Christmas Brunch Party

We hosted a Christmas Brunch Party last weekend and it was so much fun! I thought I might share some of the recipes for the brunch party!

Start off with the super fluffy pancakes! These were incredibly easy and quick to make. Serve it with fresh berries, maple syrup & maybe a scoop of ice cream (calories don't count during festive period!).

Ok, please don't judge. I know this French Toast Casserole did looked kinda burnt but it tastes super good! It's really soft and savory with a hint of rosemary.

Another crowd pleaser - Sauteed butter mushrooms & potatoes! I used both white & brown button mushrooms. Its so addictive!

A classic Brie & crackers platter served with shaved ham & jam. Not forgetting some baked beans!

Now, a party isn't complete without dessert! I cheated a little and use London Choco Rolls for my mini log cakes! I dipped them into melted chocolate and dust on icing sugar. Made it more Christmas-y with some holly cut outs!

Oh, and these are this year's gift wrap! I am madly in love with them!

Christmas gifts for the girls!

All the gifts from all of us! We're playing Disney cartoon for one of the girl's kid!

Merry Christmas folks!

2016 Christmas Reveal!

Finally everything is up! It was fun decorating for Christmas this year! I really like this year's theme, which is Black, White & Gold. We got a new white tree this year and I am in full force decorating it! So excite to share the finished tree and some decors around the house!

Started off with the plain white tree. I randomly made the black tree topper bow and was happy how it turned out! I used a 30 metre 300 bulbs LED light in warm white. You wanna make sure the wire is clear or white instead of the classic green wire that goes with the green tree. 

I also use a faux fur rug as my tree skirt. Added the Christmas gifts using my DIY gift wrapper.

I decorated the tree with my Spray Painted Christmas Balls and my heart-shaped DIY Christmas Ornaments.

I saw this really cute Christmas train at Japan Home and I couldn't resist it! It has a headlight and makes train sounds! Only for S$10! 

I made this Mini Christmas Wreath and hang it on the bathroom door!

A display corner on our feature wall full of Christmas Nanoblocks! I really like the DIY mini Christmas bunting too!

I changed my gallery wall art prints with Christmas ones. Really quick and easy to transform this space! You can the free printables here.

The wall space about my sofa was initially a big canvas painting of the Eiffel Tower but I decided to change this space with some handmade tissue paper pom poms! You can search for "Tissue Paper Pom Poms" on Pinterest and these are lots of tutorial on how to make them. It's really easy to make!

Since I will be sticking the paper pom poms onto the wall, There is no need for me to make a full round pom pom. Hence I only use half of the required tissue paper (about 5-6 pcs), and of course in Black, White & Gold!

I also DIY-ed this bunting! Simply print your desired design into triangles and join them up! Here is another free printable for you!

Black, White & Gold Bunting Free Printable

DIY Gift Wrap

Another challenge I faced was finding the perfect gift wrap to match the theme. During this time of the year, most of the gift wraps were red, green, blue and super cutesy. But that don't match mine! While gold gift wrap is not hard to find, black & white gift wraps are really hard to find. On top of that, I wanted stripes and polka dots.

So I created my own gift wrap! For the black & white ones, I used a couple A3 size white printing paper and drew on polka dots using marker and painted the stripes (yes, hand painted!) with black acrylic paint. Draw stripes with pencil & ruler first for straighter stripes before painting them.

The gold one was a little too plain so I added white sticker dots on them and its super cute! Now I feel all Kate Spade-y!

I added the black & white striped paper bow on it and it look gorgeous!