30th Birthday - Vintage Tea Party

My sister turned the big three zero two days after Christmas.  She didn't want me to make a deal out of it, but how could I not?  It's a milestone birthday and it HAD to be memorable.  So off to work I went.  A Pinterest folder was created, ideas were being gathered, and off I went thrift shopping!  It was a little tricky getting everything done around the hustle and bustle of Christmas but I got there in the end.  It did mean that Christmas got packed away on Boxing Day and I had to set up for the party immediately!  But it all turned out so lovely and was worth it.  

There were 8 guests and we enjoyed delicious cucumber sandwiches, mini quiches, slices and potato salad for lunch.  We also stumbled on a delicious punch by accident.  We were originally having a jug of water with ice, mint, lemon & some frozen raspberries in it and then another jug with lemon lime bitters cordial and some soda water.  But the lines of communication were fuzzy and we ended up with lemon lime bitters cordial with lemon mint and raspberries in it, and let me tell you, it was DIVINE! Try it next time you have guests over!!

I didn't want the ceiling to be the only thing not decided.  So I made a bunch of tissue paper pom poms, bought some delightful coloured paper lanterns and made paper chains from designer paper that I had in my stash.  I wish I had photography skills because my photos don't show the awesome atmosphere of that room!!  

Dessert was just as lovely.  The main dessert was a creamy chocolate mousse served in teacups with freshly whipped cream, fresh berries & pomegranate & some chopped up Strawberry Intense Dark Chocolate made by Lindt (DIVINE!).  It was just so delicious.  Along with our mousse teacups we enjoyed scones with jam & cream, cupcakes, macarons, chocolate & caramel pastries and delicious herbal teas.   My favourite tea was Turkish Apple!

And now for the finer details.  I raided my fabric collection and made the sweet rounded bunting you can see above.  I love it to much that I am going to keep it stashed away ready for other events in the future.  Just think how sweet it would look at a baby shower!

Sorry about the junk in the corner!

I think this is as good as I managed to capture "atmosphere" wise.  I took these the night previous after spending the day setting up!

And here is the birthday girl.  

I wish I had thought to get a photo of all of attending the party.  Everyone dressed summery and vintagey and looked so nice!  This is the only photo I have with a guest, it's my sister Alicia with our awesome childhood friend Andy (how awesome is her pink hair!!) enjoying some tea!

It was a fun morning and I can't wait for the next event, whatever it might be!

Ribbon Share - Stitched Satin Ribbon

I have been thinking of doing a Ribbon Share for a little while now.  So I have got my act together and here we go!

This first time round we have on offer the 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon Package.

This package includes the 2012-2014 In Colours:

Raspberry Ripple

Midnight Muse

Summer Starfruit

Primrose Petals

Gumball Green

It costs $22 to be part of this ribbon share, and that will buy you a quarter of each roll of ribbon including shipping.  Anyone in Australia can participate in this ribbon share! Payments will be due & the cut off to take part in this ribbon share is 14th February.  

 Email me today to take part!

New year.

Each new year brings new expectations, new ideas, better ideas, changes, goals, happiness, sadness, journeys, and memorable moments.  

This year I:

Will be happier.

Will work less.

Will have a more positive outlook.

Will educate myself on how to run my business more effectively.

Will be better at what I do.

Will be more honest with my feelings.

This year I:

Want to be successful.

Want to go on a holiday with my husband.

Want to find out why I can't get pregnant.

Want to be more organised.

Want to be heard.

Madeit sale - 25% off STOREWIDE!

With school coming to an end, and Christmas so close that we're all in denial, I've decided to do a 25% off storewide sale in my Madeit shop! 

Pick up an awesome deal this week as a thank you gift for one of your kids school teachers, a great stocking stuffer, or a little pressie for yourself!  

Lots of great things to choose from!

Stampin' Up! Heartfelt Event Brisbane 2012

I just wanted to share some of my favourite things that I saw today, whether they were demonstrated or brought along to place up on the share board. There are some extremely talented Demonstrator's around this part of the country! Well done to the Stampin' Up! South Pacific staff. Thank you for such a great Event that you put on for us flawlessly each year, you do an amazing job. Thanks for sacrificing so much of your time, and your weekends (that I am sure you would much rather spend with your families) to run great Events for us all over the country! I love being involved with this company!

Christmas gorgeousness...

Hi everyone.  I really try to be organised and think ahead.  I am going alot better these days at it too! Beginning of this week I listed my Christmas Cards & Gift Card Holders for sale here.  I'm hoping to come up with a few more designs to list for sale also in the coming weeks. 

Here are a couple of my favourites....enjoy!!

Christmas Promotions from Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! has a new Christmas promotion, or two.  

The first one is this.  Buy either of the two bundles below during the month of November......

....and you will receive the Festive Paper Piercing Pack for free.  

But wait, there's more.  You will receive a FREE knife set!!!!  

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Ok, I'm just kidding.  

The second promotion is pretty awesome.  Probably one of my favourite that I have seen over the years.

This promotion runs from 1 November through to 16 December.  So it will be the last special of the year.  Basically, if you host a party and you get party sales $650+ you will be able to choose an ENTIRE ink pad collection to receive for free.  Ridiculous I know.  Some of you way be thinking, "yeah right as if I can get $650 sales at a party".  Let me assure you it can, and is done all the time.  If you want to know how, ask me!  There are some tricks of the trade that I can share with you to having a successful party.  

As you can see, the best part of this promotion is, you still receive all of your hostess benefits.  So you could end up with over $100 hostess dollars to spend, and items at 50% off, on top of your free collection of ink pads, which might I add is worth $99.50.  

So, if you want a chance to partake in either of these awesome promotions, get in contact with me!

Will it Embellish?

Stampin' Up! comes out with some pretty awesome YouTube videos sometimes.  I'm so sad that I didn't see this one at the beginning of October when the Spool Time promotion began!!! This video is pretty hilarious!  

Check it out here!

Christmas Advent Calendar

Next month I am holding a Christmas Advent Calendar Class at my place.  I'm pretty excited about it actually.  I attended my first Advent Calendar Class and learnt of it's awesomeness exactly a year ago.  I had just signed up as a Stampin' Up Demonstrator myself, and attended the class put on by my good friend who is also a Demonstrator and has been for many years.  I loved it so much I HAD to put on one of my own classes this year.  So I took up the challenge and I re-designed the calendar to make it my own.  I found tonnes of ideas on Pinterest and integrated alot of them into my calendar, and also added alot of my own personal touches, and used alot of accessories & brads etc that I really like.  Here is what I came up with!

If you live in Brisbane Australia, you are more than welcome to attend the class.  I am holding it on Saturday 10th November starting at 10am.  Class cost is $65 which includes all the supplies needed to make the calendar, catering (morning tea, lunch & afternoon tea), your pre-cut kit, and all equipment, tools, you name it is provided!  Check out the Event on my Facebook Page for full details.  If you love this calendar and want one of your own, and there is no way you could attend the class, I would be more than happy to make you one and post it to you!  Just let me know!!! Just send me an email at: achristyproduction@gmail.com or contact me through my Facebook page... or on here!