It has been a very eventful week!
Firstly THANK YOU to all of you for your lovely comments about my daughter’s birthday party! I really appreciate it! =)
Today two amazing magazines came out that I am so grateful to be able to contribute to!
The first being Tickle The Imagination magazine which showcases all the wonderful talent in the handmade community. I coordinated a photoshoot inspired by a Mermaid theme party – however it was all the amazing contributors who really made this shoot gorgeous! Make sure you check out the article as well as the photo album on facebook for all the details & credits! Thank you to Tickle The Imagination for featuring this shoot – make sure you have a look through this inspiring magazine!
The second magazine is the amazing My Little Jedi magazine – Christmas edition! This stunning edition showcases a lot of beautiful Christmas designs and styling by many talented stylists and credit to Vesna for putting together this gorgeous edition!
My contribution was as a mum/blogger – a Milk & Cookies table which any one could put together for the kids (& Santa) to enjoy on Christmas eve/Christmas day based on my Christmas Eve experience growing up.
The idea behind this table was to give you ideas for something simple you could prepare involving your children and on a limited budget. All the images and credits are in the magazine article =)
You’ll also find my daughter’s birthday featured in the magazine as well. Thank you to My Little Jedi for the opportunity to contribute! Make sure you don’t miss having a browse of this fabulous magazine!
I had really wanted to put up another Christmas inspired blog post this week but had to battle a bad cold/cough (and as you know,mums don’t get a “sick day” so resting & getting better takes longer!).
I’m also working on putting together the Party Directory page on this blog which will be an easy place on the blog to find a variety of different suppliers so that your party planning can become even easier and faster =) Look out for this on Sunday! Then I promise to get a new blog post to you soon =)
Thanks all for reading!
I’ve been tagged by Leanne from Uber Simplicity to share my 5 Christmas wish list items! A great idea because I have not thought at all about what I want for Christmas….I’ve been too busy thinking about what to get my daughter!
What I really really want for Christmas is…one full night sleep…one long full night sleep!
However I can’t really foresee this happening, so here are some other ideas that I could think of… =)
I’d love a drink dispenser and I love this one from Alfresco Emporium:
Drink Dispenser - Alfresco Emporium
I love getting a new quilt cover set to give our room a new look and I am loving the floral look of this one!
Daydream quilt cover set
A bit of a splurge item (and I totally would never expect this for Christmas) but I’d love a piece of beautiful furniture such as this gorgeous french desk to use for a dessert table =)
French styled desk - Mal Maison Botanical Interiors
Would love one of these vision boards that I could use to pin up ideas when planning a party!
Vision Board - Kikki-K
Right now I am definitely craving a dinner and night out…something we don’t get to do much of since bub came along!
Wildfire Restaurant, Sydney
I love musicals so always love to receive tickets to shows as gifts too! My absolute favourite musical on stage is Phantom of the Opera so tix to Love Never Dies would go down well =)
Love Never Dies musical
So they are my Christmas wish list items that I could think of!
Now to pass this on to:
Kristen from K & Co Blog
Leanne from Mrs A in the Cove Blog
Vesna from My Little Jedi
Belinda from Nest Design Studio
Margarita from Party Inspirations
What are your Christmas wish list items?
It’s just over 2 weeks until my own little daughters ‘s 1st birthday and I have decided to take a blog break so I can focus on getting ready for her celebration and enjoy this time with her!
All of you know how busy life can be leading up to a special birthday celebration, on top of all our motherly duties and other bits and pieces! So I’m sure you will understand me taking some time out from my party theme blog posts for a few weeks!
My daughters birthday is on the 21st November and I’ll be back after this and then will be launching a new Party Directory page on the blog in early Dec, where you will be able to easily find links to some great suppliers of Party products and services! If you wish to be listed please email me at lifeslittlec@gmail.com for more info =)
Hopefully all will go well for her celebration and everyone will have a lovely time! I’ll be putting together my first proper ‘dessert table’ so go easy on me =) I am not as talented as so many of you stylists and mum’s but I’ll do my best and more than anything – aim to enjoy the day and celebrate our daughter and celebrate the best year of our lives since she arrived =)
In the meantime, you may want to have a look through some of my previous posts that you may have missed =) For custom inspiration you can always contact me about my inspiration boards and more detailed online party planning assistance.
Thanks again for all your support and reading my blog =)
I wanted to write something slightly different to my normal posts, as a way of reflecting on the most important aspect of any little celebration.
As I mentioned on facebook today – it is so easy to get caught up in the plans, ideas, props, decorations, to-do lists etc and lose focus, lose enjoyment and become stressed during a time when you are meant to be joyful!
I got thinking about this in the morning when I felt a sweep of excitement thinking about my daughter’s birthday party and imagining her in a pretty outfit, cutting the cake and celebrating her! Then I stopped and realised that I should be feeling like THAT a lot more often during this planning process!
Of course I can’t imagine ever planning any party or event without some stress and busyness. However I think in the midst of it all, it’s important to stop, slow down and remember that it is all about the person – not the party.
I’m not writing this to be preachy! I am saying all this to my own myself more than to anyone else 🙂
Yes it’s wonderful to have a beautiful party, a uniquely styled dessert table, lots of adorable details….however it is even more wonderful to have happy children, guests who have enjoyed themselves, and calm parents who are able to truly celebrate their child!
So hence the title of this post…”my child is the theme”.
As you can tell from my blog – I do love children’s party themes! I love that you can turn anything into a theme and have lots of fun thinking of unique ideas and props all related to that theme. I love cute touches, pretty features and creative activities!
However no matter what our party theme, the central “theme” is our child. They are the centre of the whole celebration! Celebrating them…celebrating the year we have just had with them!
All the extra bits and pieces are all ways we express that. As long as they remain ways we express this love and celebration then I believe they are all good!
So as I continue to plan parts of my daughter’s birthday I am trying to remember the focus of the celebration (her!), reflect on the amazing year we have had and enjoy these last few weeks that she will ever be in her first year of life.
My daughter does deserve a celebration as precious as she is. She deserves even more a calm and happy mother! I will endeavor to give her both! =)
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!
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