About Me

About me

My name is Nik and I am Mum to two small boys called Sam and Oliver and partner to the long suffering Ali and we are based in Devon, England.

My blog is about my journey though life, the highs, the lows and all the fun and messy bits in-between.

It is a personal blog that is written by me and only features my opinions. I do work on behalf of businesses and companies, writing posts and reviews but I will only give you my honest thoughts, if I love it or hate it I will tell you.

If you would like to get in touch with me or my mini monsters please contact me at
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Saturday 5 May 2018

Personalised Parties

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.
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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.
 

 



2 comments:

  1. I love the woodland theme - the foxes are so cute. Looks like the part bits went down well :)

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  2. What a fantastic party package it takes care of everything and the theme is so cute!

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