I always love to hear about new local ventures, particularly those set up by enterprising clever mums thinking of business ideas from home. I spotted a new company recently via Facebook called Candy Stripe Party, an online party boutique. The business was set up by two mums called Thea and Kate who live very close to me. It turns out that we have mutual friends in common and having had a look at the Candy Stripe Party website, I’m personally thrilled to find such pretty and unusual party sets for children all in one place.
This is the sort of stuff you would usually see in a Martha Stewart or a Donna Hay feature. I love their baking cups, the delicate twine, the cake push-up containers and their paper straws, in particular. I’ve also used the Meri Meri cupcake kits before and the cases stand up very well during baking. So, if you are planning a party for your little ones, do take a look – you can shop by party theme and colour. I know that Thea and Kate have plans to stock more items as the business grows.
I’m particularly fond of their current Christmas range and Candy Stripe Party would like to offer one of my readers the chance to win a Christmas party set for your little ones. We usually have a little table for the children at Christmas, where they can sit and eat snacks, clementines, gingerbread biscuits and cakes, so these plates and cups will come in very handy for us.
Please note that the mini milk bottles were purchased by myself from Dot Com Gift Shop (School milk bottles in a crate RRP £9.99) and they will not form part of the prize.
The yummy cupcakes featured in these photos were made to a recipe by Sarah at Maison Cupcake for Speculoos Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting. If you haven’t tried Lotus caramelised biscuit paste, keep a look out for it – it is available in the UK now at Waitrose and it sits next to the Nutella. It is made from those lovely little caramalised bicuits that are usually individually packaged and it’s highly addictive!
The photos were taken during a recent Food Styling workshop at my home, which I’ll be writing lots more about soon.
Here’s how to enter the Candy Stripe Party giveaway –
Good luck to Thea and Kate with their gorgeous new little local venture and many thanks for the Candy Stripe samples.
Sarah Lee says
My little girl loves anything sausages whether on stick, in roll, or on its own!
tracy says
Jelly and Icecream, always.
michele omalley says
Chocolate Cake
Clare Walshe says
My little boy loves mince pies
Kayleigh Butler says
Mini Pizzas
mel crossan says
cocktail sausages drizzled with honey and sesame seeds always go down well with the kids
Juanita Powers says
Cheese straws
lorraine polley says
cocktail sausages and any sort of cake!!
rachael marsden says
My son always go for cheese and anything sweet like a chocolate finger
Gul says
My kids love the home made chicken nuggets & the humongous quantites of plain crisps & nibbles that are consumed around xmas, plus lots of chocs – they are deffo my girls!!
Very pretty candy stripe set, never seen any like this. will luck great for my kids party.. heres hoping.. Good luck
Emma Howard says
Festive shaped biscuits
Sheri Darby says
sausage roll, vegetarian samosas and pancake rolls
Clare Wood says
sausage rolls
Michelle Rayner says
sausages on sticks
Sarah Cooper says
Cheese footballs
melanie crumpton says
cocktail sausages
Lisa Holroyd says
Little cocktail sausages im lucky if they make it to the table!
Renee Armstrong says
Good old crisps !
Janine Atkin says
my kids love cheese sarnies, sausage rolls and cup cakes!
Martin Gannon says
Caramel Shortcake!
Carol P says
Jelly and Ice cream
rebecca nisbet says
My mother-in-law always bakes cup cakes for the partys, the kids love them!
fiona waterworth says
chicken nuggets
Ann Willers says
Cowboy pies winners every time
Jen Schofield says
Sausage rolls!
Karen says
Probably cocktail sausages
lynn savage says
My kids love jelly boats
michelle McCole says
mini cocktail sausages
rachael jones says
my sons fav is cupcakes , he usually goes for homemade over shop bought too 🙂
Tracey McPartland says
Mince Pies with icing on the top. The kids love them
Tracey Belcher says
Pigs in Blankets – They love them
Greig says
sausage rolls
Dawn Henson says
Sausage Rolls. She cannot get enough
Frances Morgan says
My nephew’s favourite party food is those bacon streaky crisps – they’re vegetarian too!
Elizabeth Smith says
stollen bread
Sonia Vegas says
They love mini scotch eggs cut in half, they pretend they are eyes and entertain us before eating them – sweet!
jill beans says
cheese and pine apple hedgehog
Tina Holmes says
Pigs in blankets
Lucy J Morgan says
Mince Pies 😀
Michelle Grundy says
Cheese straws, bread sticks and salad!
Kirsty Fox says
Strawberry Trifle, yummy!
Lisa Jones says
My nan’s lovely mince pies ! x
kim mayhead says
Sausage Stars , i make them every year .
miss kerry adamowicz says
My niece loves my Christmas cake, she thinks it makes her go wobbly because it’s got brandy in it!
Sarah Hill says
sausage rolls.
CHRISTINE ANDREWS says
cheese straws
Katrina Day-Reilly says
mini sausages
darren l says
cheese and pineapple on sticks
EMMA CELLA says
sausage rolls
claire woods says
Mince pies
A Trifle Rushed says
Sweet dishes, and the cakes look fab, of course I brought jars of Specaloos back from France, so will use some of it and make these scrumptious cupcakes.
Sarah, Maison Cupcake says
They look gorgeous and so does the candy stripe kit! Great to see they came out well for you too! x
olivia kirby says
Flynn : sausage rolls Melody : cake cake oh and more cake!
Mel Briscoe says
Sausage Rolls
JULIE BANKS says
Has to be suasage rolls
sarah berryman says
Mini scotch eggs! Breadcrumbs-Good. Sausage meat. Good. Egg. GOOOOD!
iain says
mince pies
Donna says
Chocolate Krispie cakes- so simple, yet so yummy
John Taggart says
Spring Rolls
sharon griffin says
jelly and icecream
Gill Bland says
I don’t have kids but a nephew and two week-old nieces. The Neph LOVES cake. So much so that today he has spent all day asking me if he will have cake again at his birthday….in march
Rainie Bish says
carrots at any time of the year always disappear before anything with my kids
Kirsteen Mackay says
little sausages
elaine stokes says
cocktail sausages, they could eat them before they get to the table
ashleigh says
Mince pies – my kids love them! We are having a kids christmas party on christmas eve so these would come in very handy! Fingers crossed x