Throwing a party for teenagers is difficult at the best of times. There is a very fine line between a celebration that your daughter and her friends enjoy, and a party that is not quite for 16 year olds. Girls of this age are fiercely independent and yet also still a slave to their peers which can make Sweet 16th party planning tough.The concept that we had to get our head around when organising parties in our daughter’s teen years was that...

You’ve spent thousands on every aspect of your wedding and now you need someone to capture the whole event. The day will be a whirlwind and you need an experienced professional to do their job while you do yours. This is not the time to accept amateur offers from family members. You need a professional photographer. But where do you start? How much do you need to spend? And how do you tell good wedding photography from bad? Never fear, here’s our...

Bowling parties remain a firm favourite for kids of all ages for pretty simple reasons. Anybody can play and it's all about smashing heavy things down an alley to smash more things at the other end. In other words, it's just plain fun! But if you've headed to your local AMF bowling alley, you've probably seen the default parties that are thrown and they lack a little imagination. Bowl for an hour, site at a table of 10 with chips, coke an...

A Christmas cracker is one of those dinner table decorations that just makes a Christmas party. While other decorations may add elegance and practicality to the table, nothing quite adds an air of excitement like a Christmas cracker.Which then begs the question, “so why do we fill them with such lame gifts?”. Sure, the Dad jokes inside are a rite of passage for any child on Christmas Day, but even the most expensive bon-bons have pretty average g...

School formal party favour ideas fall into a few different camps. Firstly, some schools opt for a gift from the teachers. Usually, this kind of favour requires a little more space for an extended message than a bite-size chocolate can allow. We recommend our Premium Belgian chocolate bars that are available in both regular and large sizes and have space for a school logo, a heartfelt message and even further room for another message on the...