Blue & Yellow Ducky 1st Birthday

{little ducky}

I was going through some old pics and came across these from our Little Ducky 1st birthday party that we styled last year and thought you might like to take a look - I've been a bit slack with getting pics of our work up....I will try to be better - promise!

The party was for a little boy who loves bath time and playing with his little yellow rubber ducky - so we decided that a blue and yellow rubber ducky theme would suit perfectly!

Our table was set up in a beautiful garden with stunning green hedging as a backdrop.

We also included a sweet little Lemonade Stand on a vintage tea trolley that we sourced from Ebay and painted white.

We did little Duck in the Pond jellies and these were a huge hit and so simple to make - simply fill baking cups (we used Paper Eskimo's blue striped ones) with blue jelly and top with a little fondant duck!

Other treats included cupcakes, cake pops, macarons and Di made the fabulous yellow ducky and number 1 cookies which looked so gorgeous and tasted divine.

Our blue cake pops with yellow sprinkles.

My first attempt at making my own Macarons - these were vanilla with a lemon curd filling.

We custom designed cute little favors which included these Little Ducky Bath Bubbles

and sweet little brown paper treat bags tied with a cute

tag and a pretty yellow and white striped grosgrain ribbon and 

of course....little yellow Rubber Duckys

The gorgeous cake was made by Lorinda Seto of Cakes by Lorinda and 

she did the most amazing job - such a super talented lady.  We have a feature coming

up about Lorinda soon showcasing some more of her beautiful designs - so be sure to check back to find out all about Lorinda and her gorgeous cakes.

Concept Design and Styling by:  A Little Polkadot
Cookies, cake pops, cupcakes, macarons and jelly cups by: A Little Polkadot
Custom party favors and paperie items by:  A Little Polkadot
Birthday cake by:  Lorinda Seto of www.cakesbylorinda.com.au

If you would like us to design a stunning dessert table for your next event, please send us an email at kiki@alittlepolkadot.com.au - we would love to hear from you. 

Kx

Our Little Plum Cake...

My daughter loves to cook - she loves to get into the kitchen and mix up concoctions and generally make a mess...and sometimes we have success - like today!

I'd like to introduce you to Our "easy peasy" little Plum Cake

After school today my daughter wanted to cook....she's been begging me for days to get into the kitchen spurred on by our love of snuggling up on the lounge each night to watch My Kitchen Rules.

Today we decided on a cake and seen as I had an oversupply of plums on hand we decided to incorporate them and came up with our very own little plum cake.

It was so good I had to share.

Would you like the recipe?.......thought so, here it is...

It's really that simple...we kind of made it up as we went along and it turned out perfectly.  I'm a total sucker for any cake that has fruit in it - apple crumble, apple strudel, pear and ricotta tart, anything with poached rhubarb...I'm there!

We are enjoying the last of the stone fruits here in Australia after our NON-SUMMER.  Next weekend will herald then end of daylight saving and that cool crispness will return to the air - the days will become shorter and the winter woollies will re-appear.  El-ninio, El ninia... whatever you are called PLEASE go away and give us a better summer to look forward to for 2012....I NEED SUMMER - I so look forward to those hot hot days, balmy evenings and endless blue skies....we just did not get that here in Sydney this year.

mmm fruit, cake, cream what's not to love.

Well done to my little "Masterchef" in the making!

Have a great weekend.

Kx

Black & White Candy Buffet....

It's been a while since we have posted any pics of our tables.....we've got a few waiting in the wings, but I thought I would share this chic black and white, with a hint of red, table that we did for a 21st birthday last spring.

Out birthday girl is a dancer so we wanted to create a table that was a little dramatic and a little moulin rouge.... and I love the way it turned out.

These were our custom choc bar wrappers.....we thought it would be a fun to personalise them with the birthday girl's name and birth year as a chocolate company with the year of their establishment.

Our fabulous strawberry & cream lollipops  - please email us at kiki@alittlepolkadot.com.au regarding purchase enquiries.....these lollipops are handmade in Sydney and can be made in different colours/flavours.

We did mini Red Velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for the birthday cake with a regular size cupcake for the birthday girl.  Our birthday girl is known for always wearing black bows in her hair so we added a sweet little black fondant bow to each cupcake!

Our personalised choc bars on a silver tray.

We kept the candies co-ordinated to the theme.  We featured white jelly beans, lemonade bon petites, strawberry creams, raspberries, red licorice twists (a fond memory for the birthday girl from her school days!), reg frogs, marshmallows and white toffee bon bons.

 

I have to be honest, if someone asked me what would be your ultimate colour combination for a dessert table be?.....red, black and white would probably be on the bottom of my list - I prefer a much softer palette, but we are given a client brief and a client brief we work with, and, I must say...... I was pleased with how this table came together, it was black, white and red done with style!

If you would like A Little Polkadot to assist with the styling of your next event, we'd love to hear from you...please email us at kiki@alittlepolkadot.com.au.

Kx

Revenge....

So looking forwarding to the new series "REVENGE" starting on Australian Screens tonight!

The show could be absolute rubbish....but hey....it's set in the Hamptons.....so what's not to love!  I'll watch it just for that alone!

I'll be glued to the screen, whilst wrapping 30 or so sweet little choc bars for Valentine's treats for my daughter's classmates and friends.

An enthralling evening all round.

Kx

Sweet Designs by Amy Atlas....

The long awaited Sweet Designs book by Amy Atlas is due for release this April.....YAY!  You can pre-order your copy NOW from Amazon for only $18.46.

I can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this book - I'll be pouring over it for hours.  The book promises 15 Chapters of pure eye candy over 350 pages containing 100 recipes for delectable treats and 75 easy affordable DIY craft projects.

Kx

Happy Australia Day...

Whilst the weather in Sydney is very UN-Australian at the moment - what happened to Summer?????  We WILL however, be celebrating Australia Day tomorrow!

I don't know about you, but Australia Day to me must include:

Lamb Cutlets 

BBQ Prawns

a few snags.....

and it would be unpatriotic to not have Pavlova for dessert!

Have a fabulous day!

Kx

My List...

a little bit of what I'm loving right now....what's on my wishlist...what I love!

It's my birthday soon (kinda) and I'm already putting a little wishlist together.  These are a few of my favourite things...

Michael Kors gold runway watch.

Steve Madden Lindley boot.

Kate Spade Cobble Hill Leslie Satchel

Witchery Blair Loafer

I have wanted to do this for ages.....

we went to Montrose Berry Farm in the Southern Highlands yesterday 

and picked Blackberries - Fabulous day!

I can never have too many Glasshouse candles - LOVE THEM!

My fave is the Marseille - Gardenia!
If I'm ever stuck for a gift.....these are my go to

I'd love one of these Jeanne Oliver Totes!

and some vintage glass Japanese fishing floats!

Am loving beach houses.

 and Island style!

My cocktail of choice - Mojito

and my favourite wine

I crank this up loud

nothing beats BBQ prawns in Summer!

followed by these.

My love affair with burlap and linen continues.

and I love me a bit of Coral!

 I still dream about having the perfect vegie garden!

tending to the vegie patch would require a nice refreshing one of these!

I'd love 5 minutes with the creative director of marketing for
Serena & Lily - their advertising campaigns are divine....I feel I would learn so much!

An eclectic mix....what are you loving right now?

Kx