My Nephew's 1st Birthday

When my nephew turned one I was under strict instructions from my sister to keep it low key! The only decorations we had were some balloons and the bunting from Paper Eskimo. The spotted cups and plates were ordered through the Donna Hay General Store

The sweets table was the feature

We had mini lemon tarts, popcorn cups, sandwiches, lolly jars and 100’s and 1000’s rolls. We also had chocolate crackles and honey joys – my husband and I have a long held rivalry of which is better. Chocolate crackles of course.

For the hot food we served mini dogs, buttermilk chicken nuggets and Nanna’s sausage rolls.

I made the giant freckles and placed them in one of my many jars that I have collected – along with store bought pastel meringues and marshmallows

My sister made the very tasty birthday cake

I work in travel and between a working holiday away and then work trips I spent a lot of my 20’s travelling.  I was so excited when I found this to buy for his 1^st birthday. I hope he has his Aunty's travel bug! It’s a world map with the printing ‘Merrick’s World to Discover’. This print can be ordered through My Sweet Prints

A Baby Shower for my Sister

My gorgeous nephew is now a very energetic, vivacious and funny 19 month old, who I love spending time with. I had so much fun planning a baby shower for my sister.

The Styling

I bought some swatches of material from Spotlight for the coverings on the tables. My great friend and florist Lizzie created the floral arrangements. For the sparkling wine I used small rectangles of spotted pink and blue paper to act as little ‘jackets’ fastened with pink and blue baby pins (which are not easy to find!)

The Food

We served an afternoon tea and although we had a selection of savoury food such as mini sandwiches and homemade sausage rolls, the focus was on the sweet fare. This included baby cupcakes, mini lemon meringues, mini chocolate banoffie pies and meringues with Persian fairy floss. The baby cupcakes (along with any other cake you might fancy) can be ordered through Charlie's Yarra Valley Cake's.

The Favours

I ordered the stickers from Pink Frosting which has ‘Bec’s Baby Shower’ and the date printed on them. Inside there was a bar of soap with a tag saying ‘We have showered Bec in pink and blue, now here is a shower gift just for you’. Each guest also received a take away goodie bag with chocolates and afternoon tea bags. The pastel boxes and ribbon were from Spotlight.

 

My 30th Birthday


Turning 30 made me decide to start pursing some creativity, and focus on the things I am most passionate about. This has led me to starting this blog. So I thought I would start off by sharing some photos from my recent 30th birthday party. It was a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in Melbourne and all of my beautiful family and friends were there to share it with me.

My punch table - Pomegranate and Blood Orange, Raspberry and Basil Mule and Pink Grapefruit Margherita

 

The most popular - Raspberry and Basil Mule

Spicy glass noodle salad