This lady has been one of my most loyal clients the past three years and I absolutely love her to bits.  She is just always so happy, full of life and lots of fun to be around and I love our chats! 
So it was really special for me to plan her 30th birthday celebration in October this year.  
What is worse than an overly involved client?  A client that says  - "Ina, I do not care what you do, i trust you completely!"  And that was all she said :) 

​Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed organizing the event.

I must admit, one of my personal favorite ways of spending and celebrating my birthday is by having lunch or dinner with the special ladies  in my life.  
And how special to be able to celebrate a milestone birthday, such as your 50th, by spoiling all these wonderful woman to beautiful food, lots of bubbles in a beautiful setting surrounded with flowers!  

From photographer Robyn:
"So this little brunch was a party of note! Gorgeous venue provided by Let's Celebrate, and so much fun was had by this stunning group of ladies!
The morning was started with beautiful customisable mimosas, followed up by darling speeches by the birthday girl and her mum, and then led into an absolute feast provided by Kate Naughton Food and Events.
And did you see that cake? Wow - JenniBakes!"

Hello rain, so happy to see you!   I have been loving the rain this week and just so extremely grateful, I felt like I should be placing every available container in my garden to gather me some raindrops.  
The summer rains have arrived, which means our gardens transform into these beautiful places of green and flowers,  the perfect setting for a picnic celebration, whether for a birthday, baby shower or kitchen tea.

To help you visualize, today I am sharing a picnic birthday celebration Barbara from Bunting & Blossoms styled a few weeks ago.  As always, love the detail and she did everything herself, from food to decor!

Enjoy X

The high teen party featured today was for a very special lady who didn't want to feel old at her party.
Therefore instead of a typical tea party, Lydia from Lala's Palace, 'tweaked' it a little with some feathers and color and she called it her 'teen high tea party'.

Details I love?  
- The colorful and very cute petit fours, cake pops and cupcakes.
- The 'teapot' birthday cake.
- The use of color throughout.

Theme:                      'Teen High Tea'
Food and drink:       Lala's Palace
Styling and decor:   Lala's Palace

I absolutely loved planning this function.  A birthday and a baby on the way - a definite reason for a huge, double celebration.  What made it so much fun?  The fact that I had not seen someone so excited about a celebration in a very, very long time and that Philile was one of the nicest, good spirited people I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with.  

When Philile called me she had very clear instructions: sophisticated, lots of detail and green color scheme with touches of yellow.  She already booked a venue at the very elegant Signature Restaurant in Brooklyn, so I had a lovely canvass to work with, which is always a bonus.  

Enjoy the pictures and have a lovely weekend!