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So this week, a lady at work - Diana - showed me the room she has been decorating for her sister for her 50th birthday. It was so pretty, all of the little touches held special meaning for her and her sister. The personal touches were amazing.
She had placed books around that her sister loves. The handmade cushions were flawless. She collected perfect shells from the beach. She used a piece of lace that belonged to their grandmother. She found a tea pot similar to one that was owned by their grandmother. She put paintings on the walls that their grandfather had painted, including one of their mother. She made an antique necklace out of seed beads that belonged to their great great grandmother and left it in the room. She even made a replica dream catcher that had a lot of meaning to both of them.
What makes this room even more amazing is that all of this is in miniature, in the form of a Room Box! I'd never heard of it before and I honestly couldn't stop looking at it and taking photos of it and saying 'OMG Diana'. It really was so perfectly done. Its not quite finished yet, there will be glass walls around the other sides but Diana is going on leave and we all wanted to see it so she had to bring it in unfinished. Still pretty darn impressive!
I could never do this. I don't have the patience. It would have been smashed into a thousand pieces a thousand times and then some. I'm just in awe of people who can.
Well done Diana!
Mechelle
I was very excited today to get an email from Jillian from Catch My Party to say that Maddy's Sweet Shoppe was featured as Party of the Day. So, well, I just had to share that with you!
You can see the feature here.
Mechelle
Each year a group of us girls get together to bake cupcakes for the annual Cupcake Day for the RSPCA. This year it was held on a Monday so I wasn't able to bake but I did make all of the cupcake picks - 20 dozen! They even roped in some of the boys this time. As usual, it was a huge success and they raised over $800.
Mechelle
It is safe to say that Maddy loves lollies. LOVES them! So it was no surprise when she asked for a Lolly Party. With a Lolly Cake. And lots of lollies. She didn't really care what else, as long as there were lollies, lollies and more lollies.
So lollies is what she got in the form of a Sweet Shoppe party.
Maddy's guests were invited to the party in the form of a lollipop invitation.
The invitations design was carried through to the Sweet Shoppe signage including the Open and Closed signs as well as the labels on the lolly jars.
All of the party guests played games to win 'money' that they could spend at the Sweet Shoppe. But what a great Shoppe this was because it didn't matter how much money you had, you could have all you wanted.
Maddy's little sister Nikki was the Shoppe keeper and just loved her job and took it VERY seriously!
Maddy's cake was a chocolate mud with lollies bursting out of it.
Happy Birthday Maddy!
Mechelle
