One final Aloha!

Finally, we come to the end of the posts from our Hawaiian Luau party and to finish up, we thought it would be fitting to share just our very favourite photos from the day, along with a few thank you's and a list of our vendors.

If you are just catching up, you can view all the photos from our previous posts here, here and here.

First up our vendors:

Colour coordinated chocolate beans from Candy Soirees
All other edible items by The Inspired Occasion
Drink dispensers available from Lily Chic Events

Beading activity station by Coco & Chloe
Hula entertainers from Jitterbug Dance Parties

Finally, a big thank you has to go to our team; Deb, Aaron and Troy, with a special thanks to Fred Buckland from Sage Building Services, who always go out of their way to ensure our visions can be made into a reality!

We hope you have enjoyed our Hawaiian Luau feature this week. We are now prepping for our next party this weekend, which is a Train inspired picnic. We can't wait to share with you all next week.

Cheers,

Aloha - Let's hula...

If you are catching up - you can find the first two posts on our fun filled Luau party here and here.

Tonight, we wanted to share the set up and theming with you from the party. As it was a large space to fill, we knew we had to make it feel intimate so as the guests didn't feel 'lost' in the area.

We used a combination of large round tables, lanterns strung over head and a large entertainment area to 'fill it up'. We were pretty happy with the results, creating a real sense intimacy and it still allowed plenty of room for the kids to run around and play games.

The tables were set with brightly coloured plates and napkins, a fabulously floral headband (that the children all got to take home) and a plastic cocktail glass (pink, of course) complete with a cocktail umbrella. 

The tennis court was strung with over 30 large coloured lanterns in pink, yellow and green. Our team did a brilliant job is spacing them across the tennis court and they really did have a complete 'WOW' factor as guests walked into the space.

The gift bags contained a small flip flop note pad, one of the super cute flower cookies and a selection of sweet treats. The guests also got to take their head bands and bracelets home.

The gift table

We also had the challenge of theming the entry way and side of the property - now that's the kind of challenge that we love!!

It's a bit hard to read in the photos, but the signs all say either 'Luau', 'This way to the Beach' or have the flower design on them. 

Yep - more giant palm trees! We also added a bunting that read "Happy Birthday" to welcome people to the party.

More and more lanterns - all up we used nearly 60 scattered throughout the venue.

Look closely to see the brolga statue wearing one of our hawaiian hats!

The first activity that the kids participated in on arrival, was to create a beautiful bracelet, complete with hawaiian themed charms. We used the fabulous Gloria from Coco & Chloe for this activity and we would not only recommend her services - but also her gorgeous online store!

We then had the delightful Kylie from Jitterbugs Dance Parties come and teach the girls a hula, play limbo, bash a pinata and play coconut bowling. 

And finally - Alex and I just before the guests arrived. 

Tomorrow night we will do one final post from our Luau, with a round up of all our favourite photo's, along with a vendor and thank you list. Hope to see you back then!

Cheers,

Aloha again!

Aloha everyone! Yesterday we shared the first part of our Hawaiian Luau party - you can check it out over here.

As always, I took too many photos, so we have split them over a couple of posts. Tonight we have the savoury and beverage stations.

Make sure you check back tomorrow for the final post, which will have all the photos from the set up - including the 60 plus lanterns which we had strung across the tennis court!

Caramel popcorn served in cute little boxes

The savoury station, containing the birthday girls favourites including; mini chicken and beef burgers, pizza slices and gourmet mini pies. 

Our fabulous new drink dispensers from the Lily Chic Shoppe. We got so many compliments on these and the kids loved using them. We can't wait to use them again!

The guests had a choice of cola, lemon squash, a tropical fruit punch or little bottles of water.

Each guest also received one of these fun flower straws. The girls had a ball filling up their pink cocktail glasses and then dropping in an umbrella and one of these straws! They even took them home - too cute!

More grass skirts, tropical flower leis and another 6ft palm tree were used to theme the table.

Make sure you check back tomorrow night for the next post - and hope you are enjoying our Hawaiian Luau party!

Cheers,

Ahola - it's party time!

We recently shared some invites we created for a Hawaiian Luau party, and after a busy couple of weeks (broken up by the Easter break), the big day was yesterday! The party was for a lovely little girl who was celebrating her 12th birthday. The client had a clear vision of what she wanted - with a pinata, the limbo, bright colours and a big cake top of the list - and we were happy to work with her to make it all happen.

This venue was the client's tennis court and despite our initial worries about the weather (it is Melbourne after all!), it turned out to be a perfect day, with blue skies and bright sunshine - a perfect day to hang out at a Luau!

As always - I probably took too many photo's, so will share it over a couple of posts - so make sure to check back tomorrow to see the rest of the photos.

First up, the dessert station....

The table was flanked by two 6ft inflatable palm trees and decorated with it's very own grass skirt!

The backdrop was made up of pink fabric, a yellow fishing net, happy birthday bunting and a heap of fabric hibiscus flowers.

This cake was just divine... the colours, the sugar flowers.... 

The tropical cupcakes were a hit with all the kids

Tropical parfaits in cocktail glasses - a hit with all 12 year olds!

Decorated sugar cookies were a fun treat

Colour coordinated smarties (in pink and green) were from Candy Soirees. We also had bananas, lolly pineapples, bright pink jelly beans and little sherbet rolls.

Cookie pops...mmmmm

The view from the palm tree... note the cute little Toucan hanging out in the branches!

There are still so many photos to share.... the savoury station, beverage station, guests tables - oh and the 60 plus lanterns!

Aloha! Can't wait to see you back again tomorrow!