I’ve been missing in action for a few weeks (again) so sorry!  BUT I have a good excuse.  I’ve been madly preparing for a 40th birthday garden party – mine in fact!  Monsieur Bonbon and I decided to hold a joint birthday celebration (we’re three days apart) at a beautiful venue called, Gardens House in [...]

I’ve had a little crush on terrariums over the past few months. Terrariums are little mini environments encased in a container, usually glass, holding small plants or animals.  I’ve not ventured for an animal dwelling one, but I’m loving the plant varieties.  I purchased a beautiful terrarium from Melbourne company, Bosky.  They have beautiful selection [...]

I’m currently designing a table for an upcoming event. I found some beautiful fresh stalks of artichoke flowers at my local market this morning and I’ve been playing around with ideas for a table centrepiece.  I thought the artichokes would add a quirky touch to the table. Whilst I was researching, I found this beautiful [...]

I love when the Australian Open tennis tournament comes to town. Our city is filled with tennis fans from all over Australia and the world. This year almost 700,000* people visited the Australian Open. I was thrilled to be invited to this year’s Australian Open by Jacob’s Creek [Associate Sponsor and Official Wine Supplier]. They [...]

These fun DIY accordion paper trees have been created by crafty bloggers around the world this festive season. I thought I’d throw a spin on my own accordion paper trees. They were quite easy to make using this Julep template.  All you need is some unused wrapping paper, coloured card or patterned scrapbooking card (like [...]

Christmas is less than six weeks away! Yay!  My Pinterest board is full to overflowing with fabulous ideas for decorating and entertaining this holiday season You’ll find pins on table styling, DIY decorations, cocktail recipes, gift wrapping, sweet treats and much more. Here are a few of my favourites pins so far.  Beautiful holiday centrepiece [...]

I found this gorgeous vintage frame at my local op shop (charity store) a couple of weeks ago.  I thought it would make a wonderful menu stand.  So I bought it (for $2) and took it home to clean up. Inside the frame was a piece of fabric art which I carefully removed and then [...]

These fun printable placemats were designed by my friend, Liddia and me.  They are my gift to you and I hope that you can use them at your next special celebration. The placemats come in three colours; hot pink, yellow gold and black and white. The placemat design includes a dinner plate, main cutlery set, [...]

We recently celebrated my mother’s 60th birthday in beautiful Port Douglas. The weather was perfect – glorious warm sunshine and clear blue skies. All of our guests travelled to Port Douglas for the celebration. Guests received little welcome bags on arrival, which included, a hotel door sign, crisps, a chocolate bar, a map of Port [...]

I’ve created themed menu fans for a birthday dinner next week. The theme of the celebration is vintage beach. It’s a 60th birthday celebration in Port Douglas, Queensland. The restaurant is set outdoors (under a rainforest canopy), so it will be quite warm and humid. I decided to make these menu fans as they are [...]