A Special Party Invitation

On Saturday Mr LD and myself celebrated our milestone birthdays together with a group of family and friends.

We had a really fabulous night, I shall be sharing some photos soon but just to tease you here is the invitation.

When I asked my other half what theme he would like for the party (because everyone knows you need a theme!) he had no idea, but he didn't want anything too girly.

So I took myself to look at various party reference on the net, it was hard work but someone has to do it!  I found lots of gorgeous decorations in silver and green, a the combination I really liked.  I wanted the invite to tie in with the colour scheme, so I made a fairly plain cake and added some silver and green elements.

The invite read;

NOW WE ARE MIDDLE AGED

Please come and help celebrate our 40th Birthdays.

Gentle music,comfy chairs

and the opportunity to discuss

house prices, school places

and parking problems 

with like minded adults.

Gents; a nice shirt and comfortable shoes, no tie.

Ladies; wear your spanks!

Rennie and rescue remedy supplied on exit.

No slippers!

More pics soon I promise!

xx

ps only a week to enter the competition to win a party from Amelie's House.

Mrs Mouse's Cupcakes (part two)

Finally, I have found time to show you the actual party.

When I first met Gretel she was wearing these boots, well not this actual pair but the same make and style.  (I believe they are army surplus, but could be wrong.)  Anyway she didn't let me down and was sporting this fine pair for her launch party.  She had bowed to convention and bought a dress, but these are her quirky illustrator boots.  I was trying to persuade her to go for a quirky illustrator hat, but I think she is right.

You can see her hand above clutching a Sharpie and signing my copy of 'Peggy's Lost Pennies'.  I was so pleased for her, this was a day long in the coming but very much deserved.

You can also see a small picture of Gretel realising she had called the wrong number on the raffle, swearing, and then remembering it was a children's party!

These are the felt characters that are in Mrs Mouse's Cupcakes and Peggy's Lost Pennies.  Aren't they amazing?  Gretel very kindly raffled off some of her felt works for charity.  Unfortunately we didn't win! Ah well she is threatening to hold another fund raiser next year.

There was also a cake stall to raise money.  Many of Gretel's friends donated cakes and then bought more back!

As it was a children's party there was plenty for them to do other than eating cakes.  

There were games, a competition to sculpt Mrs Mouse out of playdough, toys, face paints, a literary quiz (we didn't win that either) and a table full of food.

I chased this beautiful cat around all day trying to get a picture.  I eventually found him curled up on a sofa as the party was finishing, obviously exhausted from the festivities.

We had a lovely day and the kidlets were full of awe to meet a real author. 

You can find Gretel's blog here and you can buy her books here.

Thanks Gretel...see you next year, if you've recovered!

xxx

DIY party give-away

It's party time!

There is so much to celebrate at the moment at Amelie's House: a little while ago I hit 600 followers, very soon both myself and Mr Lemon Drizzle shall be having a party to celebrate our milestone birthdays, the too-long-in-the-making site redesign is here...and finally some very good friends have opened a gorgeous online store - more of which later.

When dreaming up a give-away I wondered how to give one lucky person a party as well?  Now, I would love to come to your house and set up a dessert table and bake you a cake (I am ready to party at the drop of a hat), but it's quite impractical. So I shall do the next best thing and send you a party in a box...

So, you could win...

...6 hand-painted personalised cupcake picks.  (I can paint either boys or girls, or something different if it's not for a child's party)...

...6 hand-painted cookies to match your party theme...

...cake bunting from the fabulous Heartfelt Handmade...

...aaaand, last but not least, I come to Lacewings by Jay and Jay.  This is a company set up by a pair of gorgeous twins that I worked with BC (before children). They have a lovely pretty feminine style in their work, and use gorgeous fabrics embellished with beautiful embroidery. Ruth and Helen will give the winner some of their bunting in colours to match your party.  It is four metres long and comes in a little bag to keep it safe.

We will send the special box anywhere.You can have 4 months to claim your prize, giving you time to organise a party!

I can see you're excited and want to know how to enter...well, I will tell you!

To enter this give-away firstly must be a blog follower of Amelie's House.

Next, go and visit Lacewings website, then come back here and leave a comment telling me which of their gorgeous products would look good in your house. That's all you need to do.

 BUT ..if you tweet, blog or facebook about the giveaway you can also be in with an extra chance of winning -(please leave a separate comment telling me if you have done that, and I'll get Mr.Lemon Drizzle to do whatever technical thing he needs to do to check. You'll then get an extra entry into the give-away.)

I will draw the lucky winner's name out of a hat on Monday 6th June.

Thankyou, and good luck!