FEATURE STORY
A Decade Of Parties FROM BUNTING FLAGS AND NAKED CAKES, TO MEGA STYLISH SOIRÉES, THE WAY WE PARTY HAS CHANGED A LOT IN 10 YEARS – AND CONFETTI FAIR HAS BEEN AROUND TO SEE IT ALL (WELL, ALMOST). WE TAKE YOU ON A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE.
WORDS: MARIA ANDRIOPOULOS
REMEMBER THE EMERGENCE OF NAKED CAKES?
Enter some of our best-loved party businesses, creators and
How about candy bar tables? Way back in 2010 when Instagram
blogs – Katherine Sabbath, Favor Lane, Party Bebe and more.
was still a place we were posting our basic breakfasts with random filters, party and event culture was already bubbling below the
In between drip cakes, balloon designs and more, Confetti Fair
surface with novel and nascent ideas.
has been there to document and showcase for the better part of this decade!
DIY designs, party themes, and colour matched decorations were beginning to take a life of their own as mums, brides and
Here are just a few of the best ideas we’ve featured over a
everyone else explored the creative side of celebrating.
decade of awesome parties. One thing is for sure – the ideas are as unique and creative as ever, and isolation has not dampened
Inspired by the mothers of all things party (Kara of Kara’s Party
us one bit. Here’s to another ten and even more!
Ideas and Jillian of Catch My Party) and many other bloggers, Australia also began to infuse its own dose of mega creativity on
You can read all Confetti Fair Magazine back issues online via
to the scene.
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