the party - part one...

Ok, as promised here are a few pics from our Circus party.
It was a great fun theme to work on, and my head is still buzzing with new ideas I should of/could of have had.

Of course I left the preparation to the last few days - then Lachie was sick, so a whole day of planning was out the window. Thank goodness for Friday - thats when the magic happened and it all seemed to come together!

When the kids entered they we ushered straight I the lounge to decorate their party hat. This helped to keep the kids all at the same stage until everyone else arrived, otherwise some would have started the games and been over it before some had even started.....or so I thought....

Decorations were easy....colour....colour and more colour!
Bunting made from foam from a 2 dollar shop - my fav shop. Pop tops bought from supermarket and covered with own labels made on computer, Carnival boxes purchased from internet and knock em down games made from baked beans and spagetti tins - easy!

just never enough hours in the day.....

I have been trying to cross things off my list for - like - ever!
For every one task crossed off - I add another 3! I know I am not alone in this constant race we call life.....but it gets so frustrating that I want to start new things or even just think, and I feel guilty if I don't keep up working on the list.
This is what I feel like I have been making for the past 6 months straight - well thats because it has been 6 months worth of work. Still another 6 months worth of making them too. 

The little treasures have been going so well in the stores, here is a snippet of my last package sent out to a store.........circus party pics I promise next week.....I'll add it to my list!

a little customer turns 2.......

Just to get into the circus theme, I wanted to show you the turning 2 t-shirt that I made for a customer in South Australia. She was lucky enough to grab the last pair of pango pants that I have left - and what a fitting colour choice for a circus party!!

the circus is coming to town.......

I was always wanting to throw a circus party for Lucas after Alannah rose used our pango pants for their shoot. I had to put it off last year - due to too many markets that were around at the time. This year I am very pregnant, but thought if I was to put it off for another year, he might not be as interested in all the colour and who haa I had planned for his 4th year of living (like next year he might be into goth or something)

So to begin with we sent out the invites to the greatest show on earth.......

If you are planning a party you must go to Alannah rose and check out their beautiful range of boxed invites. Take time to look through the blog also as there is some beautiful party ideas to adapt to your own little shin dig.
I loved the thickness of these invites, and presented in the crisp white envelope made a smart invite I was proud to hand out.
I will show you the party ideas we had and the decorations I used this week.....

turning 4.......

How does 4 years fly by so quickly? Lucas turned 4 last week and we had a little party for him to celebrate with his friends. He is our first born - when he was born until this day.....