Colour Party Inspiration : Pastel Pink, Berry and Lime

Some colour inspiration to celebrate our new lime and berry/hot pink partyware arriving.....xx

Image Credits -

Flower arrangement images by A Creative Mint

Butterfly garden party by Sweet Bambinos

Paper fans and party favour pegs available at Pink Frosting

Retro striped straws available at The Party Parlour & Details Details ! 

Garden grass mats via Sharnel Dollar Designs

Lollipops similar available at Goody Goody Gumdrops

Sambellina Polkadot Cups/Plates & Birthday Girl Invitation available at our retailers

Summer Party Inspiration : Ice Cream

Speaking of summery, relaxed, outdoorsy parties - what about an ice-cream theme ? I'm sure you have seen many of these before in the blogosphere - but here are some of  my favourite ice-cream parties to share for  inspiration and ideas, with a big thanks to the super talented ladies who put them all together....

A simply gorgeous Ice-Cream Parlour party and images by Eat Drink Chic

Perfectly vintage chic - the most beautiful "lemonade and sunshine" party by Pen Paper Flowers

What little boy wouldnt love this very sweet and yummy icecream birthday party by Suzanna

 at Mon Tresor  , for her 3 year old Maddox.

A super-cute boys ice-cream party by Kate Landers Events

Original, delicious baby shower idea - a beautifully styled ice-cream party by Jordan at Polkadot Prints

The most gorgeous wedding idea - a chic ice-cream buffet, styled again by the very talented Polkadot Prints,  photographed by Etta Photography

An amazing celebrity ice-cream/toppings bar by the dessert buffet styling guru Amy Atlas

Plus I just had to include this photo of the cutest ice-cream cupcakes ever by Hello Naomi.

Feeling like an ice-cream at all right now ? xx Kate

TRAIN PARTY DETAILS

Just to share a couple more of the party details...

Beautiful quality fabric bunting by Giggleberry Creations - perfectly customised to match our colour scheme.  

For lunch we had a sausage sizzle for everyone. Each child also had their own lunchbox, with a drink, biscuits, bottle of bubbles, and party blower which they got quite a kick out of. Lunchboxes and hampers are great as kids love "their own personal" box and you can prep in advance - putting in mini bagels or croissants, sandwiches, honey joys / chocolate crackles, chips, fruit .....anything.

"Playdoh" style fondant train on the cake made by me on a track of licorice and chocolate sticks. This was actually eaten up by one of the little party guests ( - ewww ).

Martha Stewart cake stand from Spotlight with striped ribbon wrapped around the edge.

Kraft lolly bags were from a $2 shop with ribbon stapled to seal the top with a train gift tag. Vintage style blue / white straws were from Mon Tresor (also available at The Party Parlour) with recycled bottles from Woolworths. Another hit was a portable hot water urn for cosy Winter warm drinks.  Sambellina partyware and tags.

A perfectly scaled down old fashioned mini railway all running on either steam or diesel. Most of the parents remembered coming there as kids too (and it wasnt just the kids squealing in the tunnels). For those in Melbourne, it is the Diamond Valley Railway....Great for a Sunday family day out.

xx Kate

CHRISTIAN'S TRAIN PARTY

What fun !! I had such a ball creating this party for my little guy....A bit of a challenge to pack up everything we needed in the "party bus" to get us to the railway with interesting clouds looming, but with a bunch of excited rugged up kids, a "giant" mini trainset to ride on and loads of food, everyone seemed to have a great time - especially the little grown up party boy.  All the details in the next post !!

xx Kate

SAMBELLINA PARTIES : CHOO CHOO TRAIN

My beautiful little boy turns 3 this week...and last weekend we had an outdoor (brrrrr) birthday party for him at a miniature railway park ! He had the best time EVER and was in complete amazement that all the attention was actually for him....I loved putting this party together especially as Christian was so aware and excited and could be involved, along with his big party planner sister in most of the organisation and preparation. More details on the way...!!

