Pixie Dust Parties

11/11/2023

13/03/2023

What shall I write this post about??? 🤷🏻‍♀️ Hmmm, let’s see what my brain can come up with at 9.30pm:

🧚🏻‍♀️ A cool DIY idea for a tropical or Hawaiian party? 💡

🧚🏻‍♀️ The fact that pineapple DOES NOT burn fat (contrary to a popular belief) and neither does it help you to lose weight. Such a disappointment! 🙄 I’ve been eating it a lot lately.

(I think I’m hungry!) … 🧐

🧚🏻‍♀️ The time it took me to cut out the green bits and another reason why I should finally buy a cricut machine? ✂️

🧚🏻‍♀️ The shops I bought the lovely baskets and trays from? 🛒

🧚🏻‍♀️ The number of Ferrero Rocher chocolates I can eat at once? 😋

(I’m definitely hungry!!!) 😂

Will that do for a post? 🫣

09/03/2023

When you pay off the remaining balance for your family beach holiday (YAY!) there are just a few things to do:

⛱️ keep an eye on current swimming suit trends 👙
⛱️ start stocking up on sunscreen ☀️
⛱️ tone up your body 🤸🏻‍♀️🏋🏻

22/02/2023

Stuck for ideas!!! 🆘😣

No, not me. 😜 I have never been and never will. 🤞🏻😁 Though it can be time-consuming there’s plenty of inspiration all around.

🧚🏻‍♀️ Immersion into a theme. The best starting point for me is to watch a cartoon or a movie my client was inspired by, paying attention to important elements of a theme. I note down every idea or thought that comes into my mind while watching. 🍿

🧚🏻‍♀️ Discussions with clients. A lot of ideas for themed decor can be generated by asking a client to share the pictures of set ups they like. It’s important to make them understand though that it will never be a copy-paste design. That’s just not what I do. 📑

🧚🏻‍♀️ Pinterest. My next go-to for ideas. As a lot of my decor is handmade, I find this platform ideal. So much inspiration for handmade stuff and a possibility to create themed boards is very helpful! 👩🏻‍💻

🧚🏻‍♀️ High-street shops. Any ‘home’ shops or departments are a heaven for me! I love TK-Maxx and second-hand stores in particular as you never know what you can stumble upon. And very often it’s something amazing and quite unique. 🛒

🧚🏻‍♀️ In the process. I continue thinking and imagining even though the main part of the design has already been decided on. I always keep my mind open and sometimes surprise myself with a sudden brilliant idea half way through. This may change the final look slightly or to a great extent 🙈. I make sure a client is aware and happy, of course.💡

17/02/2023

What to do with leftovers❓
I don’t want to waste food ❗️

To create a nice looking dessert table you will need to have quite a few party treats. I’ve found that a table does need to be full and have enough themed dessert options to achieve this WOW effect.

The problem here is the wastage. 🗑️ No one likes wasting food. 😞

But there is a solution! ♻️

Why not offering your guests an empty goodie bag to be filled with treats they’d like to try but just don’t have enough belly room for at a party? It may seem to be obvious but I remember not doing this at my events in the beginning and feeling absolutely awful when throwing food away next day.

So don’t be afraid to fill up your dessert table! 😋 Just make sure you have some goodie bags ready to your guests’ delight. 🤩

14/02/2023

The one who likes to celebrate in style with me 🎉

The one who’s passionate about creating music lists for party themes 🎶

The one who has 1001 ideas how to improve and do things in a ‘smarter’ way 💡

The one who is always there to support me when I’m upset, impatient, tired, stressed…

The one who cheers very loudly to success 🥂

The one for whom the glass is always half way full 📈

My husband! 💖

12/02/2023

Most of my clients do not realise how long it takes to do one of my set ups so they are often caught by surprise that I need to arrive at a venue around 4 hours in advance of a party. 😱

I work alone and not able to bring pre-blown balloons so the timeline is more or less as follows:

🧚🏻‍♀️ Unloading the car and bringing stuff in - 20min. (By the end of this stage I’m pretty much warmed up 😆).

🧚🏻‍♀️ Setting up a frame and a backdrop - 10-20min.

🧚🏻‍♀️ Blowing and arranging balloons - 120-150min. (Feels like a proper workout every time with all this stretching and bending to shape a balloon installation 🏋🏻).

🧚🏻‍♀️ Setting up a dessert table, plating and arranging party treats - 30-40min.

🧚🏻‍♀️ Finishing touches - 10min. (It has to be perfect! 💯)

🧚🏻‍♀️ Cleaning up - 10min. (It can get very messy around me in the process 🫣).

