Chocolate covered oreos

I was looking back through some photos earlier in the week and realised that while I showed some photos of Sienna the week of her 10th Birthday back in August, I actually never showed any of the photos from her party.

This year we celebrated her birthday with a small slumber party with her 3 closest friends. The girls arrived mid afternoon for some “girl time” which included afternoon tea with adorable themed treats – cookies, choc coated oreos and some mini chocolate bars – all made by Donna from Sweet Table . We then headed out for an early dinner at a local restaurant and home for cake and movie watching. The yummy bumble bee cake was made by Anna from The Floury Baker.

The next morning we enjoyed a delicious breakfast of smoothies, hot chocolate, banana bread, pancakes and eggs.

As the girls arrived they each received a calico tote bag with their Essentials Sleepover Kit inside. These sweet bags were created by Nicole from Penny Lane Studio and inside I included pyjamas, a cute eye mask and some nail polish – all items the girls got to take home as their favour bag.

We had a wonderful wonderful celebration – Sienna has the most polite and lovely friends who made the party so much fun. As is all the rage with 10 year olds they put together a fantastic Video Star clip which I have attached at the bottom of this post! Another simple party with a few special details to tie things together! Bit of a motto for life really!

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Birthday Cake :: The Floury Baker
Calico Bags & Cake Bunting :: Penny Lane Studio
Photography :: Leanne Ambrogio | Sweet Style

Here is the link to the video they made on the day!
Sienna’s Birthday Video

It is always a good mail day when the magazine you create content for arrives on your doorstep and today was one of those days!
The latest edition of Sweet Magazine – Issue 4 :: Let’s Hear it for the Boys! is now out in newsagents or available via the Sweet Magazine Website.

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My contribution to this edition was a fun story I put together after I interviewed Li-Ann from Sack Me. A lot of you know Li-Ann via her gorgeous graphic design and printable stationery business Ham n Pea Paperie (she designed the fabulous Pantone Party Stationery for Sofia’s party last year).

Li-Ann has branched out and created a beautiful kids bed linen range – SACK ME. After I spoke with Li-Ann about her new venture I think invited 4 talented sweet makers to create treats based around the designs of the new Sack Me range.

To see the full article including the interview, grab a copy of issue 4. In the meantime here are a few cute pictures of the sweet treats I got to photograph for the article plus some shots of the new linen range! Let me know your favourite!

My lovely collaborators are ::

Macarons :: Moorish Macarons
Biscuits and Chocolates :: Frosted by Nicci
Chocolate Oreo’s and Cookies :: Sweet Table
Cake Pops :: Sweet Stix

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