Celebrating birthdays is always special… but having a celebration of all the kids birthdays in a special place will be remembered for a very long time to come. 

Beatrice shares with us ….

Pictured here is Tristan, aged 11, Greg, aged 10, Julian, aged 4 and little Cameron, aged 3 months (at the time) in August last year while we were holidaying in France and we thought it would be a great idea to celebrate all of our birthdays with our favorite French patisseries. “Yummo, boy we miss them and their famous baguettes.” she says.

Beatrice was a lucky recipient of a Prize of a Little Pearls for Little Girls baby pearl set in our Oct/nov promo.  This is part of what she said.

” I wish to personally thank you for the pearl bracelet that I received this morning.

After having 3 boys first, I guess I have to get used to more girly things for my little baby girl, don’t I?? I am just getting used to it now without too much pink.    “

I will send you a photo with the set on my daughter soon.

Warm Regards

Beatrice

some ideas to get you started …

January has been all about Celebrations and parties.  Its great to have our BLOG readers contribute their gorgeous REAL LIFE kids parties, inspirations, creations and more.  We are now taking ideas, photo’s and links for Feb/March.  The theme is organic and Chrisenings… so please send through.  Also… if you have some easter ideas, crafts and decoraions and food ideas for easter… please send them in… ready for Easter Bunny arriving in April.

Feel free to add yours in too… we love hearing from our readers and customers.

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Cake Lingerie is an Australian designer brand, specialising in the creation of exquisite, high fashion maternity and nursing lingerie. This ultimate blend of luxury and function through contemporary design, quality fabrics and superior workmanship, forms the ethos of the Cake Lingerie brand.

Inspired by vintage old-school glamour, Cake intimates is designed to exude elegance and femininity in its wearer, providing for audacious charm and confidence. With astonishing attention to detail, this gorgeous collection makes mothers feel special every day

Cake was born in 2008 when its founder; Tracey Montford yearned for beautiful lingerie during her pregnancy. All she could find was matronly, high cupped, uninspiring and unflattering product which did nothing for her self esteem and pride, during this period of vulnerability.

She chose to do something about it herself, designing Cake Lingerie to give pregnant and breast-feeding mothers an opportunity to ‘Celebrate Motherhood’ as every mother deserves the best.

Cake Lingerie is attracting tremendous worldwide acclaim, stocked in over 100 high end lingerie and maternity boutiques around the world and growing. Created for the new generation of mothers, Cake continues to infuse high standards of style, innovation and technology to bring immense joy to women around the world.

Why Cake?

Cake is rich, fun, indulgent, satisfying and delicious! Cake Lingerie embodies these very same emotions. And it has been created with you in mind.

Cake Lingerie is an Australian designer brand, specialising in the creation of luxurious maternity lingerie, nursing bras, sleepwear and nightwear. 

 Inspired by vintage old-school glamour, Cake intimates are classically styled for timeless appeal and created to exude femininity and elegance in its wearer. 

 It is aimed at the 28+ woman who loves wearing quality lingerie. Cake Lingerie is made from luxurious fabrics and to superior workmanship. We maintain a very high standard of product, creativity and imagery. Our plans are global and the product is currently being sold in over 20 countries with plans currently underway in many more.

Celebrating Motherhood

 Cake Lingerie has the glamour and style to make you feel good and all the components of a good maternity and nursing bra.  Combining fashion and function isnt hard and Cake Lingerie certainly has cornered the market.  Their sizing chart online certainly helps to ensure you get the right sizing.  With so many stores now stocking this great Australian maternity fashion collection, why not pop into a store near you to be fitted by an expert.  See their stockist page online for more details

 Thank you to Cake Lingerie… what stunning maternity wear collection here.  Certainly wasnt about when I was pregnant!!  I am sure there are many mums to be out there that will be visiting your website and your stockists very soon.  Take advantage everyone of their FREE underwear promo

Keep up the wonderful work and we all look forward to seeing you more and more in the Australian Fashion media and raves.

Warmly Elizabeth xx 

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“Arrr me hearties by i dream of cupcakes

Spread the word – it’s a pirate party send a message in the bottle invitation.  You’ll need either tea stained paper or buy a vintage cream colored paper from your local newsagency.  Print invites and then burn the edges of the paper for the authentic feel, roll the invite tightly, write your guests name on the outside and pop inside a test tube/small bottle.  You could also start a treasure hunt with a map to the birthday boy/girls party with X- marks the spot  as the party house/treasure. We stock Paper Eskimo stationery which has a very cute pirate invite.

To decorate – we love …

Ball and chain garland – the kids will love to help out with this.  Purchase about 30 sheets of black paper from local newsagency.  Cut each sheet into approx 5 equal sheets and staple together to make the chains. Attached black balloons for the ball,  if you want the ball to drag add a handful of sand to the balloon.  Treasure map table runner look divine – you’ll need butchers paper and a bit of creative flair – use rub on tattoos for extra effect and use a think black marking pen to “dot” or mark the map – at each end a large “X” and some chocolate gold coins (can be purchased from local supermarkets).

