Showing posts with label Party planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Party planning. Show all posts

Pirate Party

Cake by Crust Cakes and Catering
I very first became interested in the world of the 'indies' when planning parties - birthdays, engagement parties, work celebrations and not to mention Christmas and Easter celebrations. I was always on the hunt for a little something extra, or out of the box to bring our celebrations to life. 
It was through doing this that I first unearthed my love of Etsy, which then evolved into a love of blogging and from there the rest is history. 

When I was on maternity leave I tried my hand at being an Event Planner - until I realised I actually enjoying doing this for fun, and there was no way I could charge anyone for the number of hours I put into bringing these events to life to a standard of my satisfaction! 

I still enjoy organising events - and so I thought I'd share some pictures from Brooklyn's fourth birthday - a pirate themed event with some of his closest little pals...

Captain Brooklyn



The treasure map started from the letterbox

Gold doubloon treasure


Orange wedge pirate ships
Cookies by Crust Cakes


Cupcake decorating station
I'm already planning his fifth birthday - it'll be a dinosaur themed event! And I can't wait!! x

The 5 way files – 5 ways to serve Summer in an Upcycled Jar

Summer brings warmer days, bbq nights, sandy beach adventures and Mr Whippy jingles to the streets.  If you are entertaining this summer and want to try some new serving ideas, try these drink, snack, meal or dessert ideas served in upcycled jars.  Why upcycled jars?  Because they are cute, great for individual serving sizes and you’re saving the planet by upcycling.  It doesn’t get much simpler. 

Serve up a drink or two...
  




Throw a salad together…
                                                                                                                       

Caprese Salad

Serve up some fries... 


 Spice up the meat on the BBQ….

Magic BBQ Rub


And it wouldn’t be summer without a dessert (or two!)...

Fruit Cobbler & Ice cream 

Happy Upcycling xx

{101 Goals in 1001 Days} Picnic for Hazed

#95 Style a picnic for Hazed...

You can find the feature in the Summer edition of Hazed, but here are some of my favourite pictures of the shoot:









What do you think? 

{Things I love Tuesday} Confetti

This week I am loving confetti, more specifically, confetti in balloons. 
Why? Just because! 





What are you loving on this fabulous Tuesday?

Things I love Tuesday is an initiative to help share all of the great images I keep discovering on Pinterest. I'd love for YOU to share your favourites with me too!!

Kiwi Touch... STYLED


Styled is a wedding and event styling company of Bridgette Roe & Hannah Suvalko’s.  Both from a design background, they have creativity to boot.  They pride themselves on working hard to create event styling that surprises and delights, with that all important creative edge. They have an eye for all things crafty, shiny and lovely.  Be it a wedding, birthday soiree, brand launch, you name it they Style it.

“At Styled we love what we do, we have a creative eye that will ensure that what we deliver is everything you wanted and more. We love to surprise and delight and so spending time with our clients up front to ensure that your day and event is everything you wanted and more is our first priority.  Creating goose bumps and bringing smiles to people’s faces is what it is all about for us - exceeding expectations, the Styled way.”
Check them out here….

Here is some Styled goodness they created recently….




Clicking on...
Big big giant fans of Pinterest.  Blog wise, we get our daily fix and inspiration from The Lucy Chase Project, The Lane, Lace & Like, Style Me Pretty, Love My Way, Magnolia Rouge, Cool Hunter, Design Sponge and of course Hazel Loves design, honestly this blog rocks!

Facebook - We love updating our page and sharing all our Styled news and following our Styled teams pages Fringe, Sweeten Up & Amy Ryan makeup, oh and swooning over Jake Thomas Pandermann latest shoots, that man is pretty dam talented. 

Following...
Instagram - We follow alot of awesome people.  Check us out at StyledNZ for the full list, but a couple of our faves are OhJoyStudio, Ruffledblog, JakeThomasPhotography oh and the Kardashians, I know....but its a must right, they lead the life of riley!

Twitter - We are still new to the twitter game, but cannot get enough of it, some of our faves are The Lane, Wedding Chicks, Whimsical Wonderland, Bash Please, Sass & Bide, Glitter Guide and of course The Lucy Chase Project, Love My Way & Magnolia Rogue, we are all about NZ talent!


Thinking about...
Summer time, cannot wait for it to rock around - BBQ's, neon nails, Cocktails at 4, brown berry tan, eating delicious summer cakes by Sweeten Up & getting the chance to wear some whimsical floral crowns by the clever Lucy Moore at the Wolf Club. Can we click our heels now and it be summer already!!!


Listening to...
Florence & The Machine, she is our fave! We also have a thing for Ellie Goldie, Six60, Temper Trap & Fat Freddy's.


Saving for...
Hannah is saving hard for the trip of a life time, a one month trip to Costa Rica with her boy & Bridge is putting her pennies away to buy her first house, oh and a sneaky little Deadly Ponies bag!


Obsessed with...
Confetti System, our big Giant Balloons that we make with bespoke ribbon (we wished they stayed afloat for ever!), anything rose gold, skulls and neon


Reading...
All our regular mags, that we swoon over every weekend....Frankie Magazine, NZ Weddings, Remix, Wall Paper, Fashion Quarterly, Cosmo Bride...
plus Bridge is reading Russell Brands book, 'bookie wookie' that man is hilarious!

Doing...
All things Styled - Researching and creating concepts for our new client briefs, making new creations and road testing them with our family and friends, lots of PR bits and bobs to get our name out there 


Excited about...
The future of our little company Styled.  We have had great feedback and support from everyone.  The briefs we have worked on so far have been incredible, so nice to see everything come together and to create big fat wow moments and goosebumps.  Styled has been our dream for so long, so to make it a reality is pretty special.  Getting the opportunity to meet new people, work on different creative briefs and doing it with a best mate, is pretty damn exciting, we count our lucky stars every day! 

Professional Party Planning Services...

Fancy a vintage high tea baby shower? My client Holly held one to celebrate the birth of her first child recently. We had a budget of $300, 25 guests and a colour scheme of pale yellow, pale blue and pale pink I think she has done an absolutely fabulous job!










What do you think of the fabulous job Holly has done?

A cake fit for a princess

All it takes is for one image to set me off on a tangent, and today's tangent is pink cakes!!!

Why.. oh I dunno? Just because!! 
It may also have something to do with the fact that today is my gorgeous niece Isobella's second birthday!! 

I wish I were celebrating with a gorgeous cake like one of these...
Enjoy!!






Have you recently hosted a party?
Are you proud of the pictures?
I will gladly do a post about it, just email me: hazellovesdesign@yahoo.com