Creative party favours

We love the idea of giving a small favour to say thank you to the guests at a children's party. It doesn't have to be anything too fancy or big, but we do like giving guests something that they will actually use or eat - rather than ending up on the floor of the car before they even get home.

And while we always like to include something edible (and usually some lollies from the dessert table - it is a party after all) we must admit to being partial to crafty favours. Here is a round up of some of our current favourites....

Hand wrapped crayons - tutorial here

Gorgeously presented sidewalk paint from here

Super cute 'Moody' crayons (I know, more crayons - we love them, ok!) from here 

Personalised notebook with pencil holder from here.

Scented playdough with cookie cutters from here

Enjoy!

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New Look, New Website - The faces behind "The Inspired Occasion"

Welcome to the new "The Inspired Occasion". A new year,  a new look and new a website. We can't thank Tiffany from Pick Inc Web design enough for working with us to create a logo that reflects who we are.

And on the topic of who we are, we thought this would be a perfect opportunity to introduce the faces behind the company. A mother daughter duo who have a flare for style, sophistication and thinking outside the box. We love a challenge and can put many hats on from disney princess to lego to rustic and stylishly lavish events.

Alex the passionate foodie and less is more approach blends perfectly with Susan the creative and details driven stylist. With us both having extensive corporate event management backgrounds we are loving bringing private functions alive with style and attention to detail.

We have already done some great events this year and are excited with having so many  new events in the pipeline to share with you all over the coming months.

This photo taken for our audition for My Kitchen Rules

You can follow all our events and functions on the following social networks:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theinspiredoccasion
Muuve: http://www.muuve.com/index.php?en=muuver&md=home&fn=dashboard 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/InspiredParties
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/inspiredparties/

Over the coming week we will update all our social media links with our new logo and branding.


Alex and Susan

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Party Feature - Elegant Wedding

We were blown away this week when Christine from Bitter Sweet Creations submitted her very first dessert station to us. What a honour. I think you will agree that Christine has created a beautiful dessert station.

With the bride requesting an all white candy buffet with a splash of coral as this was the colour of the bridesmaids dresses.

Christine also added silver Hershey's Kisses and chocolate hearts wrapped in foil. She also incorporated the word LOVE in front of a gorgeous Swarovski crystal hurricane candle holder which matched the brides centrepieces that the bride had picked out for the tables, with the funniest part being that Christine didn't know this until she arrived to set up! 

The bride and groom absolutely loved their candy buffet and of course got to choose their favourite lollies first. All photos are courteous of photosbynicholas.com The wedding was in January 2012 in Newcastle, NSW.


Enjoy these images from Bitter Sweet Creations

As alway we love to receive your party submissions and inspirations. Please email info@theinspiredoccasion if you have a party or party creation to share.

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Woodlands Theme - Client Feature

We love to see what our clients do with our edible items once they are delivered and we are in love with this "Woodlands" themed party.

Such a great job was done styling this party. The attention to detail, the props and the setting is just wonderful.

The Inspired Occasion had the pleasure of providing:

• Mini Carrot Cake Cupcakes
• Oreo Cake Pops
• Mushrooms Sugar Cookies
• Chocolate glitter Marshmellow sticks

With such great feedback we bring you a few photos that the client sent us:

"Thought I would share some pics from my daughter's party yesterday.  Thankyou so much for the edible goodies from The Inspired Occasion…..oh my goodness so delicious, especially the oreo cake pops!

We all had a fabulous time and my daughter Scarlett was so overwhelmed by it all.  Also glad the sun came out for us! ;)"

This little girl looks so happy, i'm sure she had a wonderful day!!

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The First Weekend in March - WOW

What a weeks we had!! With two Dessert Stations to create and setup and many baking orders it was a recipe for a whole lot of fun. With 150 Cake pops, 150 Decorative Cookies, 80 Cupcakes, 100 Macarons, 30 Strawberry Mousse Cups, 25 Chocolate Dipped Marshmellow, 20 Jelly Cups and a Jelly Slice!!

We love working with new themes and this week challenged us to create edibles in pink and white, beach, woodland, rainbow, princess and lego.

It will be great to see what our clients do with our baked items over the coming weeks!!

We have been so busy that we have not had much time to write a blog post so tonight we will show you a little snippet of our week. With no rest in sight we now regroup and start the week again with more baking and functions next weekend. 

1st Birthday Edibles, pink and white

Pink and White Cake Pops

Pink with white chocolate ganache macaroons

1st Birthday Sugar Cookies

Beach Party - Surf Board/Beach Balls

Pistachio Macarons

Rainbow edibles

Rainbow cake pops

Woodland inspired sugar biscuits, cake pops, mini carrots cake and
chic dipped marshmallows

 Stay tuned over the coming weeks as we start to go through the many photos we took of our disney princess and lego themed parties. We are also excited to be part of Bike Fest next weekend.

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