

A printable collection of your choice - Creative Little Stars

From Krystabellelane

$20 gift voucher that can be used towards any tulle or tissue paper pom poms, garlands, flowers or twinkle wands from Krystabellelane

From Life’s Little Celebrations:

An Online Inspiration boards for 2 seperate winners for parties in 2012 - Life's Little Celebrations

 

Enjoy and good luck! Remember only ONE comment is needed on this blog to enter, stating you have liked the above vendor’s facebook pages.

 

 

What’s keeping me busy (besides motherhood!)

I thought I’d share a post on some of the things I’m working on to share some of the exciting and new things happening via Life’s Little Celebrations.

Since launching my new services where I offer online inspiration boards & online party planning help & sourcing of items I’ve been busy with a few different projects for various mum’s after different party themes!

It all started when a mum approached me after I had started my blog (and before I offered this new service). She was impressed with the items I was finding and my style and enlisted my help in finding unique items for an upcoming celebration as she was quite busy herself at the time. The service I offered her is my “Complete Custom Styling Pack” which follows the format of the blog (but offers more ideas), completly customised to your theme, colours, requirements, budget etc. It includes hyperlinks for easy shopping too!

Once the party is held I can’t wait to share it with you! This was her feedback:

“Tanya, you did an EXEMPLARY job and I thank you, you are very very good, I
appreciate the time saved for me on this and I definitely think you should
do this on a professional basis.

Sourcing and research takes time and you did a wonderful job I can’t thank
you enough, you took my theme, my pitch, understood it and came back with
a great moodboard full of ideas which I can now quickly source.  Visual
merchandising and theming is a knack which doesn’t come to many people and
you certainly have it and shared my vision.

This is what encouraged me to offer these services to all of you!

I recently completed an inspiration board for a Robot theme. This mum had already found lots of unique finds which she shared with me on Pinterest but wanted to see what else I could source! Her feedback:

“Wow Tanya, thanks so much!
 You’ve found a lot of stuff I didn’t find, some of which I’ll definitely use. Fabulous!
 If you set up reviews on your FB page, I’d be happy to leave a positive review about your service. “

Fred Yumbots Robot Cupcake holders - Gigglepot Kids

Currently I am working on some Alice in Wonderland theme finds for an inspiration board, such a fun theme!

Mad Tea Party pocket watch necklace - Kaboodle Designs

I am also putting together an inspiration board for a Construction theme party with a unique colour palette.

Construction party - Juicy Bits Blog

Besides inspiration boards I also offer a “Complete Party To you” package. This is where I not only provide detailed sourcing of ideas and items for the party but also arrange to purchase all the items for you and send them to you! I am putting this together for a lovely Pirate theme party coming up.

Personalised pirate treasure map printable - Easy Invitations

I’ll also be putting together a Complete Custom Styling pack for a mum planning a twins Christening based on a Noah’s Ark theme – so lovely =)

Two by Two party - Lullaby Lubbock blog

On top of all this watch out for some upcoming contributions in the next issues of the My Little Jedi magazine, Tickle the Imagination magazine and the Bird’s Party magazine (links will take you to the current issues)!

So as you can see, I am busy busy busy! Each of these services as well as my blog posts take alot of time to put together. I have my own daughter’s 1st birthday in November and then there is Christmas and a Baby sprinkle for my sister!

Doing my best to stay on top of things while also making sure I spend lots of time with my own little daughter! =) This often means late nights (as I’m sure most of you know all too well about!!).

However it’s a joy to be able to help other mum’s in celebrating their little ones =)

Please contact me if you are interested in any of my services. As mentioned above I offer everything from Inspiration boards, complete custom styling packs to a complete party to you service. These are all offered online and all the information is sent directly to your inbox (unless you choose the “complete party to you” where products are purchased and also shipped to you). I am also offering blog sponsership packages with 2 businesses signed up already, so feel free to contact me regarding this as well!

You can email me at: lifeslittlec@gmail.com