Continuing with my purple themed month of May, here is one of our wedding favours - sugared almonds wrapped up in purple netting. The five almonds symbolise health, wealth, long life, fertility and happiness ♥
Who can resist a trip down memory lane, back to their childhood going into the local sweetshop and buying penny sweets? For that reason, for milestone birthdays like a 40th, a tuck shop (or candy buffet or sweetie bar - whatever you want to call it!) is a fab idea!
We had a candy buffet at our wedding reception and it was a big hit, so I was excited to created another one for the Orange & Yellow 40th Birthday Party I planned for my friend.
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I love a card post box for parties - especially for those that you aren't throwing at home. It's nice to know that your cards are being kept safe until you read them later on.
I made this post box for the Orange & Yellow 40th Birthday Party, my business, Perfect Party Planning set up and styled last weekend.
I love how it turned out - there was a subtle nature theme throughout, as well as the two bright and bold colours, and I thought that the raffia and silk flowers lent itself well to that idea
Because the decorations were not glued down to the box, it means that it could be used again - great recycling!
Today my purple photo is one of the ribbon roses that I made for our wedding day. I used them to decorate various things on the big day.
My sister and I decided to start our own party planning business. You can find us over at Perfect Party Planning! We styled and set up our first party last weekend, and I'm going to be sharing all the things we created here on my blog (as well as on our website!)
If you are serving more than just finger foods at a party, you're going to need cutlery. I have a weakness for wooden cutlery! I love that I can decorate it - washi tape is one of my favourites - so simple, yet always so effective! For most parties that I personally throw, I tend to bundle up cutlery so that it is easy to grab when going to the buffet table. Nothing worse than trying to juggle cutlery a plate of food, a napkin and possibly even your drink!
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Dining Date: 18th August, 2011
We ate at two different places when we visted Epcot for the day. Having not had breakfast and all feeling a bit peckish, we went through the stations of Sunshine Seasons to grab a bite.
More purple today...hearts. These sugarpaste hearts were the toppers for our wedding cake. They live in our wedding memory jar ♥
I always thought these flowers in my garden were weeds, but they are in fact aquilegias. A lot of purple ones this year - last year they were pink!
Back on our first trip, we ended up buying an extra 2, or was it 3?! cases to bring all our goodies back to the UK. This time, lesson learned - pack even lighter, put a case in a case and that negates that expense!
We had been given a list of "wants" from family and friends, a lot were American treats that you can't buy here, or if you can, cost a stupid amount of money!
This is our haul from last time around...not all for us, I'd like it to be noted!
My purple dressing gown...not curtains :P
