MONSTER HIGH PARTY - 8th BDAY

Get your fangs on if you're in-bited! 

My little monster is 8 today dressed as Spectra Vondergeist.  Dress made especially for her by lovely Ghie of Made 4 U.  www.facebook.com/made4u 

These helium balloons from Party House in Bella Vista.  www.partyhouse.com.au. 

Her Spectra birthday cake made by her ever famous cake-maker aunt.  www.facebook.com/cake 

The fabulous vanilla & chocolate cupcakes were from Cupcake Bakery.  www.thecupcakebakery.com.au 

 

She wanted to have this monster disco party at the birthday room of Hogs Breath Cafe.  www.hogsbreathcafe.com.au  Here are her early monster guests.  We even have Frankie Stein all geared up.

Amazing song & dance party by Bop Til You Drop.  www.boptilyoudrop.com.au 

Her birthday won't be complete without her favourite pair.  Cousins Erin & Eva dressed as Skelita Calaveras.  How adorable! 

I want to eat this little girl whole.  Such a cute little monster! 

Happy birthday Spectra girl! 

These adorable little monsters.  

One happy monster!  

DR.SEUSS/ CAT IN THE HAT 6TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

    

My 6 yr. old has been wanting to have her party at Lollipop's Playland.  A famous indoor playland for toddlers & children.  Since I know that it can get really hot on her birthday, it would be a great idea for her & her friends to have a good supervised play indoors.

www.lollipopsplayland.com.au

Bella's party is not complete without some books to give out so first I worked on a book bag instead of a goody bag.  These calico bags are from eBay.com (US)  It was $1 per piece and you can personalise the labels too! Shipping was reasonable as the dollar rate was really good.
 
All the guests got a personalised Dr. Seuss book signed by the birthday girl.
   
                                    


The invites were printed locally by Printastic.
 www.printastic.com.au

I wanted my birthday girl to wear a simple cut but magical dress.   I've looked around and couldn't find anything in black, red and white that is not too busy so I told myself I will make one for her.  I am not a sewer so I looked for a simple white dress that I can design.  
This plain white tutu dress was chanced upon me from Little Moos Australia.  www.littlemoos.com.au
The dress initially came with a white oversized rose but I was advised it wasn't available so they replaced it with a silky red ribbon which was great.  When the dress came, the silky red didn't really match the tiny grosgrain ribbons I bought for the top part of the dress. 
So I bought more red and black grosgrain ribbons from Lindcraft.  Lindcraft has all kinds of ribbons in different sizes. Check out www.lindcraft.com.au
The number 6 is an iron-on shirt label which I got really cheap from ebay Australia.  It also comes with a step by step how to guide so you make sure it sticks to the fabric without crease. 
And alas, her mummy-made Cat in the Hat dress!

                                    My darling 6 year old on yet another beautiful Spring day!


As usual, her amazing cake made by her super-creative Aunt Rae.  Like her Facebook page below:
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/CAKE/200649983279393

Isn't this the most unique cake ever?  The mums and dads are gushing about this chocolate ganache flavour.  It was surely a hit!

          They had a surprise visit not from Cat in the Hat but another cat named Lollipop!

                                                                    What a cheeky cat!

                                                            Happy birthday to YOU!

                           

                                                             
                                                       
                                                        Until the next birthday cards...
                                                             
                          

HULA PARTY 5th BDAY

Spring of 2010

Scene is set.

A friend of ours, Andy and me designed this invite.  

Beautiful cake and cupcakes by Aunt Rae

 Beautiful, edible cakes and cupcakes by CAKE.  http://www.facebook.com/pages/CAKE/200649983279393?ref=ts
 

Mr. Flamingo

 I have been ordering balloons from Balloonique www.balloonique.com.au
 Owner operator Beth is a joy to work with.   I have been ordering from them since my first-ever party for Bella, Baby Shower circa 2005. 

Smiling birthday girl with her cousins & pre-school friends

Those gorgeous leis and grass skirts shipped from Queensland were a bargain on www.ebay.com.au
The hula serviettes, tropical themed plastic cutleries, banners, party favours and are all from www.birthdayinabox.com

5 today!

For all the gorgeous children who came to the party.

We were blessed with sunny weather and droplets of rain when Hula Girl, Megan came to grace the show so we have to move the scene to the sun room. 

Let's Hula!

Megan did a great job entertaining the kids!  www.fairyfun.com.au

Sugar fix.

Hula mamas :)

BEAUTIFUL BIRTHDAYS FOR BELLA

Bella in Italian means Beautiful!
Beautiful Birthdays for my Ysabella!
So I finally decided to blog my firstborn's sweet, wonderful birthdays. I am a busy mother who work full time and when I take time to do these little preparations, I feel humbled & honoured, pleased and happiest when I get busy on the few little weeks coming up to my precious little girl's birthday. I grew up not having the chance of knowing or remembering my own mother for she passed away at my tender age of 2 so every year that Bella turns older, I am quite thankful and blessed that I get to share these special moments with her. I have one favourite photo of my mother, Flora and me which I keep on a small frame inside Bella's room. It is a photo of her and myself on the 11th of February, my very first birthday! My mother who was a primary school teacher then was lovingly mentioned by my aunt (her first cousin who eventually became my surrogate mother) as a smart dresser. Photos I have seen of her were always feminine. It also brings me to contemplate on how she would have prepared for my very first birthday.  It was quite hard to reproduce a sephia photo. I had to remove this from the small antique frame.


After my baby's first bday party, I was going through the photos that my husband took and was amazed after seeing a shot of myself and Bella quite similar to the one of my mother and I.  Feeling blessed to feel your love all over again, my mommy.  

BALLERINA PARTY - 4th BDAY

My daughter has been doing ballet & jazz classes for almost 2 years now and she wanted to have a ballerina party so she and her friends can wear a tutu. Hence, the theme. I was inspired by Martha Stewart's paper lantern so I made some. We focused on every shades of pink. Little Bella helped me the night before her party to make these pretty little lanterns and we genuinely had fun putting them up.
Tissue paper pom-poms and luminarias how to's from Martha Stewart.com http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/pom-poms-and-luminarias

This ballet slipper was unbelievably hard to find in Sydney for it was out of stock. I got lucky and found one last stock at Party Place in Chatswood. www.partyplace.com.au

My little one loves books. Every birthday of hers, I always include a book in her goody bags. The book is usually connected to her party theme. This year I chose Angelina Ballerina Series titled "Best Friends Forever"



I found these lovely party favours on ebay.com.au It was awesome! You can stock them up to your heart's content.

Birthday girl waiting for her guests...

It drizzled a bit before the guests arrived. A sign of good luck our old folks say!

Her daddy's input - Wall Graffiti :D and good sound system.



My daughter is lucky enough to have an aunt who can sew. I bought the organza fabric at Spotlight and the satin ribbon and my sister in law made them. They look so adorable on the girls!



Her very special guest is Disney's "Bella Ballerina" I was quite overwhelmed to know that my daughter's favourite DVD "Bella Dancerella" star is Australian. We are very pleased to have Gabby T. grace our home and entertain the girls with her charm and grace.



Here is one of the links to her DVD.
http://dance.lovetoknow.com/Bella_Dancerella_Home_Ballet_Studio

Yummy cake from her Auntie Rae. She also made yummy desserts to go with afternoon tea.



Aside from their goody bags, they also each received a special present from Bella Ballerina. It contains a magic wand and her recent CD. The girls are over the moon!


My little 4 year old with "Bella Ballerina" in Spring of 2009.

Who says only humans can wear tutu?! Ruff! Happy birthday, Bella!