cocolini: Being Mummy

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Hello Kitty Pasta

Our Hello Kitty Pasta dinner - delicious!

Honestly who knew this even existed people??!! A lovely girlfriend found it in a shop & of course thought of Emma & I and our upcoming party. So the girls & I sat down and had it for dinner the night before the party on what we now refer to as "Hello Kitty Eve". And can I say - it was delicious! I would have it again- the pasta itself was nice, nicer than what we have been buying recently which came as a surprise to me.

Ready to go

Look at all those little pasta shapes in there.

Hello Kitty Pasta Shapes

What will they think of next?

close up of Hello Kitty Pasta Shapes

The different shapes were of a flower, Hello Kitty bow, strawberry or apple, Hello Kitty face & Hello Kitty herself. Unbelievable. Try it - you might like it (to quote Yo-Gabba-Gabba)

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Hello Kitty Birthday Party Ideas!

My little Mitten turned 4! And of course to celebrate we had a Hello Kitty party. Emma & I were inspired by Tori Spelling's party for her daughter Stella which we watched on TV earlier in the year. We also drew inspiration from this amazing pinterest page - http://pinterest.com/marisab/hello-kitty-party-ideas/. Thank you Marisa Blakley you are beyond brilliant x

Hello Kitty party invitation

This was the invitation that I did up. I created a polka-dot pattern using the Hello Kitty bows in the background. Then on the back it was just plain polka-dots which we folded over.

pin the bow on kitty

We played lots of party games, including pin the bow on kitty!

party games at the ready

gift bags

These are our gift bags. All had a thank you note included. We hid them in the garden for the children to find them in a treasure hunt. Inside each bag we had some Hello Kitty lipgloss, nailpolish, bracelet, tattoo & lollies.

Hello Kitty gift bag

Hello Kitty cake

This cake was hard to make! Do you know why? Because it was so simple. I am much better with lots of sprinkles & things..... Anyhow I bought a giant slab from Woollies & then decorated it. I used marzipan for the bow & nose which was tricky to do, black licquorice for the whiskers and black writing icing for the eyes & bow detail. Doing the white icing was SO HARD!!!!!!!!! After the fact I realized that I could have covered it with dessicated coconut to make it look gorgeous - so would recommend that to you if you are trying it at home.