Welcome to the Pixie Christmas Gift Guide 2015: for the entertainer

We would love to help take some of the stress away for you this Christmas & help with the Christmas gift shopping. We have been working hard to source a fabulous selection of gifts and have showcased a few of our favourites in this guide

All these items are available from our retail store at 555 Manukau Road, Greenwods Corner, Epsom, Auckland and most can be purchased online: www.pixiepartysupplies.co.nz

Here are our top picks for the entertainer

Mini milk bottles - a variety of designs to choose from

Mini milk bottle crates - team with the mini milk bottles and paper straws for a lovely gift

Cute glass hanging jars - add a tea light candle or some little seed lights to complete the look

Handled mason jars - great for smoothies & cocktails

Star shaped serving platters - available in silver & gold

Summer wine glasses set (available in store only)

Handled mason jar set (available in store only)

This is just a small selection of our full range. We have heaps of Christmas gifts in store & online

Stay tuned as we will be launching the full gift guide as a series of posts over the next few weeks

Welcome to the Pixie Christmas Gift Guide 2015: secret santa & teachers gifts

We would love to help take some of the stress away for you this Christmas & help with the Christmas gift shopping. We have been working hard to source a fabulous selection of gifts and have showcased a few of our favourites in this guide

All these items are available from our retail store at 555 Manukau Road, Greenwods Corner, Epsom, Auckland and most can be purchased online: www.pixiepartysupplies.co.nz

Here are our top picks for 'secret santa' & teachers gifts

These fabulous Lalaland colouring books make lovely gifts. They're a great size for popping in your bag to take with you when you're travelling, sitting in a waiting room or going out for the day.

We've got six different designs to choose from, you can view them all here

One of our favourite gifts for secret santa, teacher gifts and those really hard to buy for people are filled jars. Add a few embellishments such as ribbon or bakers twine & a tag & it’s ready to go.

We have a variety of bottles & jars to choose from & here’s some inspiration for filling:

• fill with someone’s favourite lollies or make it festive with candy canes
• get a couple of small jars - fill one with hot chocolate & the other with mini marshmallows - tie a big ribbon or washi tape around them both and gift together
• create a pamper package - pop in some nice hand cream, body lotion & a little scented candle or how about a foot scrub, pumice stone, toe separators & nail polish

Also check out our 'Mad about mason jars' board on Pinterest for heaps more ideas

You can view our full Christmas range including all our gift ideas here: Christmas

Welcome to the Pixie Christmas Gift Guide 2015: for the baker

We would love to help take some of the stress away for you this Christmas & help with the Christmas gift shopping. We have been working hard to source a fabulous selection of gifts and have showcased a few of our favourites in this guide

All these items are available from our retail store at 555 Manukau Road, Greenwods Corner, Epsom, Auckland and most can be purchased online: www.pixiepartysupplies.co.nz

Here are our top picks for the baker

Cookie cutters

Santa lollypop mould

Cooking books

A great range of cupcake kits 

This is just a small selection of our full range. We have heaps of Christmas gifts in store & online

Stay tuned as we will be launching the full gift guide as a series of posts over the next few weeks

The cutest little ballerina party

We were very excited to see the latest edition of the OH Baby magazine and check out the most adorable little ballerina party featuring lots of our products

Here's a few of the pics and links to the products so you can re-create the look at home:

 The Little Dancers cupcake cases & toppers are so pretty

How sweet are these Little Dancers party tiaras?!

Milk & cookies in style! 

A pretty healthy option

To see the full article check out issue 30 of OH Baby magazine or you can purchase just the article here: 

http://www.ohbaby.co.nz/parties/party-themes/ballerina-party/

We love the Little Dancers products from Meri Meri and stock most of the range including the products featured above and lots of others, you can check it all out here: Little Dancers

One of our favourites is this adorable garland which is equally at home in a little girls bedroom as it is at a party

Another favourite is the ballerina theatre centrepiece which is a stunning addition to your party table 

For serving your drinks either use doilies & ribbon with plain bottles or how about our doily print bottles with paper straws:

Serve fruit cups & snacks our Sundays pink polka dot baking cups - they're great for single serve desserts & snacks as they're grease proof inside. 

Team with some wooden forks or the cute printed wooden spoons

The wooden cones are a great option for serving popcorn and we also stock the stands for easy presentation

And everything looks prettier with the addition of some doilies, we've got lots of designs and sizes to choose from. These frills & frostings doily sets are one of our favourites:

We've got some other pretty ideas over on our Ballerina party board on Pinterest and we did a Ballerina party blog post a few years ago with some more inspiration including some great cake ideas so pop back to that one too: For your little ballerina

If you come across any other pretty ideas please share with us in the comments below!

Fun at the Food Show

We had a great time at the Auckland Food Show earlier this month. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand. We really enjoyed meeting lots of our customers and look forward to seeing lots of you in store soon too!

  

Check out the cake!

