Roaring Dino Party

the party monster has been acting up... as if it's protesting in unbelief once we've decided we won't be having a party for luke's birthday this year.

luke's been talking about staying in hotels for some time now.. enjoying the full blast of air condition, covered in fresh white sheets, watching tv, & splashing away in the pool, and kajang satay!
ok, so that's what we'll be doing!

so even though there isn't any party planned, i can't help but to put together a sort-of-like party inspiration board. it would helped me appease the party monster lurking within me :p
...and to share with you what i would have liked to do if we had one planned for the mister.

the invite which i designed which will be available in a set with Babylicious' PartyinaBox

i've never been a fan of dinosaurs but when you have a mini male in your household, things change..
the only thing i knew about dinosaurs before i had kids was T-Rex.
now, i can ramble triceratops, brontosaurus, tyrannosaurus, pterodactyl without batting an eyelid! 
Geng-leh!

 

for games... i'll get a big box, fill it up to the brim with sand & hide these glow in the dark rubber dinosaurs & have the kids dig for them.

got them at a steal from Cotton On Kids for just RM15! 

or if you have the budget, you could give a set out to each kid as party favors.

i got it for luke some months back & we did a pre-bedtime mini surprise.

adorable dino macarons from Crumbs

and of course, how i can resist not ordering a dozen of these as-delicious-as-it looks macarons!

now, just wondering those of u moms out there with boys... do you find yourself, like me, having to embrace the world of dinosaurs, tanks & soldiers, ben 10? anyone??

I have a crush...

From young, i love hand making cards for friends & loved ones. 

It was a nice way for me to send a sweet message to someone, inexpensive but because of the time and effort that went into every card, it made it very precious and personal for both the sender & the recipient.

This days you get wishes through smses, phone calls, and FB but nothing beats receiving a card by snail mail and what's more when it's handmade.

I've had a crush on Vivienne's handmade cards for a long time but when she recently made baby shower invites for her close friends and posted it on her blog, i was mesmerized (half wanting to have my no.2 so that i can have a reason to have one of those lovely cards!)

I was recently commissioned to handmade/handwrite 12 pieces of invites. By the time i was at card no.6, i was wanting so badly to finish off no.12! But i found out this uber talented girl can whip up 70 - 80 handmade cards in a span of several days! Talk about passion.

Pictures courtesy of www.viviennelam.blogspot.com

Be still my beating heart

As a young girl in my 20s, i spend a considerable amount of my paycheck on papers, wrappers, fancy colored pens and all sorts of materials which i can turn into crafts.
I remember when i first stumbled upon Martha Stewart Weddings magazine, i was totally enraptured by the many wonderful favors and decor ideas which one can easily follow.
Since the magazine is printed every quarter of the year and only available in one or two newsstands back then, i waited in anticipation for weeks for the next issue to arrive!
I found it silly sometimes when i got hold of the magazine, i choose not to flip through the pages, however tempting and excited i was. The first thing i did would be to wrap it up with those plastic protective book wrapper and wait for the suitable free time i had which i can enjoy running tru the pages while sipping a hot cuppa. Bliss....

Now that i'm a mother with much lesser time on hand, this ritual has strangely not been broken.
I get the same butterflies in my stomach, so excited i can do a silly dance right on when i first got my hands on my very own issue of Martha Stewart Babies & Kids! You know the feeling you get when you first held hands with the boy you like (yup! it almost feels like that but i do have to say the latter comes with many ironic blissful sleepless nights ;)

So if there's any one of you out there who feels as passionate or crazy if i can best describe this, do drop me a mail and let me know i'm not alone.
Over the months i've been taken in by many Australian sites which features handmade stationery and goodies which u can incorporate into your kids parties.
I invite you to feast your eyes on these lovely party ideas and colors and do the silly dance with me!

(Images extracted from Hip Hooray Blog given by Sarah from Style Me Gorgeous)