Catalogue Launch Party Part 3 - the display projects!

To read about Part 1 - the setup, click here. 

To read about Part 2 - the food table, click here.

As part of our main display area I had lots of beautiful projects I made using the new products. I tried to use as many of the new products as I could so that everyone could see how versatile & gorgeous they looked in action. I won't go into every single detail of what I used to make each project, but I will point you in the direction of which catalogue they are from and the page number under each photo so you can have a little looksie yourself. Online catalogues can be viewed here if you don't have a paper copy.  

NOTE: The Mini Occasions Catalogue is the orange one which says "Celebrate the everyday".

Mini Catalogue. Pages 26 & 27.

Mini Catalogue. Page 27.

Mini Catalogue. Pages 26 & 27.

Mini Catalogue. Pages 26 & 27.

Mini Catalogue. Pages 26 & 27.

These 5 projects I made using the Kaleidoscope Suite. It is my favourite suite in the new Mini Catalogue. There are 2 stamp sets, 3 Big Shot accessories, a punch, some embellishments & a set of DSP in the suite that all co-ordinate beautifully together. When you don't have much to spend sometimes going with a suite is a great way to go because everything was designed to go together well.

Mini Catalogue. Page 19.

Mini Catalogue. Pages 18, 19, 26 & 36. 

These last two cards are also made using products from a suite. This suite is called Retro Fresh and there are again stamp sets, embellishments and DSP included.

Mini Catalogue. Page 36. 

Mini Catalogue. Page 22.

Mini Catalogue. Page 23.
SAB Catalogue. Page 13.

How cute is the new mini bunting punch?  

Mini Catalogue. Page 26.
SAB Catalogue. Page 11.

Mini Catalogue. Page 35.
SAB Catalogue. Pages 11 & 12.

SAB Catalogue. Page 11.

I hope you like all these projects. Most of them will make their way into the album of cards I have for sale on my Facebook page here. If you have any questions about how I made any of the designs, send me a message and I'd be glad to help you out!

Catalogue Launch Party Part 2 - the food table!

To read about Part 1 - the setup, click here.
To read about Part 3 - the display projects, click here. 

The food table is actually my favourite thing to create for when it comes to having events. Making all my little skewers and toothpicks and food signs etc matching perfectly makes me all giddy inside. For this event I used the new SAB DSP Sweet Sorbet as my colour scheme and I loved it. It was such a funky mix of colours. As you go through the photos you'll notice my tablecloth. It's brown paper! I think it looked fab and I'll be using this idea again in the future I think! Enjoy the pictures. 

These dip cups were absolutely the favourite food item on the night. There was not one left and everyone was asking if I had more bread sticks and veggies left so they could scrape out every morsel of dip from the bottom. It was the Herb & Garlic Dip made in the Thermomix. Anyone that has the Everyday Cookbook will know which dip I am talking about. It is so delicious! The cups were easily decorated with some DSP & cardstock used as cup cuffs, and then I used the new Spiral Flower Die to make the cute flowers on the front in co-ordinating colours. 

Now these guys. Let's just say the execution was much different from the visual. They were delicious but lets me honest. They look like poop. So we were joking around that we should rename them "Poop Pops", or "Mallow Poops". It was rather hilarious. But let's not focus on my cooking abilities, that is missing the whole point of what I'm showing you here people! It's about the skewers!!! How cool do they look? Such a simple idea and so easy to make.

I think it's just wrong to not have spring rolls at an event. They are just SO YUM. I would eat spring rolls every day if the thighs would allow it. And I love my new double pronged toothpicks. They are a more appealing take on a toothpick especially if you are using them with a larger food item. They are alot sturdier. I used my new SAB Banner Blast Stamp Set & Punch to make this super sweet bunting which was the perfect size for these toothpicks. 

These skewers we YU-MMY. They had vintage cheese, salami, artichoke heart, boccocini and sundried tomato on each skewer. All I had to do to dress up these plain bamboo skewers was tied a mix of co-ordinating twines & ribbons on the top. Such a quick, simple & effective way to tie them into the colour scheme of the table. 

On the night I had a friend attending who has a gluten intolerance so I made sure that there were options of food for her to be able to eat. I adapted everything except for the spring rolls so that it would be gluten free. I had originally planned a different slice but changed it up for her and I must say I am glad I did because this slice. Oh my! Let's just say there is condensed milk involved which I'm sure contributed to the amazing-ness. Because the icing was a little runny on these guys I popped them in patty cases at the last minute so the icing didn't go everywhere. Decorated with a sweet & simple bunting washi tape toothpick. They are once again so fast and easy to make and you can create them in any shape you fancy. I did straight cut, diagonal cut, flag cut & a rounded cut. They all looked so fun. 

For drinks I just kept it simple We had chilled water in our water dispenser and everyone got a cute decorated bottle to drink from. I made sure all the bottles were a different colour so no one mixed up who's was who's bottle once they were all sitting at the table. Decorated with a strip of cardstock, DSP & some twine. How easy is that? Straws are from Lille Parti.

I had something planned for the backdrop of this table but the plans fell through at the last moment so I had to whip something up. So I made this bunting! Super cute & fun. I just pegged on all the bunting pieces to the jute. 

