Recently
I made contact with a company called Personalised Parties as I had seen their
products online and thought they would fit perfectly with Oliver’s joint
christening and birthday party. I was over the moon when they agreed to work
with me.
I
excitedly looked through their website https://www.personalisedparties.com/
keen to see what would suit our needs. I spoke to a lovely lady and explained
who would be attending the party and the different ages that would be in
attendance. I was advised that the Milestone Pack would probably be best.
I
headed to the milestone part of the website and looked through the themes on
offer. They ranged from first years, woodland and nautical. I eventually
decided on the woodland theme as I have to say I fell in love with the hedgehog
on the products. https://www.personalisedparties.com/our-themes/milestones/woodland/personalised-milestone-woodland-party-pack.html
it helps that Oliver knows the sign for
hedgehog and that would please him on the day.
Once
I had chosen my theme, it was time to decide what I would actually need. The
range of products is huge and included:
Party
Pack for eight children
Invites
Thank-you
cards
Wrapping
Paper
Plastic
Place settings
Posters
Height
Charts
Notepads
Ceramic
Mugs
Chocolate
bars
Tote
bags
Cushions
Beanbags
Told
you the range was big!!
Eventually
I chose the party pack which retails at £29.99. The pack included:
x8 PERSONALISED WOODLAND PARTY PLATES for a magical meal.
x8 WOODLAND PARTY CUPS WITH WRAPS for rustic refreshments.
x8 PERSONALISED WOODLAND PARTY BOXES for storing woodland finds.
x8 WOODLAND PARTY HATS to dress for adventure
x8 WOODLAND PARTY MASKS for foxy guests.
x16 PERSONALISED FOOD FLAGS x8 each of two different flag designs; perfect for planting in party food.
.
And the best bit is, as the company name suggests I
was able to personalise all the items. I was able to add a name of up to 21 characters
long. I was also able to add Oliver’s birthday age. It was becoming very real
that my baby was turning two years old!!
I had ten children confirmed to
attend the party so I had to order two packs. Once ordered, I was informed that
there would be a ten day delivery due to the personalisation of the products.
No worries as I had ordered in plenty of time. J
Eventually my box arrived. I excitedly
opened the box and was initially disappointed as I thought that my cups hadn’t
been printed. This is where I should have read the small print!! The cups are
white with printed wraps, that you simply assemble and then slide over the cup.
Doh!! That will teach me to not read everything!! I quickly assembled the wraps
and they fitted easily onto the cups to create a really cute item.
I delved deeper into the box and
started to pull out all the items. I was very struck by the quality of the
products, they were really sturdy. I first put together the boxes which were
easy due to the numbers printed on the bottom. They also stayed together as
previous boxes that I had purchased seem to come up in the middle.
I moved onto the plates. The plates
are hand stamped and had a few creases but I felt this added to the charm of
them.
I finally pulled out the hats and
fox masks. The fox masks had pre punched holes where you had to thread the
included elastic through and tie it. I used the cocktail sticks to push the
holes through but I have to admit it was quite a fiddly job. This also had to
be done with the party hats. For security I did put a piece of tape inside the
hats to ensure that they didn’t come apart.
With everything assembled on the day
of the party, I set up the buffet table and laid out the plates and cups. I
wrote on the labels to show what everything was and then made up the party
boxes.
Oliver was very excited to see
everything set up. The Christening went without a hitch and then everyone
headed back to my Parents house for the after party and Oliver’s birthday
party.
People’s initial comments were about
the personalised party ware and the show stopper cake that we had had made.
I can’t talk about the christening
without mentioning the cake, it was incredible. I gave Georgina, the cake maker
a brief of making a Thomas the Tank Engine Cake and my goodness did she meet
the brief. Oliver was amazed by the cake; he kept coming back to it saying “choo
choo”
The cake not only looked fab but
tasted great. The sponge was so light and the buttercream wasn’t sweet at all.
If anyone, locally, is after a cake, I can definitely recommend “Cakes with
Character.” Check out our cake and others on her Facebook page “cakes with character.devon”
Anyway, back to the party ware, the
children were allowed to choose first and were all chuffed to have different
plates to all the adults. Parents filling their children’s plates commented how
sturdy the plates were and I was asked twice where the pack was from. It was
going down a storm. Yay!!
However the boxes gave the biggest impact.
The children eagerly waited for the party boxes and were so excited when they
opened up the personalised boxes. The items went down a treat.
As you can see from the photos my
godchildren Jago and Scarlett certainly gave them the thumbs up. J
Oliver was still giving the thumbs up to the party hat the
next day at breakfast time.
So my overall opinion of the
Personalised Parties Milestone Party Pack is that it is fab. Yes it is a bit
fiddly to put everything together, especially the elastic but actually the end
result is great and worth the few minutes of putting everything together. Would
I order the set again? I think I would but I would wait until it was a particularly
special birthday and when the party would be small enough to fit one pack.
#Disclosure. In return
for this honest review I was given two Personalised Party Milestone packs. The
thoughts and opinions in the review are completely my own.
I love the woodland theme - the foxes are so cute. Looks like the part bits went down well :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic party package it takes care of everything and the theme is so cute!
ReplyDelete