About

Ever since our engagement nearly 6 years ago and subsequent marriage,  I've realised how much I love to plan. I always thought I should be a wedding planner but then realised I'd have to be enthusiastic about people's taste, even when it's "flying ducks" as my mum likes to  call it.  So it went on the back burner.  Kids took over, as they do, and my fledgling legal career came to an end before it really got going (being made redundant on maternity was the best thing in hindsight!) 6 years and 2 little monsters later and I find myself juggling 2 jobs and planning their parties instead.  After 2 years of piecing together toddler's parties, christenings and adult birthdays on a shoestring budget and a realistic amount of "mum" time, I've realised there just isn't someone telling it like it is.  For any mums out there trying to find 5 seconds of peace to think about themselves, let alone a sodding party, this blog's for  you.  I'm going to document my best crafty victories and the most monumental "oh s***" moments as I go about planning my kids parties and I'll try to throw in some ideas along the way.

Budget: sod all

Artistic flare: quite a bit less than sod all

Enthusiasm: plenty...ok, that may be a bit of an over-estimation, but at least some (on days when the kids are deciding to sleep for more than a couple of hours at a time!) 

This is for the mums that want to do something a little bit different.  Those that have  neither the time nor inclination to spend hours of their precious baby-free time scrolling through countless supermum blogs and celebrity party planning books ( clearly written by people who  have not actually had  to attempt to plan said party with Topsy and bloody Tim blaring and a baby attached to their  hips with what can only be assumed is Araldite.)