Easter Celebrations

Spring flowers, birds, baby animals, Easter bunnies, chocolate eggs and young lambs, that means Easter is back again.

Easter is an special occasion to celebrate resurrection of Jesus Christ. These most important religious celebrations are being spent with families and close friends. People usually wear new clothes on Easter Sunday. Some young girls wear green hair ribbons, yellow dress, and white shoes. Others may pin little crosses made of green, yellow and white ribbons on their right sleeves. These colors and new clothes signify purity and a new start to life.

Some people would strictly follow the traditions and 40 days before Easter on Ash Wednesday they will quit something they cherish. It can be cigarettes, alcohol or some favourite food.

To list all Easter celebrations and beliefs would be very long, but let's have a look at some of the most traditional ones.

1. Spring cleaning of the house on Good Friday
2. Attending confessions and asking for forgiveness on Good Friday
3. Shopping for new clothes and getting a new haircut on Good FridayVisiting holy wells and graveyards on Good Friday
4. Attending a Holy Vigil on Saturday Night
5. Attending a special mass on Easter Sunday
6. Having a traditional meal of roast meat with stuffing, potatoes and vegetables
7. Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday

If you are having a family get together in your place, surprise them with Easter decorations and summer tableware, buy chocolate eggs for each child and maybe for adults too, to add some fun and don't forget to get some Easter baskets too.

St. Patrick's Day Ideas

St. Patrick's Day celebrations are always big and it doesn'tmatter, if you are staying at home or heading to the streets. We have some tips for you!

If you wish to stay at home in the family circle, you could get some green table covers or even better, table covers with spring clovers on them. Add some extra plastic tumblers, green paper plates, St. Patrick's Day napkins and make your favourite food. If you are the lucky one and have garden, you could put some hanging decorations outside such as lantern garlands or
hanging swirls. According to weather forecast it will be nice and sunny day.

We believe you will go and see the fantastic parade in your town or head up to some of the bigger towns. All the streets will be covered in green with most people wearing green hats, tiaras, head boppers and some of them will also have face paints all over their faces. So get yourself something green and lucky for a day to go with the crowd. If you wish to have something
special, why don't you get a tattoo? Don't worry, the tattoo we are offering is safe and will cause you no pain.

To get some of these fantastic items check http://www.thebigparty.ie.
Order today and you will have it delivered tomorrow. We also offer pick up, so
if you order your goods after 3pm today and before 3pm on Friday, you can still
go and pick up your goods in your local depot. Contact us for more information.

Happy St. Patrick's Day and Sláinte :-)

Happy Pancake Tuesday!

If you are like me, you just love pancakes and it does not matter if they are tiny and crispy as a paper or thick and small.

I have tried lots of different pancakes, plain ones, pancakes with lemon and sugar, pancakes with maple syrup, pancakes with fruit and yoghurt, pancakes with nutella and coconut, pancakes with banana, nutella and coconut, pancakes with blueberries and whipped cream, pancakes with ice cream, fruit and whipped cream. I have also tried pancakes with spinach, pancakes with ham and cheese, pancakes with shrimps, yes shrimps! The list is endless.

While I am writing all this, I can feel the cravings and the taste. And I realise it is a Pancake Tuesday and the shop will close in 30min! So now I have to go and get at least some of the things I had last year (as you can see on my last year's photo, just the ice cream was left in the fridge).

Happy Pancake Tuesday, let's spoil ourselves!

Party of the week - Mickey Mouse

Are you planning a party for your little one and have absolutely no idea what theme to decide on?

Every Friday from now on we will post one photo featuring party of the week. We started this on our Facebook page but we believe it would be handy to keep them all on our Blog as well as we could go back here and check the suggested ideas.

Party of the week is Mickey Mouse Party with one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world. Have a look at our idea with some of the Mickey Mouse party essentials. You will need table covers, paper plates, paper cups, some napkins and if you don't want to keep on Mickey Mouse theme only, you can easily mix and match them with both blue and black tableware. As for decorations you could get either letter banner or pennant banner and some balloons. To add to the fun get some Mickey Mouse ears or Mickey Mouse party hats, the kids just love them!

If you wish to give presents to your little visitors, why don't you get some Mickey Mouse loot bags and fill them with little treats, it could be either some pocket toys or pick n mix sweets.

So who is for Mickey Mouse party as your next themed party? Or maybe you already set your party with Mickey Mouse? Do you have any photos? Share them with us!

To get some of our Mickey Mouse party tableware and accessories, have a look on our website:
http://www.thebigparty.ie

Rise of mobile devices in 2012

Mobile devices are fast becoming the first choice for Irish online purchasing. thebigparty.ie have seen a huge increase in customers accessing and purchasing using handheld devices. For example in the first 2 weeks of 2011 4% of customers accessed the site using handhelds whereas in 2012 that figure has increased to 16%. A four fold increase in 1 year! In the same period the numbers accessing using windows has gone from 91% to 71% again highlighting the move away from the PC/laptop to the handheld.

Amongst the handheld user group Apple comes out on top with over 80% using an IPhone IPad or IPod. 16% are with Android and it will be interesting to see if this increases through 2012. The balance are using Blackberry and other devices.

Smurfs in front as themed parties grow

2011 saw the growth in themed childrens parties continue. While all the traditional favorites such as Dora the Explorer and Mickey Mouse remained popular the rise of Fireman Sam and the Smurfs was dramatic.

With the Smurfs movie in the cinema and topping the sales charts on DVD the demand for Smurfs themed product was significant. The full range was selling through with the tablewear and favors such as bubbles proving very popular.

As more parents opt to save money by having 'stay at home' parties it is clear that this trend is here to stay in 2012

Party Packs - Save your time and money

You know that situation very well. Working all day, five days a week, trying to organise your house and your life and then you still have to prepare everything for your childrens party.

We all know how time consuming it is so here are the two exciting words for you - party packs.

Party Packs are simple, quick and easy way to set a great childrens party. Each party pack contains napkins, plates, cups, tablecover, banner etc. We set a wide range of themes your child will love at a great price. If your little one loves Bob the Builder, Dora, Fireman Sam, Minnie Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Smurfs, Spongebob, Spiderman, Thomas the Tank Engine, Winnie the Pooh or ZingZillas, we have them all packed for you and ready to be dispatched at your door. For the older kids we put together party packs for themes such as Pirate Party for girls and boys, Rocker Girl, Soccer and Smiles. And if there is some specific theme you can't find here, please let us know and we will do our best to get it for you.

Save yourself precious time and buy the party packs.