halloween by amy atlas

Incredible Halloween ideas from party planner extrodinaire Amy Atlas. See her blog here.

halloween ideas

A Halloween mantle.

Scary sausage snacks.

Gingerbread skeleton cookies.

Chilled pumpkin soup served in martini glasses with an eyeball garnish.

Table setting for Halloween dinner party.

button cupcakes

Button cupcakes I made for my friend's daughter's 1st birthday party. The chocolate buttons and cupcake wrappers are from Donna Hay.

cupcake wrappers on etsy

Super cute cupcake papers available on the great website etsy.com. Here's the link.

baby shower (mine!)

Lovely pictures from the baby shower my Mum and sister-in-law hosted for me.

campfire kids birthday party

These are pictures from my niece Makena's 6th birthday party in Canada. She wanted a camping themed party. Kids roasted hot dogs and marshmallows at a fire-pit and played games at the Nordic Centre, where the party was held. Makena requested a mushroom birthday cake, which my sister-in-law made and it turned out really well.

inspiring pic

This inspiring picture is from Amy Atlas, who has a terrific blog herself. I spied those pink milk glass cake plates at the Donna Hay store, by the way. They also come in white and jade.

bunny buttermilk pancakes

A fun breakfast treat made by my Mum for her Grand-daughters.

cute soup starter

These gazpacho served in cucumber 'glasses' were done by my friend Alayne at a summer dinner party. Just hollow out the cucumber, leaving a fairly solid base, then fill with the chilled soup and garnish with sour cream and cilantro.

birthday table setting

This was the table setting for my husband's birthday dinner of ribs and beer.

cute cupacke wrappers

Available from Alfresco Emporium in Sydney. A hint with using these: don't actually bake the cupcakes in these; put them in afterwards.

take away pie boxes

Love this idea from Martha Stewart for guests to take home a slice of pie or to give as a gift. For instructions to make box click here.

girl's baby shower

A beautifully done baby shower for twin girls at Party Perfect.

beeswax place cards

A great idea from Donna Hay. Just recently I visited her new General Store in Woollahra, Sydney. It is so much fun to poke around in and I bought some adorable polka dot cupcake wrappers.

makena's present

A beautifully wrapped gift by my Mum for her Granddaughter Makena's 5th birthday. Wrapping paper by Martha Stewart Crafts.

wine glass lamps

A clever idea from Gorgeous Helen (bought at Top 3 by Design in Sydney). They're velum lampshades that fit on standard wine glasses. Pop a tea light in the glass and you have little 'lamps' for your table setting. Instructions on how to make them are here.

birthday cake idea

This is a cake I made for my niece Georgia's 13th birthday. She had wanted a polka-dot two tiered cake. The only dots I could find were fondant, which I'm not crazy about due to their flavour. Instead I used sherbert fizz candies for the 'dots' from The House of Chocolate (Bondi Rd, Sydney).

bridal shower cupcakes

Coconut cupcakes from Barefoot Contessa's recipe I made for my friend Aphrodite's bridal shower. I found the vintage looking wedding cake topper at Michael's craft store in Canada.