Thank you to our friend Janine from Temptation Cakes for providing a fab cake for us again this year, it was a lovely complement to our fruity party table. Here's the link to their website so you can check out more of their amazing cakes & get in touch: www.temptationcakes.co.nz

A big shout out & thank you to our helpers:

Trish aka The Baby Coach who specialises in helping families deal with the challenges that new babies bring by providing expert advice and strategies for all things baby related. You can find out more about the services Trish provides over at www.babycoach.co.nz

Emma from Bumble Beads who is a regular helper on our expo stands. Emma makes handcrafted glass beads (lampworking) and beautiful jewellery from her beads as well as semi-precious stones, shells, pearls and crystals. Pop over and check out her facebook page to see some more of her work: Bumble Beads

And of course thank you to all the Pixies for helping at the show and keeping the shop staffed during the show too!

And last but definitely not least, to Mr Pixie who carries all our boxes & helps with set up & pack down :0)

Party deco trend: tassel garlands

One of our favourite party deco trends are paper tassel garlands ...
the soft, floaty look of a tissue paper tassel garlands can be a stylish addition to any celebration!

They are great used outdoors as they look especially lovely when the breeze catches them (check your weather forecast first though!)

mint tassel garland

rainbow tassel garland

Stunning across the front of a candy buffet table & fun to use as part of your photo backdrop 

pink tassel garland

Pretty to hang across a window

mint tassel garland

Or why not tie to your pinata for an extra slash of colour?

watermelon pinata

And don’t just save them for a party … pop one up in the kids rooms across a wall or hang from the ceiling

pastel tassel garland

You can also use them with giant helium filled balloons, just knot each tassel to the string so they don't all slide to the bottom! or you can purchase pre-made balloon tassel tails

balloon tassel tail

The balloon tails look great with pinatas too

silver heart pinata

If you've got any other ideas please let us know! just comment below :0)

Bakers twine

We love baker's twine! It has so many uses and we thought we would share some of our favourites ...

We've included all the links so you can find the tutorials and places to purchase the ready made items. And if you're feeling inspired after reading through these here's the link to the baker's twine we stock: bakers twine

use with paper straws to create cute cake bunting

{source: http://muymolon.com/2011/09/23/decorar-con-bakers-twine/}

tie cutlery to single serve desserts on a buffet 

& straws to bottles

{source: http://polkadotprintsstudio.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/choc-mousse-shots-weekend-whiparound.html}

{source: http://polkadotprintsstudio.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/choc-mousse-shots-weekend-whiparound.html}

{source: http://www.realsimple.com/weddings/registry-gifts/creative-wedding-favor-ideas/signature-soda-pop}

great to use to string homemade garlands & hang decorations

  

{source: https://www.etsy.com/listing/81391429/vintage-world-map-garland}

{source: http://howaboutorange.blogspot.co.nz/2011/12/make-garland-from-woven-paper-balls.html}

{source: http://paperhounds.blogspot.co.nz/2012/01/how-divine.html}

  

or use it to create the decorations

{source: http://cutesycrafts.com/2014/02/bakers-twine-heart-garland.html}

{source: http://lollyjane.com/bakers-twine-ornaments/}

     

fab teamed with brown paper for packaging gifts

{source: https://www.etsy.com/listing/170422471/christmas-treat-boxes-kit-with-kraft}

{source: https://nordicdesign.ca/christmas-inspiration-from-cathrine-aarsland/}

& very sweet with the addition of a doily too

{source: http://www.ghirlandadipopcorn.com/2013/11/a-romantic-package-for-our-homemade.html}

{source: http://eighteen25.com/2012/01/free-download-made-with-love/}

  

a lovely finishing touch to party favours

{source: http://polkadotprintsstudio.blogspot.co.nz/2011/09/twine-balls-twinery-blog-hop-giveaway.html}

{source: http://www.karaspartyideas.com/category/kids-parties/girl-parties/tea-party-garden}

{source: http://pixiepartysupplies.blogspot.co.nz/2013/12/cute-christmas-packaging-ideas.html}

     

these cute little pom poms are a great addition to packaging

{source: http://liagriffith.com/diy-mini-pom-poms-from-bakers-twine/}

a pretty embellishment for homemade cards

{source: http://thetwinery.com/}

{source: http://workinprogress-am.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/twinery-and-denami-blog-hop.html}

{source: http://daydesigns.blogspot.co.nz/2011/07/cas-ual-fridays-challenge-11-sweets.html}

create some art

{source: http://creatiefblogvandeweek.blogspot.co.nz/2011/06/bakers-twine.html}

{source: http://muymolon.com/2011/09/23/decorar-con-bakers-twine/}

make a gift

{source: http://www.doodlebugblog.com/2013/07/kids-crafts-week-at-doodlebug.html}

{source: http://cutesycrafts.com/2013/12/bakers-twine-cookie-cutter-ornaments.html}

There's lots of other great ideas over on our baker's twine pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/pixieparty/bakers-twine/ so pop over & check them out :-)