The Complete Party Experience! – The Celebration Fair Vendor Feature

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Party & Christmas Complete is right here on the Sunshine Coast in Minyama, and is open all year round. No doubt you’ve seen their fantastic, enormous, inflatable friends as you’ve driven down Nicklin Way.

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Whilst they have always been the go-to Christmas decoration specialists, they also cater to parties – so now you can find everything you need for Birthdays, New Years, Halloween, or any kind of party.

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Party & Christmas Complete pride themselves in giving their customers a high level of professionalism, service and specialise in creating beautiful Hellium balloon arrangements for all occasions. Why not surprise the family or staff with a spritely balloon arrangement to decorate the home or office? Balloons are sure to brighten anyone’s spirits and chase away the midweek doldrums. They can be elegant or fun and create a festive feel in a visual way.

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Party & Christmas Complete have over 100 themes available to decorate your party or event. You’ll find their two resident balloon artists on site, the pair are fantastically talented and can create anything your imagination desires.

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Pop down and see the enthusiastic team at Party and Christmas complete to get everything you need for your special occasion today!

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A Darling Christmas Gift Guide

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“Tis the season to be jolly…Fa la la la la, la la la la!”

Here at A Darling Affair headquarters we are pretty organised with the Christmas shopping already. Are you?

So that you don’t get stuck raging in the shopping centre car parks – going round and round – or lining up for ages at the check outs, here is a lovely little shopping guide from us to you. We want you to be JOLLY! Enjoy your shopping and select presents with love, not out of haste and without thought.

So here we go!

The Lovely Bird is nestled in Cotton Tree on the Sunshine Coast. Away from the major shopping complex. But it has something for everyone. Machine gun pens for the boys, jewellery for the girls, and crafty goodness for all ages (my girl can’t get enough of stacking the towers of Washi tape)

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Oh and don’t forget her lovely range of Christmas cards. Seriously, if you haven’t posted some now time is running out!

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Another one of our all time time faves is Each To Own. She has beautifully cut jewellery made of wood and plastics. Instead of wearing daggy cheap Christmas earrings why not pretty deer brooches?

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Yes please! There’s even blue or black for the boys.

If you know a recently engaged couple, why not one of these:

wedding consultantThe picture says it all! Perfect! From the well organised, brilliant mind of Our Wedding Consultant.

And for the person who has it all….MASSIVE SCRABBLE PIECES…(bet they don’t have those) from the same lovely ladies who brought us I Do Wedding Tea Towels.

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They can be found at Lamington in Noosa along with a treasure trove of other fantastic gift ideas.

lamingtonEnjoy your Christmas Season with those you love.

Emily & Carrie xxx

Vendor Feature: Jhar Binx & Zave Cakes & Sweets

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Hold on to your napkin! Yet another delectable, darling vendor for you to feast your eyes on. You won’t be able to stay away from our fair this weekend once you see what Nakita and Dani have in store for us…

Jhar Binx & Zave Cakes and Sweets was created from a passion to design and produce beautiful detailed edible artworks, We have a highly trained team of fantastic Cake decorators each with their own unique and wonderful skills which ensures we can produce the most amazing and delicious Cakes and Sweets.

It shows in all our work that we LOVE LOVE LOVE all of what we create.

Our desire to make beautiful food has encouraged us to show others how to do the same and so we run classes twice a month locally as well as making online YouTube tutorials for all to try. We are also very passionate about children learning in the kitchen and have opened a YouTube channel where parents and their children can watch videos on different fun foods and lunch box ideas that can be made together as a family.

Cakes & Sweet Treats everyone will enjoy

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Vendor Feature: Mickey’s Sweet Treats

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Oh my sweetness!!!!

Could you imagine anything that could make for a better job than being surrounded by lollies and cakes all day long??? For most of us secret and not so secret sugar-aholics out there, this seems the stuff of dreams; but for Mickey de Prinse, this sweet dream has turned into reality! And the reality now looks like a booming Sunshine Coast business that combines two of mickeys greatest passions, making beautiful cakes and cupcakes and creating amazing dessert and candy buffets for events!

Showcasing her creative talents at the launch of new events centre at the Big Pineapple earlier this year, Mickey really showed her talent at delivering a customised dessert buffet, ready for any event or occasion, and left us on a happy sugar high for the night and days to come. So while she is busy dreaming up the next master piece for our fair this weekend, and we’re dreaming about wrapping our taste buds around those decadent delights, have a little read about the very sweet business of Mickey’s Sweet Treats.

Mickey’s Sweet Treats: A little sweetness for any occasion

I have had my own cupcake and cake business on the coast for a couple of years now, but late last year I became really inspired by all the beautiful dessert and candy buffet images I was finding on wedding and event blogs.

I am a massive sentimentalist at heart and get really excited by every single event I get to do. In fact someone asked me the other day what my favourite event is to do are and I thought there’s no way I could choose.  I love them all…

Weddings really are so much fun! I adore working with Brides to come up with a design to compliment their theme and create a centre piece of conversation for the event. But, if you have ever seen the face of a child when they spy something sweet then you can probably imagine the faces I get to see when the kids spy a whole table of sweetness at a birthday party! In fact it’s not just the kids! There’s something about sugar that brings out the giant kid in all of us – even those more corporate folks. I love to create a buffet that really reflects the brand of a company for a corporate event – what better way to launch and celebrate a new business venture?

Mickey’s Sweet Treats really does cater for ANY event, and I am just waiting to dream up a tempting creation to be the centre piece of your next event. Let me leave you with some parting advice:

Put “eat chocolate” at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you’ll get one thing done. {Author Unknown}

Vendor Feature: I Do Wedding Tea Towels

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I Do Wedding Tea Towels was born out of a serious case of one-upmanship. In their desperate desire to out do each other, Kate and Leesa eventually threw down their guns and collaborated talents. Both serious tea towel devotees, Kate and Leesa are on the same journey – “to change the world one tea towel at a time.” Wedding invitations printed on tea towels? We love it!

Each of these lovely ladies has an alternate business identity. Leesa owns and operates the fabulous Lamington (the funky little gift shop where you can find our tickets on sale) in Noosa Heads. Kate is the talent behind Wallallure (wall decals) and My Wooden Heart (designer tea towels of course).

Like ourselves, although already wed, Kate and Leesa are still obsessed with all things bridal. Fun fact, after every business meeting the girls find themselves parked out the front of the local op shop, giggling with anticipation about the discarded wedding dresses inside. Yes, they try them on, and take photos of themselves. How could you not love this pair?

Their fantastic tea towel invitations come in a number of designs: The Cameo, The Tattoo, The Classic, The Song and The Typo – in an array of vintage hues of peach, pistachio, duck egg blue, lemon and navy.

Vendor Feature: Message in a bottle Chocolates

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Did Someone say Chocolate?!

Message in a Bottle create fantastic little Belgium chocolates in the shape of bottles, each one with its own personal message inside. A little like a fortune cookie, but made with delicious chocolate, each is wrapped with a fun and creative message for your guests. The perfect favour for your loved ones, the messages inside make a great conversation starter, the chocolate tastes great, and they add that perfect pop of colour to your table setting.

You can order messages for all occasions including weddings, birthdays, the birth of a little one, engagements, farewells, and many more. Personal messages with the date and other special details of your day or occasion can also easily be made upon request. Message in a Bottle is nestled in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast at Maleny and supplies Australia wide.