Sweet sushi tutorial

For Mila's party we made sweet sushi, it was real fun to make, it tasted jummie and it looked really cute on the party table.

I've got some questions on how we made the sushi so I made a photo tutorial so you can make your own!

tip: don't know how to make buttercream here is a recipe

 tip:for rolling out the fondant I used a little bit of cornstarch so it would not stick onto the rolling pin or table, use only a little otherwise your fondant will look white instead of black

 tip: If the buttercream  is not soft enough to apply add a little bit of hot water and mix well

enjoy making and eating the sushi!!

Party Time...

  on saturday I did a little test shoot with Mila 

This weekend was Mila's kids party, she invited 6 girls to celebrate herr birthday with.

The party started with a 'japanese kawaii' high tea with sweet sushi, rasberry cheescake, macarons, strawberries, sweet popcorn and lemonade.

To decorate the table with used paper doilies and lots of confetti! Mila made the cute cat glasses from simple glass jars and a special glass marker, the girls loved the glasses! 

After the cake eating and unwrapping the presents the girls dressed up in Harajuku style and we did a photoshoot inside the house ( the plan was to go outside and do the shoots infront of some cool street art but in was raining and storming ;-(

And then it was time to see a manga film ( wolf children) and eat sushi....

Mila loved the party and I think her friends did too, now it's time to clean up all the confetti and get back to normal life!

Cool gifts....

 

When you turn 12 you need a cool gift and when I saw this polaroid camera in this sweet light blue color I knew it would be the perfect gift for Mila. She loves pictures and always screems out OMG when she sees a polaroid camera ( like a real teenager) She has a few penpals that she love making Happy mail for and the  polaroids that she will take with the camera will be a great addition to her mail.

We bought the camera here, I love the colors they offer and they have some great accesories for the polaroids as well like cute stickers, enveloppes, printed straps and a mini photo album where you can keep the polaroids in.

Mila pretending to take pictures in her birthday outfit

Party time!

Today my sweet Mila turns 12, it is hard to believe she is that big already! I'm so proud of her and love her to bits !

This morning I made her a special birthday breakfast together with Sofia. Of course the breakfast and the gifts had to be cute and Kawaii. 

I'm off baking cake and decorating the house....

She made treats for her class, party popcorn ( popcorn mixed with white chocolate melts with sprinckles) in cute cat bags.
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Party preparations

The party preparations are in full swing, lots of things to do and make. I love DIY parties, making the decorations, party treats, gifts make a party more special and is half of the fun.

Preparing Mila's party is real team work, we work together on creating the party and choosing the theme, it's a fun activity to do together and at the same time it's a great way for Mila to learn new skills and learn how to work with a deadline and because she is involved in the whole process she appreciates the party more and will feel very proud of the end result!

Almost party time

 Its almost party time again, Mila will be celebrating her 12th Birthday very soon. Her last year in primary school, high school here she comes! 

So this party will be her last kids birthday party so we are working hard to make it a good one.

This year she will have a Japanese party, inspired by Harajuku ( Harajuku is the name of an area in Tokyo with a lot of cool shops where the youth hangs out in over the top Kawaii outfits) and also about cats because they are just so cute.

Preparing a party starts with collecting ideas and images, for us that is starting a pinterest board and taking a little notebook to collect all our ideas. Then we start planning the party....

( links to images can be found here)

These are some images we found on pinterest, as you can see the harajuku style is very sweet and girly with lots of accesories and the food is very Kawaii. 

We will make lots of things for the party and I will try to share some party diy ideas here on the blog.