tea at Big Lime Street

Another late entry this is.

For short of new projects up on my end here (shame on me for lack of productivity!), I figured I'll post photos of these cards I made a while back for a tea get-together I hosted for a small group of friends.

Stuck to shades of brown and green, and specifically lime, simply coz it tied in with our address (or rather how the hubs has 'labelled' our street) - Big Lime St. Seeing as it was a small crowd, I indulged in seating placecards for each guest and made them guess which card belongs to them. Instead of their names, I printed 'titles', which in my opinion reflect their respective characters/personalities.

Each brought home their respective cards and a lil pouch of chocolates.

pyjamas in blues, reds, pinks and everything in btwn ...

we hosted a PYJAMA PARTY to celebrate Big Z's 4th birthday

the birthday banner

designed for kids (and their parents) to use for bedtime;

labels read "4 your bedtime ... thank you + goodnight from Zarif, the Daddy + the Mummy"

party packs; an extension on the party's invitation design theme

inside, were packed a toothbrush, a container of bedtime lotion, snacks and an activity book

blues for the boys, reds for the girls

individually-packed bedtime lotion for the kiddies

packets of chocolate cookies packed for guests; labels read "chocolate: indulge now, worry later"

photos of Big Z in his many sleeping positions from baby to age 3-plus strung together with selected book titles; books Big Z usually picks out as bedtime reads

plain butter mini cupcakes

adorned with party theme's number 4 mini flags

the birthday cake - specially made by Big Z's aunt, Mummy Z's sister

blues, reds and whites mark the pyjama party

It's just a lil over 24 hours before the chaos that is typical of kids' birthday parties take centrestage at Big Z's birthday party tomorrow. Leading up to the party then, here's the invitation card this year.

when lovers meet

Worked on these - wedding reception table placecards (with a twist) - over the weekend.

Design is, if you look closely...

two doves (people) who've found each other against the 'backdrop' of the million other doves (people) in one's environment/space/community/land/world to become each other's life partner.

How's that for a soppy, lovey-dovey take on the design? ;-)

That'll be the story for these cards then. :-)

Thanks Alin for the job. :-)

the new design

So. Yes. I changed my mind. ...

Not sure if it's the better choice, but yea. Am sticking to this design now.

For the invites, TQ notes, and all other printed items for the party. Wish me luck! :-)

Z's 4th birthday party - pre-party part 1

A sneak-peak of the birthday theme I'm doing for Z's birthday this year.

Think blues, think traditional theme with a modern twist. ;-)

More on this as I get closer to the party date (which will be in August).

SCRAPBOOKING-RUBBER DUCKIES

A baby shower for my sister-in-law, at my parents' in February '07.

Theme was scrapbooking and rubber duckies, with blues, yellows, whites and browns as main colours

seen in decorations and favours.

Games: treasure hunt, baby-items list, measure mommy's tummy and the main activity was to make a scrapbook page each for the mom-to-be.

Favours: individual chocolate pots, mini fan, a rubber duckie and some mints.

... running theme for the shower - from the invites, favours and general colours ...

... individual 'sinful' chocolate pots (made by my sister - she's clearly the better one in the kitchen ;-)) ...


... favour bag with favours thrown in ...

...some of the prizes for games ...

... venue 'dressed up' for the day - clothesline included items given to mom-to-be earlier ...

SEEING DOTS!

I get such a thrill and burst of energy thinking up and planning a themed party.

The photos here were from my son's 3rd birthday party (Aug '06).

The theme was POLKA-DOTS in blues, greens, whites and browns.

... the invite ...

... the favour bags, each decorated differently with theme colour dots ...

... close-up on them favour bags, with TQ tags attached ...

... into the bags went a 'doodle book' each ...

... a do-it-yourself, dot-it-yourself art kit ...

... which came with 'instructions & a selection of circles cut from origami papers ...

... how a finished D.I.Y. D.I.Y. artwork may look like :-) ...

... the birthday cake (made by my sister) ...

... and everyone went home with a polka-dotted cupcake each ...

~ am now in the midst of planning and preparing for Z's 4th birthday party ... watch this space for updates on the party planning (theme and the whole works ;-)) ~