Polkadots for princesses...

Apparently, "official" studies have confirmed that a man's heart will race when he sees the colour of Ferrari red, and a woman's when she sees Tiffany aqua blue.

I'd like to add that that palpitations over this way also occur with polkadots, especially pink ones. Loving this gorgeous party from the blogosphere yesterday - as seen on one of my favourite spots for party inspiration - For millions of ideas for your next party, make sure you add Party Perfect to your reading list....(...I'm sure you have already !!)

Sambellina Partyware Parties - Blue / Red and White

Following on from my recent post about loving the red, white and sky blue colour combination together, Katena sent me some photos from her little man's 4th birthday party. Lots of polkadot goodness to be found....I'm also loving the cupcake stand - who can ever get enough of that stitched ribbon ? Most of her goodies were purchased at one of our very stylish retailers - Details Details ! Check out more over at her blog.

I absolutely love to see any party photos where Sambellina has helped style up the party scene....thanks Katena. xx

Sambellina Partyware Parties - Red

We went to a birthday party for a super gorgeous 1-year old on the weekend. I forgot my camera, but here is a little happy snap of the effort my sweet friend went to. I especially loved the ribbon around the chocolate mousse and frog-in-the-pond cups, and the roving ladybirds - all to tie in with red polkadots. (PS. My Sam is in the background with her hands on some of the many delicious baked goods consumed - my hands were usually on the Mars Bar slice - mmmmmm)...  xx

I'm dreaming of...

...a baby shower....

At the moment, my head is jam-packed !!! Just full...... a never ending party of list-creating going on up there. One of my favourite "topics of the moment" vying for attention, is thinking and dreaming up ideas for my beautiful friend's baby shower. I'm so happy to be part of her "creative team" on the job. One of her favourite invites is our Party Birds which is inspiring me to go down a non-standard baby shower road for her - red, taupe and white. Chocolate, marshmellows and strawberries all tied in with fondue. I just wish I had a thousand days to put it together as I would love to create what I have in my head, but lets see what actually happens. xx

It has been decided....

Sam announced yesterday that she has decided that she would be loving (ie. having) a butterfly garden party for her next birthday. Hmmm... 8 months notice should be fine - having said that, she has started the plans already and is designing exactly how it should be. (And of course, I have it brewing in the back of my head now). I think maybe a pink / green theme ? Some colour inspiration............
How beautiful is this paper buttefly chandelier from Pottery Barn (oh how I wish this store was in Australia - and how my purse does not). I'm on the search for something like this for a hanging light in Sam's room.
The pondering and design process has begun... (and I can't wait to help her put it all together). Although, I think starting school in two weeks will distract her for a while ...xx Kate

My own lolly bag...

I don't think you are ever too old to appreciate a lolly bag !! Over the weekend, my gorgeous friend had a birthday party (one of the more glamourous Saturday nights I have had in a while)....AND as a fun touch she gave us all a lolly bag as we left. Quite fabulous to get one all of my very own (as opposed to stealing lollies out of the kid's ones). Seems you never grow out of them - well, not me anyway !! 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.

Sambellina Partyware Parties - Red and Pink

Recently, Sharnel from The Cupcake Company and My Life My Loves created the most delicious looking party setup for her daughter Olivia's 5th Birthday. Her party dessert buffet looked absolutely beautiful and made it onto the gorgeous party blogs of the styling genius Amy Atlas and the uber stylish Party Perfect.

Sharnel complemented her colour scheme with some of our new Sambellina partyware and sent them to me so I couldn't resist popping them on here. Check out our red and pink polkadot tableware in action below.

The divine photos were taken by Leanne Stamatellos and as I popped into her blog for a squiz I discovered lots of stunning pickies - I absolutely love this one with the balloon below - dont you just want to skip along with this little darling ?

Simply Gorgeous...

xx Kate