With only eleven weeks until Christmas, it really is time to start planning your holiday parties, entertaining, decorations and calendar.  If Christmas always seems to creep up on you, make 2008 the first holiday season you plan everything well in advance and get organised for a more relaxed and fun December.
Pink Frosting has a countdown [...]

Two new spring paper ball lanterns have just arrived at our warehouse and I can’t wait to use them!
The garden of butterflies and tulips ball lantern is simply divine - so perfect for a garden wedding, a butterfly tea party or simply as a beautiful decoration for a child’s room.
The second is a lantern we’ve [...]

Anyone who has had a scout around this site will know that I’m a big fan of decorating with lanterns for weddings and other special occasions as they are a budget conscious way to achieve a dramatic high-impact result. The amazing Vanessa from I Do Events Whitsundays has a similar passion for lanterns and sent [...]

Our front garden is filled with little golden orbs of wattle right now. The perfume is divine and really announces that spring has arrived in Australia. Aside from the eucalyptus tree, wattle is probably the best recognised Australian native plant and we love using it to decorate casual gatherings such as barbeques, informal weddings and [...]

My best friend is being married next August in Tasmania (brrrr) and I’ve been scouting around for gorgeous winter inspired table decorations to make her wedding reception truly special. On a recent trip to Texas, I spent some time with an amazing wedding decorator, Daryl Murchison, and he had these beautiful white feather table settings [...]

You’re eight months pregnant and ready for your star to be born. Are your friends and family treating you with all of the attention a famous actress would receive? Have you been scanning all of the Tinseltown magazines for ideas on baby names, pregnancy dressing style from Angie et al, and those fabulous [...]

Fresh flowers really do make an event special. From a single orchid on a place setting to a swathe of rose petals down a wedding aisle, flowers signify celebration, decadence and beauty.
We recently made a hanging carpet of fresh roses which we used as the backdrop to a wedding ceremony. This beautiful carpet [...]

Rustic Italian dinnerware is my favourite way to serve anything except the most formal of dinners. The colours are vibrant, the designs are rustic and the ceramics are chunky. Just the way I like it.
Please, don’t get me wrong. There’s nothing better than delicate fine china to sip a cup [...]

The lolly buffet is so in style now for kids parties, weddings, baby showers, bridal showers and just about any celebration you can think of. I have been meaning to post a “how to” on creating the perfect lolly buffet for some time. I get calls about this almost every day right now… [...]

How’s this for a fun beach wedding or beach party favour? Give each of your guests a bottle of personalised sunscreen to use at the wedding or celebration and keep the sunburn at bay!
The perfect favor for a destination beach wedding, a corporate Christmas BBQ or a fun backyard pool party.

These travel [...]