It seems like only yesterday that I brought my beautiful baby girl home from hospital, and now she's officially becoming an adult on the event of her eighteenth birthday next week. Parenting a teenager can be a challenge in many ways, but it's a challenge I embrace wholeheartedly. I love having a grown-up daughter who is great company, fun to be around and whose achievements fill me with pride!
Throwing a little party for Ella and her friends, as part of the week long celebrations for her birthday, has been helped along after receiving some brilliant partyware from The Partyware Shop. The Keep Calm range has real popular appeal with its simple, yet eye catching design featuring the iconic phraseology.
With plates, bowls, napkins, cups, ice cream tubs, cake cases and cake toppers, the range is perfect for teenagers and adults alike. The bold colours make a strong statement and will make the party table look bright and colourful.
We received from the Keep Calm and Party range:
Paper Cups £2.49 for 8
Paper Bowls £2.75 for 8
Paper Plates £2.75 for 8
Lunch Napkins £2.75 for 20
Treat Tubs £2.99 for 8
Cupcake Cases £3.99 for 100
Cupcake Picks £2.49 for 20
Yesterday, some of Ella's friends came over to have a lunchtime party and to watch a movie together.
The meal plan consisted of veggie burgers with potato shapes, salad, carrot sticks, hummus, fruit, jellies, sweets and cupcakes. I kept it simple but the lovely co-ordinating partyware made the table look great and elevated the food into something quite special.
I particularly liked the cupcake cases and picks. I made some Oreo and some Chocolate Truffle and Berry cupcakes in the cases, decorating some of them with a Keep Calm and Eat Cake pick! The bowls were perfect for serving up salad, sweets and grapes in as well as using them for eating from. The treat tubs were used to serve the jelly.
The plates, tubs and bowls were very sturdy and excellent quality, so didn't flop or bend when piled with food. The cups were also very good and were re-used several times. The napkins were strong enough to deal with minor spills and didn't disintegrate when wet.
Overall, I think the range represents excellent value for money as it is such good quality, is quite unique and looks great. It is nice to find a design that suits an older child's party (although I don't think Ella would have minded being served her party food up on the new Disney Frozen Deluxe Party Pack which is just £18.99 and contains everything for a party of 8 children).
For a limited time, The Partyware Shop is offering free UK postage and packing on orders (usually £3.95) so it's a perfect time to buy.
Find out more and discover the full range of paper partyware, china and glass serveware and party accessories, games and decorations at thepartywareshop.com.