No tea or toilet breaks allowed 😂🙈

08/02/2023

‘My superhero is my mummy!’ 🦸🏻‍♀️
My son once said.
Oh, how I wish I felt the same!

Instead I feel so overwhelmed,
so inundated. 😓
And guilt that I’m just not enough!

The house is messy.
No time to check the homework.
And how could I forget about the Number Day at school? 🤷🏻‍♀️

‘My superhero is my mummy!’ 🦸🏻‍♀️
My son once said. No matter what!
My kids don’t need lot! 😍

07/02/2023

Many of my props are handmade.

Usually from cardboard. Drawn on, cut, glued and painted… It’s impressive what can be made from those unwanted package boxes. Big and small.

So I’m always on the hunt and make sure I have plenty of them at home. In the loft. My wardrobe. Behind the headboard. They are waiting to be given a second life.

🪄A giant spider!
🪄A Superhero lit up city skyline!
🪄A skyscraper serving as a stand for treats!

What’s more?

The possibilities are truly endless for an ‘unwanted’ box… ❤️

24/12/2022

So chuffed to have been given an opportunity to decorate a Christmas kids party for a company based at the Walkie-Talkie Building 🤩

24/12/2022

Merry Christmas, everyone! 🎄May the New Year be full of bright colours, joyful causes for celebrations and mesmerising events! 🎉🪅🎊

04/05/2022

‘But you can buy those disco balls, Iryna!’
‘No, I have to do them myself! All I need is foam balls, old CDs and glue. It’s so much fun, isn’t it?’
DIY PRO 😆✂️💿

26/04/2022

In my childhood I used to have a lot of vinyls which I listened to very regularly. The prototypes of modern audiobooks, they kept me entertained for hours and I knew most of them by heart. When I visited my home country right before the pandemic I had the feeling I might need them very soon so I brought them here. I was not mistaken. So glad my vinyls found their second life ❤️

21/04/2022

Lamp shade + colour paper + glue dots = Handmade disco ball centrepiece 😍

13/04/2022

Such a colourful fun theme to celebrate 10th Birthday Party! 🎶 Disco lights turned the room into a mini night club towards the evening when it got darker and the kids had a fantastic dance party!🕺🏼💃🏻

08/04/2022

Love how blue works with green in this quite unusual Safari set up. 🐘🐘🐘❤️

01/04/2022

‘What would you like me to make? A jungle jeep???’
My first reaction was like ‘No, I can’t do it.’ But my inner creative started arguing ‘Of course, you can!’

That’s what life is all about - challenges. Never be afraid to take them on! 💪🏻😁

31/03/2022

There’s never going to be two identical set ups 😊 because we all like different things and imagine things differently, which makes my work so interesting for me 😁
A silver Ferrero Rocher pineapple this time, lovely chocolate lollies and handmade paper jungle leaves as a background 😍

30/03/2022

An amazing birthday cake for an Elephant Safari themed party. I was lucky enough to try it and it tasted as good as it looked. 😋😍

24/03/2022

Welcome to Elephant Safari! 🐘🌴🐘🌴🐘
One of my largest party displays. 💪🏻 It has taken me 4 hours to set everything up (in addition to the design and decor piece creation stages). Loved every minute of it and so pleased with the end result. ❤️

28/01/2022

Such a neat delicate set up for a baby girl’s Christening party. 👶🏼Love how balloon garland and mini paper flower wall complement each other. 😍

26/01/2022

Handmade paper flower wall for a Christening party ⛪️👶🏼

21/01/2022

Some random materials used to construct this display - wooden pallets, garden umbrella stand, bed sheet, toilet paper roll, kitchen foil, jute rope 👷🏻‍♀️🛠💪🏻⛴

19/01/2022

When I start working on a party styling project I can never say how exactly it will look like. I just see different elements in my head and the most important job is to ensure that they all work well together.
There is nothing more enjoyable for me than looking at the finished product. No… There is! It’s happy and excited children’s faces. 😁

04/01/2022

Mini pirate ships 🏴‍☠️and seaweed 😍😍😍
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16/12/2021

Fruit boat! ⛴😍
A fantastic idea for any sea themed party 🌊

15/12/2021

A cool party treat idea for any sea themed kids party. It will require a bit of time and patience, but so worth it! 🐙

14/12/2021

Chocolate parrots! So cute! 🦜😍

03/12/2021

No pirate party 🏴‍☠️ without a treasure chest and a treasure hunt for entertainment 😁

02/12/2021

I was determined to build the ship and I did it!!! 💪🏻🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️