21st Birthday: Alice in Wonderland

On Sunday I celebrated my 21st birthday with an 'Alice in Wonderland' themed party. It turned out just as I had hoped and I was really pleased with how the decorations and theme came together. I'd taken a lot of inspiration from Pinterest so had spent the weeks prior to the event with hands covered in wallpaper paste and glue to complete all these half-started projects. I also had a lot of help from my Godmother who has a great creative eye and she did all the flower arrangements and another friend made my amazing cake - so a massive thank you goes to all those that helped. I had the best day and was throughly spoiled with the food, drink and company!

Behind the scenes: 21st preparations

As I mentioned, my 21st is this weekend and to celebrate I'm having an Alice in Wonderland themed party. I wasn't too keen on going all out with fancy dress because I visioned a more sophisticated affair however I still hoped to include some of the quirky elements of wonderland.

Here's a sneak preview of some of the things I've been making and creating for it because I really feel that homemade touches make an event extra unique.

 

The Invitation

Paper Mache Toadstools

Stamping labels and place mats

My month as an Intern

I've now completed my one month internship with Gilda's Tryst which
provided me with invaluable experience and a lot of practice in the field
of marketing and social media. Previously, I definitely took for granted
how much research is required to produce one online article and
therefore it is so time consuming for websites and companies who aim
to publish several articles daily. Gilda's Tryst is only a very small
company but I think that is better for an internship because it allowed
me to be given full responsible of weekly tasks such as the '10 Things 
We Love This Week' feature and I also did a styling shoot for their
online blog. Although they are a jewellery and accessories company I
also did a lot of  fashion research for A/W 13 trends to help them
choose their Autumn collection and I'll share these findings with you soon.

My time there seemed to pass really quickly but I'm pleased to have
finished now because I have lots of preparations underway for my 21st
this weekend so I'm busy with all kinds of paper mache creations
(finished product and event photos to follow)...

Styling Images

Cupcake treats for my last day