18th Birthday Blog
31st Jan 2010 (Party Ideas)
40th Birthday Fancy Dress Themes
Remember that “life begins at forty”, why not have a big party! Fancy dress is always a daring thing but is well worth it. When organizing a fancy dress party remember to send out the invites well in advance because everyone will need to organize a costume. Luckily there are loads of places online that will allow you to be creative and customize your invitations.
Here are some fancy dress themes for 40th birthday party:
- Surprise fancy –dress party: parties becomes more memorable if it is a surprise party. It must be ensured that all the invitees are aware it is a surprise fancy dress party and the invitees should join the party in fancy dress so the suspense remains till it is announced.
- Hawaiian party. Everyone can dress up in coconuts and hoola skirts
- Famous couples – why not dress up as Posh and Becks or Batman and Robin.
- C List celebrities. This is easy for guests as they can use their own clothes to dress up as ‘the pink ladies’ from Grease or ‘Stacey’ from Eastenders
- Pirates
- Cowboys and Indians
- Emergency services. Why not dress up as a fireman, nurse or policeman
- 80’s theme with big curly perms and flowering clothes
- School theme. Get the shirts and ties out!
Our favorite place for fancy dress is a large online retailer called Jokers Masquerade (LINK). Check them out.
28th Jan 2010 (General)
ECCO GPS Keychain
This is a new invention designed to help you find your way back to your car. Its a keyring that goes with you car keys. Its easy to use and anybody even those who are not good with technology are able to use it. Once you've parked you press a button and it logs your location. When you need to get directed back to you car you press a button and it directs you back to your car. It couldn't be easier. No more walking round the car park wondering where you've parked your car or trying to remember that you've parked in area C behind the tree
28th Jan 2010 (Party Ideas)
40th Birthday Party Ideas
Life really begins at forty. At this stage of your life your children are growing up, you’ve got money in you pocket and you can start to do what you want for a change. Why not have a party to celebrate! There are various ways to celebrate here are some examples below:-
Surprise Party
Organising a party for yourself can be a real worry. Will everyone turn up? Will the music be catered for all ages? Will the food be ok? Will everybody enjoy themselves? By organizing a surprise party you are taking the pressure off of the birthday girl / boy. This leaves them to enjoy their party and not have to deal with the pressure and worry. The only problem is getting everybody to keep it a secret and somebody might let the secret out by accident.
Charity Party
I really wanted to do something really huge for my wife’s 40th but was as usual pretty tight on cash. My original idea was to hire her favorite singer and throw a party inviting close friends and families. Once adding up the cost I realized it was going to be far too expensive. I still wanted a party so I decided that the party would be there but it would be held for a charity event supporting an Orphanage that is very dear to our hearts. The venue were happy to rent out their accommodation for free and after making some calls and explaining that I wished to raise money for the Orphanage all the entertainers agreed to participate free. I invited about 100 guests and explained that it was a charity party and please could they make a small donation to the Orphanage, instead of buying gifts for my wife which they normally do. I only needed to pay for the food and little extra for the cake,decorations, and some miscellaneous expenses for the entertainments. The Party was a great success and we loved the donation that we could make also. We intend to do similar parties in future whenever the occasion arises.
15th Nov 2009 (Gift Ideas)
Lovely Gifts For Her 40th Birthday
Females are usually easier to by for than males. There are some lovely gifts that you can't go wrong with for a 40th birthday for her. Why not go for luxury Molton Brown, an expensive moisturiser or something from the Cath Kidston collection. These are gifts which really are a luxury but affordable which most women would never buy for themselves. Make-up is another gift a girl would love; makes such as Dior and Clinque are expensive but can be bought in a lovely gift set as a present
Clothes are more of a personal preference so unless you know the person really well I would advise staying clear of clothes. Maybe a gift voucher is a safer option from fashion stores such as New Look. The other alternative is to splash out on the best clothes shopping experience they could ever imagine.
A 40th birthday is a big occasion; some people may wish to celebrate with a huge party where as others may choose a more relaxing quieter event. A spa day is a lovely way for females to celebrate their 40th birthday in luxury. With a daughter, sister, friend or even on their own a spa day will make anybody feel special on their big day.
15th Nov 2009 (Gift Ideas)
Great Gifts For His 40th Birthday
Your husband or father or just males in general can be really hard to buy for especially when its a special day such as their 40th birthday. If they want something they buy it themselves and when you ask them what they want they say they don't know.
A great suggestion for a present is a pair of cufflinks especially as they can be engraved/personalised or based upon things they like. For instance, if they like football the cufflinks could be in the shape of footballs or feature their favourite teams logo.
Most men also love an alcoholic beverage here or there but wouldn't spend money on expensive champagne and certainly not a luxury Jack Daniels gift box with some whiskey truffles on the side.
An alternative to alcohol and chocolates is a designer briefcase, wallet or any other similar posh accessories. Another special present could be an engraved personalised ballpoint pen.
An accessory that all men love but wouldn't always buy themselves is a watch. Sometimes this can be more of a personal preference so it may be an idea to let them choose, however if you know them well then I am sure you will find some great ideas at Ernest Jones or H Samuel.
If the 40th birthday star would prefer to treat family to a day out or experience rather than receive gifts then a family trip to Paris on the Euro star or trip to London is always a great idea.
03rd Sep 2009 (Gift Ideas)
40th Birthday Driving Gifts For Him
One of our most popular gifts for him seems to in fact be an experience day. It is a close call between two supercar weekday hire vouchers, the Ferrari F430 Spider Weekday Hire and the Porsche Boxster S Weekday Hire. There is another weekday hire gift on this experience list that is usually hanging low at the bottom which is the Audi R8 Weekday Hire which begs the question do 40 year old guys like Audi's impressive 5.2L v10 monster or do they prefer popular classics such as the 2 cars sitting in the top 2 places as mentioned above.
I will be keeping an eye on this, but it the mean time if you can think of any other cars that would be popular then feel free to contact us.
25th Jul 2009 (Gift Ideas)
40th Birthday Jewellery
If you are looking to buy some jewellery for your loved one on their 40th birthday then do check out Lula Bula's handcrafted custom 40th birthday jewellery.
Their range of jewellery can be customised with swarovski crystals making the pieces even more delightful for that special lady and the cost is very competitive for such cherishable and meaningful gifts.
25th Jul 2009 (Party Ideas)
Beautiful 40th Birthday Cakes
Today I found a website called Michelle's Sugar Art. I have never been so impressed with cake decorating in all my life. The detail on the cakes is second to none and they are so inventive and original!
Take this cake (right) for example. This is my favourite car of all time and I am sure many 40 year old blokes would absolutely love to dig in to cake shaped like a Bugatti Veyron at their birthday party.
Her work is absolutely incredible. Check out this birthday cakes page which features a cake sculptured as somebodys face (with a photo next to it for comparison), a couple of overflowing designer shopping bags and a mindblowing cake made monopoly board.
25th Jul 2009 (Party Ideas)
40th Birthday Chocolate Cake
So to kick start the 40th birthday blog, I thought I would attach a picture of a lovely personalised cake I saw at a friends 40th birthday a few months ago.The roses look beautiful and the cake was absolutely delicious.
If you look cloesly to the right, you will see there is another huge cake next to it. This is made out of pure pick and mix sweets and was the centrepiece of the table! There are big flumps all around the edges as you can see which leads on to Haribo foam hearts.
If you are throwing a 40th birthday party then I do really recommend finding a good cake decorator as not only do they look great and taste delicious, but also they are talking point for people at the party and for days afterwards.