And here is everything all together! What do you think? 

If you are interested in co-ordinating event food table items such as food signs, toothpicks, skewers, cup cuffs, bottle decorations or bunting, you have come to the right place! Please shoot me an email and I will be able to come up with a quote for you. 

Catalogue Launch Party Part 1 - the setup!

To read about Part 2 - the food table, click here. 

To read about Part 3 - the display projects, click here.

Last Thursday night we had our Mini Catalogue & Sale-a-bration Launch Party. We had a lovely intimate group of ladies and the evening was filled with chatter, laughter, eating and lots of oohing and ahhing over the beautiful new products. I'm not going to bore you with too many details. Instead I'll let you experience the night as we did, through pictures. This first blog instalment is filled with the big display table set up, our main table set up and a closer look at the chocker block of goodies in the lucky door prize.

More blog posts with close up's of all the display cards & projects, and the tasty colour co-ordinated food table will be posted later in the week.   

Enjoy! 

NEW Mini Occasions Catalogue + Sale-a-bration time has begun!

The NEW Mini Occasions Catalogue is finally here! I have been talking about it's arrival for a little while now and have been showing you lots and lots of sneak peeks of new products. You are now able to view it online here, or contact me to get your hands on a paper copy of it for just a couple of dollars (available Australia wide). The Mini Occasions Catalogue will be with us until 30th June 2014.

Today also marks the beginning of this year's Sale-a-bration (SAB). This is my favourite time of year because of all the freebies. The basic run down of SAB is:

•  for every $90 you spend, you can choose a free product from the SAB catalogue (13 things to choose from).
• if you host a party in your home, as the hostess you earn an extra $50 hostess dollars on TOP of your regular hostess dollars if your party sales are $500 and over, so you could potentially have up to $250 hostess dollars (mind blowing). 
• if you choose to join Stampin' Up! during SAB you'll save yourself $65 and only pay $169.

You can view the SAB catalogue here.

To celebrate the commencement of SAB and the beautiful new Mini Catty I am holding a Catalogue Launch Party at my home on Thursday evening. As well as being able to dabble in and enjoy the new Stampin' Up! goods my cousin will be there to run some games with us and demonstrate some of the beautiful Scentsy products. So it will be a fun, mixed themed night. Full details on my Facebook Events page. 

My Cream & Gold Christmas Table Setting

I just LOVE neutral table settings. There is something magical about it so it was easy for me to settle on Cream & Gold (with other neutral tones thrown in) for the big family Christmas lunch (which we had on Boxing Day). 

For the most part I was able to throw this table setting together using what I had at home. The only things I needed to buy were the gold & cream bon bons (which were a headache to find) and the chocolate & white striped straws which I purchased from Lille Parti for a couple of dollars (which you can see a couple of photos down). 

I knew that I was going to have a busy display running down the centre of the table, so I chose to not make place setting cards. Instead I opted for these simple name tags to tie around the cutlery. I love the way it brings a rustic feel to the place setting. 

For drinks we each had a wine glass jazzed up with a twine bow, and a glass bottle for water, decorated with a sweet mini paper doily, a brown cardstock circle, white & gold baker's twine and a mini punchie with "merry" on it. Majorly cute and everyone commented on how lovely the bottles looked. It is such a easy and cheap way to dress up a boring bottle instead of using a regular water glass.

For my table decorations, I simply ran a roll of burlap down the centre over the top of my calico tablecloth. Then I placed my trusty mini logs & spray painted pine cones all over which I had made for my Thanksgiving lunch which you can recap on over here. I just collected whatever I could find around the house that was neutral toned and whacked it on the table too! It really was nothing fancy! 

Here is one of my reindeer animals! I made a whole bunch of these and showed them on my FB page, you can see all of them over here. (I also blogged about them when I first found the idea here). They were a fun talking point over lunch! 

The last little detail on the main dining table was my big paper doily under the dinner plates! This idea came to me as I was pulling out the mini doilies for the glass bottles. I saw my packet of large ones there and the idea truck! I love how it looks! Love me some doilies! 

Now onto the glorious FOOD!! 

I made up some matching food signs for over on the food table. I know how much I like it when I know what food I am piling onto my plate so I am loving using food signs at all events these days. They are super easy and cheap to make. I just used cardstock, chocolate & white baker's twine, I punched out some ornaments out of my glimmery gold cardstock and threw on a large pearl to glam it up a little. 

The foods we enjoyed for lunch were Rice Salad, Mango Avocado Salad, Ambrosia Salad, Turkey, Ham, Garlic Prawns & Cranberry Sauce.

This was my layout for the food table. I set it up on mums buffet in the dining room right near the table. I threw on a lovely vintage cream lacey tablecloth, a burlap runner and a couple of decorations. The white stands are candle holders from Ikea. They come in handy ALOT. 

And here is all the glorious food! We sure did enjoy it! Can't wait until next year so we can eat it all again!

 And the moral of the story is, if you need food signs, place settings, bottle decorating or any other papercrafting related goods to style your party, we are ready to help you! We can customise everything to suit your needs, your colour scheme, your theme and your tastes all for a reasonable price! Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!