Iris

The bed was key to my inspiration. My daughter was almost two when we moved to our new house. I wanted to make her room feel magical and special especially her bed to get her out of ours oh my… also big enough for me to fit in oh dear… and good thing we did… I designed the bed from Pinterest inspiration. Drew up the plans and my husband built it. I wanted it to sit on the ground so she wouldn’t roll off. Her bed serves as a play place and a sleep place. It’s a house style bed. With Pom poms and lights. She loves it. Some days it’s her boat. Some days it’s her barn or dollhouse. It stimulates her imagination and I am sure her dreams too.
I was pregnant at the time and my nesting urge was strong. I was waiting for the gender of our expecting babe so I did not start on her nursery so all my efforts went into my toddlers room. I decided on a bunny wallpaper from anthropologie. It was very whimsical and we spend a lot of time in the Forrest so I wanted that to be part of her room since it a very big part of our lives. I made a gallery wall with forest creatures and dream catchers and refinished a mid century modern dresser.
a lot of love went into this room from my husband and I because we love the little girl in it so much. She’s our world so we wanted hers to be extra special.

I chose to throw a bunny birthday for my daughters second birthday because she never stops hopping around. She loves all animals and bunnies are one of her favourite. I wanted to host a garden party. Sadly the rain that day kept us mostly indoors and undercover. But with the flowers and moss decorations it still felt like it could be in a garden. A lot of these ideas could also be great for Easter parties. Or resumed again for such events.
Olives dress was an inspiration for colours and decorations for her party. It was made by dragonbees whose shop can be found on Etsy. It was very whimsical which was the atmosphere I wanted to create. Her banner was downloaded and customized by a shop in Australia also purchased through Etsy  Billy and Scarlett. I had seen their banner used on 100cakelet and found the source through Pintrest. A lot of the decorations I made myself like her 3D moss number two Bunny ears and large flowers. Others I got from Michaels crafts and winners. I made her a raw vegan cake from pure food and wines owners cook book. This has been my favourite raw cake since visiting the restaurant in New York a few years ago. I picked up Sarma melengills cook book when I was there  just because my daughters vegan doesn’t mean she can’t have a beautiful and tasty cake  I topped it wish flowers which she loved  she is my flower child
we played games like pin the tail on the bunny and a carrot toss  the bunny bag hop didn’t happen because of the rain  but she loved it and I hope she will remember it always