Project 365; Collage 9

Hi y'all!
Happy Saturday! I hope you've got some fun plans for this weekend! Today is my nephew Cooper's 4th Birthday Party, which I'm looking forward to! It's the child in me, looking forward to kids parties! {sucking on lollypop and swinging legs on the chair}!
Here is Collage 9 for Project 365:33: I got this awesome "Edible Blooms" giftbox with chocolate flowers, a bottle of champagne and a sweet monkey softie from my Primary School Best Friend. I can't believe she remembered my birthday and got this delivered! I love it!
34: Willy setting up for my Hawaii 3-0 Party. NOOOOOO RAIN!! Go away! We did have some marquees and tarps for the ground, but it was still very soggy underfoot!
35: Go To Hawaii!! Hawaii! Straight to Hawaii! Yep, my Hawaii 3-0 Birthday Party! It was great! And the rain held off which was so good! Jaimeson's little Hawaiian shirt I actually bought for Cooper in Hawaii in 2008, just after he was born. And now it's handed down to Jaimeson! So cute!
36: Willy playing with Xander when they came over to help us pack up and pick up all of Caprice Party Hire's equipment. I totally wouldn't be able to hold a party without the help of my family! {hugs everyone!!} From setting up, styling, crafting, decor, cooking, serving and packing up... they make it so much easier!!
:) C

My Hawaiian Birthday Party!

Hi y'all!
Big THANK YOU {hugs} for all the birthday wishes and I had a fantastic time at my Hawaii 3-0 Party on Saturday night!
I didn't get my camera out at all on Saturday, being the Birthday Girl I spent my time flitting about the party saying a quick hello here and there! So here is a collage that Dad put together and emailed around!You will notice a few things off Pinterest! The Shark Fruit Salad made by Mum! Which was totally fantastic! And was the subject of many photos! The Birthday Cake Bunting which I just loved! Plus I made this card suitcase & Cocktail Umbrella Wreath (which I don't have pics of! BOO!), Peanut Butter Ice Cream sauce, and this Pina Colada punch... wow, there was a lot of pinspiration for my party!
It was a great night, thanks all for coming!
And for you family, here are my presents so you can see what everyone got me! Ask away if you want to know who bought what Mum!
I got a gorgeous Alfred Meakin Vintage Dinnerset, you can see the cake plate and a bowl here in the pic, with flying birds on it, from Mum and Dad. I saw it at Salvos and it totally reminded me of the dinner set I ate Christmas Dinner off in Germany & it brought back so many memories! I really loved the set and so Mum said she and Dad would like to get it for my birthday because dinner sets are Mum's "thing!" Thank you! Now I need a dinner party to use it all at!
The vintage cups, saucers and teapot are from Brad & Danith cos Danith said after seeing my pic at Christmas of all my vintage stuff she set off on an op-shop mission (she loves op shops too!) and found me a mis-matched tea set for my birthday. I love it!
And in family tradition, my sisters, aunts, uncle, parents & cousins all did a page in a 30th birthday scrapbook for me! I started the tradition when Yvette was turning 30 and we did one for all the cousins then! You use a pic of yourself with the birthday-er (if you have one) and say what they mean to you or a funny story about them. It is such a thoughtful thing and I spent about 1/2 hr at 1am on Sunday morning checking out all the pages! {hugs!} Love it!
I was spoiled with Jewellery! I haven't gotten any Swarovski jewellery before, and I got 2 things this birthday! I also got beautiful diamonte and pearl earrings off Tara and a gorgeous little handbag necklace off AJ! So sweet!
Willy gave me the lego (lol! He knows me well {wink!}) and an IOU for $400 to buy something in NZ! YAY! Thanks Willy!! xoxo
And so now I'm officially out of my 20's! {Sob!} LOL!
:) C

Aloha!

The invites are out... at the end of this month It's My Birthday!! Hooray {clapping hands!} It's a rather significant birthday too... I'm turning 30. WOW! I can't believe I'm almost 30. I still think of my oldest sister Yvette as being 30! So I guess that means we're the same age then! LOL!
Because I love Hawaii so much, I'm having a Hawaii 3-0 Party! (LOL! Nice play on words!) I whipped up these invites in one afternoon from supplies I had on-hand. Awesome {high five!} I love when that happens, and you don't need to buy a single thing for them! I was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest (there's my Pinterest love!) and it turned out just how I wanted it.
I'm no stranger to making invites, I must have made at least 30 major invites in my time. Off the top of my head here are a few I can think of right now: Wedding invites for Alicia, Felicity, Mike & Kath and me, Engagement Invites for Felicity and Me, Kitchen Tea invites for Alicia and me, Baby Shower invites for Cooper, Xander & Jaimeson, Xander's Baptism invites, Birthday invites for my 21st, Felicity's 30th, Matt's 30th, Jenny W's 50th, my Halloween party and now my 30th. And that's just off the top of my head!
I didn't have to make a plethora of them, I only made 24, I should make an extra few though cos I didn't get to keep one and I would have liked one! Someone keep one for me will you?!
I'm very excited about my Birthday, I always love birthdays, even if it does mean I'm getting older {soB!} {giggles}. The important thing in life is to always have friends who are older than you, then you still have someone to tease about being old while you're so young (even if it is by a couple of months!)
:) C