I Love....

Yep - me too !!! Have you seen these divine little books by Anna Walker ? I love her illustrations -sometimes intricate, sometimes simple - all innocent and beautiful...I think there is "I Love My Mum" too ! These books inspire me to "draw some more" ..

Be still...

Seeing as we were on the topic of love hearts and all of my flowers, how could I not post these divine images from the creative icon Martha Stewart. LOVE !!

Remember Swapcards ?

Sometimes you wonder where your ideas and inspiration comes from..I have been a stationery fanatic since forever and had a GIANT collection of swapcards. Remember them ? My favourites were my Betsey Clark and Hollie Hobbie cards...I was obsessed. They were my "Disney Princesses". I remember going to one 6 year old birthday party, and there they were - those cute little girls - on paper party cups !! I thought I had died and gone to heaven. It sounds made up but I remember every single detail of that one party table.

When I recently saw them on the very lovely Lark Blog, it sparked up so many memories. I dont know if this is where my partyware obsession started, but who knows, it all adds up...Anyway, I just wanted to post this so I would remember them forever xx

A few gift tag ideas

A few people have asked recently for some ideas on how to use gift tags. Here are couple of ideas of how to put together party favour bags and boxes....Handy also to have a little pack of gift tags on hand for those moments when you can't find a birthday card to jazz up a present.

My favourite book..

My most favourite story of my childhood was "Chipmunk's Birthday Party" in Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever... I can still remember how it felt when my Dad read it to me over and over with his funny voices. My parents gave it to my daughter when she was 18 months old and I still love reading it to her every time... Wonder if this is where it all started ??

xx

SAMBELLINA'S PARTY

Today starts Sambellina's Party - ever since dreaming up my daughter's first birthday party I realised that I had a slight obsession when it came to party planning, styling and all the goodies along with it. Putting this together with my life long love affair (read - crazed obsession) with stationery, drawing and doodling I discovered a very big dream I didnt even know I had ......

After leaving the crazy corporate world of software development to have my second baby, and wanting to spend much more time with my family, I decided to travel in my new direction...Turns out - I love it !!!

Hello and welcome to my blog about how it all comes together, plus all the bits and pieces behind it.

xx Kate