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

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tie cutlery to single serve desserts on a buffet 

& straws to bottles

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great to use to string homemade garlands & hang decorations

  

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or use it to create the decorations

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fab teamed with brown paper for packaging gifts

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& very sweet with the addition of a doily too

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a lovely finishing touch to party favours

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these cute little pom poms are a great addition to packaging

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a pretty embellishment for homemade cards

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create some art

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make a gift

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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 :-)

Giant balloon love!

We have been having lots of fun over the last month with the introduction of helium filled balloons at our retail store. We've always sold balloons but we can now fill them too :-)

Our favourites are definitely the life sized 'air walker' balloons ... here's some pics of some we have filled over the last few weeks and here's the link to all our air walkers: air walker balloons

    

 

  

While these giant balloons certainly make an impact if you want something smaller we can help too as we have a wide range of foil and latex balloons in stock. We're currently expanding our range so if there is anything specific you're looking for just let us know. 

Here's a few recent additions to our range:

   

  

Foil balloons

  

            36" latex balloons                   printed latex balloons

 

Number & letter foil balloons

We also now stock the little 5" latex balloons which are great for displays. We've got some in our window at the moment as bunches of grapes which look really cute :0)

plain coloured mini balloons

Here's the link to view our full range of balloons & decorations: shop for decorations  These are all available online and in store.

Cute ideas for Valentines Day

I've seen lots of cute inexpensive Valentines ideas with clever plays on words so I thought I would share my favourites. There are links included to the printables too, hope they provide some inspiration.

I love these free printables from Hostess with the Mostess: peanut butter and jelly, donuts and coffee, milk and cookies and pie with whipped cream. Here's the link to download: "Perfect Pairings" Valentine Cards

I dig you! These labels are available to purchase as a download file from Abigail Christine Design's Etsy shop, here's the link direct to them: Hey Valentine...I Dig You by Abigail Christine Design

Need a Valentines idea for someone who loves fishing? How about this great idea from www.shakentogetherlife.com, a Candy Tackle Box

I love this idea also shared on www.shakentogetherlife.com - we go together like peas & carrots :0) If you like the baking cases they've used we have the same ones available in several colours (including the green ones): Sundays baking cases / portion-cups

These whale cookies are so clever - check out www.bakerella.com and see how to create them using a Santa cookie cutter!

If you're looking for pretty lolly bag toppers there are some fun ideas over at www.thebusybudgetingmama.com and there's a cute 'be mine' cake topper too

And here are some fun sugar free alternatives ...

These would be fun to pop in the kids lunchboxes (make sure you use edible markers for the apples & pears if you try these!). Here's the link to all the info: cakewhiz.com

Or you can do similar with these printables from alphamom.com

I found lots of other fun ideas over at Alpha Mom as well, these Hersheys kiss lighthouses were my favourites

This is a nice idea from www.dandee-designs.com for the kids to make for their class mates

Found over at WifeMomGeek.com - mini sports balls. You can download the printables here: sports valentines printables

These Tiny Animal Valentines shared by Sweet C's Designs are a great idea for the boys, here's the link to the printables: tiny animal valentines

Here's a cute idea for someone crafty - printables can be downloaded from lilluna.com and if you need some bakers twine we've got pink, green, blue, orange & black in stock at the moment

There are some more great candy free ideas over at www.growingajeweledrose.com

And if you just need a fun little tag to add to your gift check out these pun-tastic ideas from www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com

I hope you've found some ideas here and if you have any other please post a link in the comments as we would love to check them out