Styled By Belle had a lot of fun recently styling a chic 21st birthday party. The client was looking for a stylish event filled with glamour, in the colour palette of pink, black & white. Styled By Belle managed the entire event from the invitation selection, marquee hire & setup, food & beverage selection, venue themeing & decoration, entertainment and of course a gorgeous dessert table to complete the look!

We hired a beautiful white marquee and lined the roof with silk draping. Black wooden flooring covered the entire surface. Fairy lights were hung around the perimiter of the marquee giving a wonderful shimmer throughout the evening. The marquee was filled with a lounge area for guests to chill beside the dance floor and a chic bar and dessert table.

The ceiling was a real "wow" factor with a big bunch of stunning tissue paper pom poms in pink, black & white hanging from the centre, and eye catching cardboard chandeliers that were spray painted black hanging either side.

Battery operated candles were stuck onto the chandeliers and gave a gorgeous pink hue along the roof. These chandeliers were ordered from America and gave the venue a glamourous look!

As guests walked into the venue, they came past the swimming pool, in which I had custom foam letters cut with the words "Happy 21st Melissa". The letters were painted black & pink and strung along the length of the pool. Tea light candles and pink & white gerbera flowers floated around the letters giving a whimsical look as guests arrived!

Welcome sign at entrance to marquee in glamourous black frame

For the dessert table I used a bold striped tablecloth, and the backdrop was made from black velvet pinned with crystal embellishments.

Glass jars were filled with an aray of pink & white sweets and black ribbons tied around their necks

Styled By Belle also featured some delicious desserts and baked items on the table...

The birthday cake was a made by my talented friend, Kylie Bourban. Kylie created a striking cake to the match of a cake designed by Jessicakes (albeit the monogram letter "M" was changed to match the font of Melissa's stationary). The client selected this cake herself, and Kylie did a wonderful job replicating it beautifully for her. Jessicakes actually provides a great tutorial online on how to decorate the cake which you can view here.

Over at the bar, a black velvet backdrop was hung with ribbons tied to vintage keys dangling along it.

One of the highlights of the evening was a photo booth where guests could go and have pictures taken of themselves. A fantastic feature of this machine, is that it also records video messages, so guests could also leave a recorded video clip for the party girl. All the clips and photos get put onto a DVD for her to watch over and over and keepsake forever!

The booth prints 2 copies of the photo strips (with "Melissa's 21st Party" logo printed at the bottom). Guests got to keep one copy, and the other was stuck into a memory book by the guests, alonside a written message for the party girl.

A truly fabulous party that I was so delighted to plan, manage & style!

Special thanks to Elise from Sweet Scarlet Designs for her design work of the printable stationary & Danielle Cutri for her wonderful photography!

And also an amazingly big thankyou to Amy Atlas Events for my 3rd feature on her wonderful blog! It just blows me away.. thankyou Amy & Lisa!! You can view the feature here

Vendor Credits:
Event Styling & Management - Styled By Belle
Photography - Danielle Cutri Photography
Printables - Sweet Scarlet Designs
Birthday Cake - Kylie Bourban (using Jessicakes tutorial)

This "chugging" train party was lots of fun to create for a little boy's 2nd birthday! The client loved the vintage train party I created for my son Aidan, and wanted something in the colour scheme of yellow and blue. I wanted to create something bright and fun and a little different to Aidan's party... and this is what I came up with!

I contacted the lovely Elise from Sweet Scarlett Designs to design a yellow & blue printable collection for me. She came up with a super cute "Choo" train design and emailed me all the files to print myself, including the great big yellow backdrop.

I utilised the wooden train track I built for Aidan's party, and used it on the bottom tier of this table. I then sourced smaller blue plastic tubs and stuck on yellow wheels to create a train "carriage" effect along the track.

These "carriages" contained the sweet treats including milky bars, lemon sherbets, blue jelly beans, bananas, crunchie bars & my special recipe rocky road.

My client had a friend that made the amazing train cake - in colours that perfectly matched the table. I don't have the details of the cake maker as yet, but will definitely find out!!

And here are some of the yummy baked desserts from Styled By Belle..

Vendor Credits:
Printable designs - Sweet Scarlet Designs
Macarons - La Belle Miette

... and a Happy New Year!! Styled By Belle is back on board after a lovely Christmas and holiday and already preparing for a couple of upcoming events. One being a gorgeous 50th birthday in a few weeks time that will be just sublime. I can't wait for this one!!! But before then I thought I might update you all with a few events I styled before the Christmas break...

A good place to start is probably a Christmas party I styled for a client in the colour scheme of red & white.

I hung a gorgeous dried red rose wreath which framed the stark white  backdrop and used white tree stems adorned with red dove ornaments as a key feature.

Yummy treats included chocolate dipped cream puffs, oreo cake pops, vanilla pannacotta jars, raspberry & Moet macarons, white chocolate rocky road, vanilla cupcakes in gorgeous red lace wrappers, cherry & white rock crystal swizzle sticks and red candy.

I created my own candy cane vase (an idea I found on the internet) and filled it with beatiful red florals. It sat atop my glass milk cake stans, which I tiered on top of another larger one that held mini chocolate puddings.

Glass jars were filled with red & white candy, and cute little ceramic star tags with Christmas words "Peace", "Love" & "Joy" were hung from their necks.

For a little wow, I also ordered red and white m&m’s from America with the clients custom logo printed on them. A lovely touch!

I also setup a cute little drinks station on my wooden vintage auto trolley. It included a delicious festive berry fruit punch and mini glass bottles with red paper straws.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed some rest & relaxation with your families as I did!

Vendor Credits:
Printable designs - Sweet Scarlet Designs
Macarons - La Belle Miette