Party Clothes - Tulip & Nettle

That feeling of dressing for a party ... always accompanied by a slightly sinking heart and major attacks of stress and anxiety. For me, it started when I was about three and has never quite left. I love choosing what to wear for everyday life - I adore clothes but find dressing up really difficult.

It was always that way. One never felt quite right at the party and those given for small children at the time were never exactly relaxed; a formal tea table, peculiar food [margarine spread sliced bread with hundreds & thousands anyone?], some alien form of entertainment presided over by a resting actor, and competitive games involving never, ever, being the one to land on a chair as they were removed one by one. Exclusion! Alienation! Failure to sparkle! The other big factor: my generation didn't get much of a say in how they wanted to dress. Personally, I would have given ANYTHING for something frou frou & preferably pink. My mother, with exquisite taste, ignored me and favoured plain white silk dresses worn with black patent shoes. It probably looked really sweet but Oh, how I longed for frilly full skirts! Oh to be the FAIRY PRINCESS girl just once!

My Little Halloween Party

Well it is Halloween and all my children have now gone out with their daddy trick or treating.  I have decided to stay in the warm as feel I have done my duty with filling our house with lots of Halloween props and treats and throwing a mini party for them.

A party that really was only conceived about 24 hours ago with our new stylist Izabel.  Yes lucky mummy has stylists on tap - how cool is that! I also have an office full of props so doubly lucky.

With such a short amount of time and a limited budget I was really excited to see what Izabel could create. By utilising some of our existing stock jars, raiding the supermarkets and contacting the lovely Pop Bakery, Izabel created this cute Halloween sweet table and tea table for my party.

I just had to provide her with a cup of coffee and place some props around the house - lots of Brownie points for me and so nice to plan something for my children when I am working on other peoples parties so much.

Happy Halloween and enjoy the photos. Love Katie x

 Love the Fans - inexpensive way of adding impact

Halloween Costumes

Hello, Hello ....

This week I have been searching the internet for my favourite halloween costumes and have a compiled a list of them to share with all of you incase you stuck for ideas this year, or just want to have a look at some amazing, original costumes!

Enjoy!

Found on ' A Beautiful Mess' 

Halloween Styling

Good afternoon everyone! Yesterday I spent my day decorating this lovely mantle-piece in preparation for Halloween  next week, so I thought I would share it with you all to give you some ideas or inspiration for your own home. 

With a few props, some creepy cloth and a couple of candles it is very simple to create a spooky scene to get you in the mood for this holiday!