Christmas Partyware 2014

Christmas preparations seem to be starting earlier this year so to join in the fun I launched the “Christmas Showcase” on my Facebook page showcasing a range of Christmas decor, desserts, gifts, printables and more – all from vendors on the Life’s Little Celebration’s Directory.

In this post I am sharing the gorgeous and unique items which fall under the “PARTYWEAR” category of the showcase! Of course you can find loads of Christmas items at the shops, however here you can plan your Christmas celebrations easily from home and support some lovely small businesses as well.

Click on the images below to be taken to the relevant website to see any items in more detail!:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this amazing range of items and it helps you with your christmas celebration planning!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Creating a Super Simple Christmas Dessert Table

Guest post by Amanda and Carly of The Creative Journal

Christmas time can be so busy!  A million things to do and never enough time to do them all.  And then if you’re the one hosting Christmas  – well it can get even more stressful!  Which is why we put together a little Christmas dessert table that anybody can do and it can all be prepared ahead of time. Afterall – who needs to be up until 11pm on Christmas Eve baking?!

 

It is based completely around mini-desserts and treats to help keep portion sizes down and hopefully waistbands not too tight!!

 

We’ve also included some super easy DIY decorations that not only make the perfect table backdrop they can be used as little keepsakes to give your family and friends! Best of all…. No sewing required!

 

 

 

Food:

 

Now we did cheat a little and included some store purchased item (the pudding and tarts) – and if you do the same we’re sure you will be forgiven!

 

Caramel Slice (for recipe click here)

Mint Slice (for recipe click here)

Vanilla Cheesecake with Salted Caramel Sauce (for recipe click here)

Decorated Lindt Balls

Cranberry & Clementine Christmas Tarts

Christmas Pudding

Custard

 

 

Decorating Lindt Balls:

 

 

Now this is just about the simplest form of decoration we’ve ever done!

1) Paint the Lindt ball in edible gold paint & let dry

2) Paint Lindt ball with some piping gel and dip into edible glitter

That is all there is to it!  You will find edible metallic paint, edible glitter & piping gel at your local cake decorating store.

 

 

Decorations

 

 

1 Vase

1 Bunch of Twisted Willow or similar (we got ours from the local florist for $15)

Battery powered fairy lights

Felt Christmas Decorations (See full tutorial below)

 

Felt Christmas Decorations

 

You will need:

 

 

 

– Felt of various colours (we used four colours – grey, white, fawn and teal)

The amount needed will depend on how many decorations you want to make.  4 pieces ~30cm by ~30cm would be ample to make 7 stars and 7 trees.
Card could be used instead of felt.

– Thread

– Craft glue (suitable for gluing fabric)

– Scissors

– Template (as attached)

– Pins (optional)

 

We made six trees and six stars.

 

How to:

 

Instructions for Tree

1. Cut the three triangles from the Templates

2. Pin templates onto the felt and cut out triangles

3. Cut thread 9inch long (23cm) and knot the ends together

4. Attach the knotted end of thread to the middle sized felt triangle with glue (take picture)

5. Glue the smallest triangle on top of the middle sized felt triangle and press down to affix glue

6. Glue the largest triangle underneath the middle sized triangle and press down to affix glue, leave to dry

 

Instructions for Star

 

1. Cut the two circles and the star from the Templates

2. Pin the circle template onto the felt an cut out the circles

3. Hold the star template onto the felt and carefully cut around (easier to hold than to use pins)

4. Cut thread 9 inch long (23cm) and knot the ends together

5. Attach the knotted end of the thread to the top of the large circle ensuring it is low enough that it will be covered with the smaller circle (take picture)

6. Glue the star to the smaller circle and press down to affix glue

7. Glue the smaller circle to the large circle and press down to affix glue, leave to dry

 

There you have it – all you need to create a super simple Christmas dessert table!:

 

 

Amanda & Carly are two bankers who much prefer playing in the crafty world! They have recently started The Creative Journal, a creative lifestyle blog where they share their inspirations in all things (food, home, parties, well anything!), crafty finds and creative chaos and are looking forward to launching The Creative Labs in 2014 because it is always much more fun to play with others!

 

 

 

I’m dreaming of a {RUSTIC} Christmas

A Rustic christmas theme seems to be very popular right now. Taking Christmas back to basics with a natural feel and fresh look.

I really enjoyed putting together these finds for you. Hope you enjoy them!

Don’t forget I have a Christmas giveaway running at the moment with lots of fantastic prizes up for grabs. You can enter via Rafflecopter on the blog here!

 

 

If you want to have a truly rustic Christmas, a wooden Christmas tree could be where to start:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For printables, these Kraft look printables from 2 Love Birds are great for a natural look:

 

 

Some of my finds for rustic christmas hanging decorations around your home and on your tree:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To help create a rustic Christmas feel around your home, here are a few items for various decorating spaces around the house:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love this cute reindeer which would make a lovely gift as well:

 

 

 

 

 

 

For your gifts, you can’t go past the feel of beautiful linen Santa sacks and stockings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking of gifts, these christmas cookie mixes in a bottle are a fantastic gift for teachers, neighbours and friends with a rustic look and feel as well:

 

 

 

 

 

 

For other smaller items, I love this star jar for Christmas filled with a few sweets:

 

 

These rustic gift packaging options are also perfect for smaller items:

 

 

 

 

 

For larger items, this gorgeous woodland giftwrap will have your gifts under the tree fitting in with your rustic Christmas theme:

 

 

 

To finish it off, here are a few gift tag options:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this selection and found something you loved! If you did, please share the blog post with others & let me know what you loved!

 

 

 

 

 

I’m dreaming of a {pink and silver} christmas

Are you wanting to bring a bit of pink into your christmas this year? Silver is mixed beautifully with pink for the Christmas season so here is a collection of items to help bring some pink & silver into your home!

If you’re still not convinced about pink & silver together for Christmas – here is some inspiration to start you off…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convinced?

You may not have a pink or a white christmas tree but you can still use lots of pink and silver items to decorate in these colours.

Enjoy the browsing, starting with some hanging decorations for around your home and the tree:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few items for the table top:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now for your gift wrapping:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a little something for under the tree:

 

 

 

Is pink featuring in your Christmas this year?

 

 

 

Christmas Showcase

Leading up to Christmas so many of the businesses in the Life’s Little Celebration’s children’s party directory have such fantastic items on offer!

I wanted to find a way to share these all in one place for my facebook followers/blog readers to view! So I created the CHRISTMAS SHOWCASE ALBUM on my facebook page.

In the one album you can browse; Christmas decorations, printables, gifts, desserts and more! Everything you need whether you are planning a special Christmas party or just need some fun printables to use for classmate/workmate gifts or letters for Santa!

 

 

 

I hope you’ll make time to browse the showcase as there are so many wonderful Christmas items available and it will definitely give you some ideas of things you can prepare for Christmas time!

Thank you so much to all the vendors from the children’s party directory who contributed something for the showcase.