Monday, 18 May 2009

The Alternative Party Bag!

I’m forever being asked
‘Are party bags really necessary?’
and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s really down to each parent’s personal choice and there is no real right or wrong answer!

Some mums say to me that coming to the party is a treat in itself but I personally believe that there is no harm in giving each child a little something to take away with them, I believe it adds to the fun and makes the end of the party not so disappointing. It really doesn’t have to cost the earth or be a mass of sugary chewy sweets. However, what I do disagree with is how it has become so competitive as to who had the best and most elaborate party bags and how theirs needs to be even better with even more things in, it really shouldn’t be about that, in my opinion it’s a small treat to take home at the end of a nice day – simple!


If you’re worried about the ifs and buts of party bags and are looking for an alternative, take a look at our range of Personalised Chocolate Bars. For only £1.50 each, they are a really memorable tasty treat. You can personalise them with any message of your choice, so they can even double up as a thank you for coming to the party. This can save you £££’s on party bags and thank you cards!

They are available in a fantastic choice of designs including pirates, ballerina, girlie, trains, football, clowns, fire engines and loads more. You can order them on-line and we can even send you a proof of your wrapper before it goes to print!

Thursday, 14 May 2009

Hello from The Party Genie!


Welcome to my very first blog...

I can’t believe I haven’t done this before, but to be honest I didn’t really understand what they were about but, having spoken to quite a few people ‘in the know’, I think I’m getting there!

Let me introduce myself, I’m Amanda and I run The Party Genie, an online children’s party shop selling all the latest children’s party supplies and gorgeous, top quality dressing up costumes. I have one son who is 5 and he is obviously chief tester of our products especially the boys dressing up costumes! He thinks he works for Party Genie too, he’s always on the look out for new products, he’s forever saying ‘we could sell this on our Party Genie mummy!’ he’s a proper little sales man, he loves helping out at any events we do.

The Party Genie has been trading for 2 years now and is continuing to grow and we are forever adding new products and party ranges to the site. So I’ll use this blog to keep you up to date with all the new party supplies, fancy dress costumes and anything else we add to the site! I’ll also let you know about anything else I think is interesting, news, events and just fun stuff!

I’ll keep it short for now but I’ll be back in touch soon.

Amanda