Even though Halloween and trick-or-treating aren’t really a big thing in New Zealand, last year, we decided not to let that stop us from our usual fabulous, group costume-y, October 31st festivities. Enter the most fabulous pastel Halloween party ever! Since we don’t really do scary or gory (which was 99% of the ‘halloween party […]
a paris themed birthday party
It’s no secret that Pi has loved Paris since she was teeny (remember her Madeline themed birthday party when she turned three? And the accompanying macaron and lolly station?). So it’s only fitting that, as she enters the land of double digits, she’d have a Paris themed birthday party filled with berets, macarons, mini eiffel […]
‘flower market’ for a paris themed birthday party
The trend of ‘create your own bouquet’ stations and flower bars at parties and showers is one of my very favorites. Since Piper loves it as well, we decided to incorporate a ‘french flower market’ into her Paris themed birthday party this year. The only catch? In the southern hemisphere (aka- New Zealand, aka- where […]
printable eiffel tower favor boxes
We had the most fun putting together a Paris-themed birthday party for Piper! It’s especially fun that she has such a creative eye and LOVES all the little party details (and equally fun that she’ll spend endless hours making paper flowers and assembling lolly boxes with me). When we figured out that our package of […]
edible gourmet birthday cookie dough
In Texas, our go-to neighbor and coworker Christmas gift was edible gourmet cookie dough. SO YUMMY (and so easy). Recently, the kids and I were talking about all-time edible gifts and this cookie dough came up. Conveniently, a couple friends had upcoming birthdays, so we had a chance to make a batch. This time we […]
DIY harry potter gift basket (and tons of HP gift ideas)
It’s so fun- this year Harry Potter’s birthday (July 31) coincides almost exactly with one of Burke’s best mate’s birthdays. And his friend LOVES Harry Potter (and is a Ravenclaw)! So, no brainer- we put together this Ravenclaw-themed Harry Potter Gift Basket as a birthday gift. Burke keeps calling it the “Harry Potter Power Pack” […]
DIY hanging golden snitches (harry potter party)
We started off the Harry Potter Birthday Month Fun with our Mini Honeydukes and are going to keep it going with these floating golden snitches. The Harry Potter party guests thought these were the coolest. And then the figured out they were chocolates that could be plucked down to eat. And then they REALLY thought […]
harry potter party- honeydukes (and a heap of free printables)
Did you know that Harry Potter’s birthday is July 31st? In honor of HP’s birthday month, we have a whole lineup of Harry P projects coming your way this month! And to start us off- MINI HONEYDUKES (from the Harry Potter Party)! I will be honest- this mini Honeydukes took forever to put together. Just […]
shrimp ceviche with lime and coconut (no cilantro!)
Ohmygoodness y’all. I am in love with ceviche. And now I live across the street from the ocean! Even though the weather here in New Zealand is wandering towards fall, and ceviche feels firmly summer-y, we can’t stop making it. (Also, Adam is learning to dive for scallops in the bay near our house, which […]
the prettiest swan themed baby shower
I was scrolling through pictures the other day and realized that I haven’t ever put this pretty, flower-y, pink, swan themed baby shower on the blog (what!?!?!). It was thrown together really quickly for a fellow foster mama from church who added a new baby girl to her mix rather abruptly. And looking through these pictures […]