Accessories – black of course.  Black plates and cups.  You could add skull and crossbones stickers to the paper cups.  Or mix it up with white cups and black skull and crossbones.

Games –

The treasure hunt or all treasure hunt.  You’ll need 2 teams.  Spread plastic gold coins through the house and garden.  Give each team a tin bucket and whichever team comes back with the most $$ they get to hoist the flag.  BUT the will also have to complete the obstacle course through very fierce waters filled with crocodiles and Parana’s! Flags can be purchased from most variety stores.

Party bags – treasure chests.  You can purchase small black boxes from spotlight.  Use strips of bronze card to make rusty gold bags and if you really want to go all out tie and piece of chain and padlock with a lock and key – use small link chain from a hardware store and a travel lock is approx $3.50 also from hardware stores.  Fill with candy bracelets, choc money and natural confectionery company make great themed party lollies

A feast that will shiver your timbers!

Cannonball meatballs

Walk the plan toasted sandwiches ( I use lavish bread)

Seafood baskets

Peg legs (chicken legs)

And of course pirate and skull and crossbones cupcakes from i dream of cupcakes.

And there you have a spectacular pirate party”

Cheers

Nikki (owner I dream of cupcakes)

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Thanks so much Nikki for sharing with us your business and this inspirational PIRATE themed birthday party!.  I love all the suggestions and food ideas, and your cupcakes look DELISH!!!.

  The boys look like they are having a ball at this party too.  Will ceratinly be a party they talk about and remember well! Anyone who loves cupcakes, great kids party inspiration and more… check out Nikki’s website i dream of cupcakes

 I just love this theme and its great for any age kids birthday, and great for girls just as much as the boys!

At La Toriana we have some great party dressups for kids you can start planning your next kids party!.

La Toriana isnt just about beautiful kids designer clothing, or great baby gifts online or even just about the amazing Australian and New Zealand designers in kids and baby fashion.  Its so much more!!!

We have great kids costumes, party wear for girls and boys and baby fashions. We  also have some great invitations, cupcake wrappers and more… check out the party time section of La Toriana online.

some suggestions at La Toriana to get you started!

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 Featured MUM in BUSINESS

La Toriana would like to help celebrate and showcase the many talented mums in business.  I know how hard it can be juggling business, kids and family, so I really take my hat off to the many wonderful and talented mums in business out there. Amanda was one of our Facebook winners!!

Amanda is a mum of 5 kids, ages are : Matthew almost 24yrs, Stephen almost 21 yrs, Daniel just turned 18yrs’ Rachel  11yrs’ Joanne 9yrs.   She is also a grandmother of Haylee Louise who just turned 2yrs.  Amanda tells us all about her business… its totally gorgeous!

At Bodelicious, there is something here for everyone.  Mums you will love this range and is great for baby gifts too.  Tell us which is your favourite

  In this modern and hectic society we all demand the highest quality and safety standards when it comes to our children. Whether we are looking for organic food or clothes, nappies or toys, we want the best. This should also apply to products that we use on our baby’s skin.

Bodelicious is proud to offer an affordable, environmentally friendly, natural range of multi-purpose baby products for busy mums today who are always on the go.

We believe that when using products on your baby they should be as safe & natural as possible. With this in mind we created our babylicious range using nourishing plant oils, organic beeswax, organic botanicals and hydrosols, essential oils and mild, environmentally friendly soap free wash (derived from coconut oil) that won’t irritate baby’s delicate skin.

It is not recommended to use essential oils on premature or newborns up to two months of age, so Bodelicious offers you a range of scent-free products for them, so that you can give them the best start in life.

 We also offer a range of natural and gentle mummy-to-be products, because at this special time in your life, you need a little extra care. It’s true that there is no cure for stretch marks, but you can help to prevent them starting and minimise their severity by keeping the skin on your growing belly supple and nourished with our belly oils and butters.

Our Babylicious range of products and gift baskets also make an excellent addition to product lines that are found in baby specialty shops, florists and gift basket business’s, so feel free to contact us for more information.

  *~* SPECIAL DEAL *~*

..I would like to offer a free random product to any orders placed through my website OR via email. To make sure they get this special offer that is only available through this deal they would need to put in the comments section of checkout the word La Toriana Special and if ordering via email they would need to mention the special offer as well.

Amanda Guilfoyle

www.bodelicious.com.au

Thanks Amanda… beautiful items here and am sure our blog readers will love to take you up on your offer.

warmly.  Thanks so much for sharing.

Elizabeth xx

other gifts for mums from La Toriana you may like include:

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