I have never worked so hard and so fast in my life, and I was in advertising for 10 years! I couldn't have done it without my gorgeous party partner, Sandra, and our devoted men, Matt and Henri, not to mention Jade and Ben!
At 2:45 kids started arriving and Sandra and I hadn't even got into our Bellatrix and Trellawny outfits yet. My daughter and her boyfriend had to take the kids on an egg hunt so that we could very quickly go and get changed!
Another unfortunate thing is our photographer was held up, so we asked 'Dobby' and 'Snape' to take our pictures and they had other jobs to do on the day. We didn't get a picture of the venue in its entirety, and the action shots were taken on an auto setting!
In the end, it all worked out though. The kids and their parents were blown away, which is exactly what we wanted. We wanted them all to have a great time and go away saying that they want a Smoochie party too.
The pics we do have are below.
The emergency egg hunt, Sandra's little Luna Lovegood on the far left
The not-quite-finished table with Divination table in the distance
A close-up of the table
The wands, party-packs and certificates
Dobby and Snape
Hagrid and Hermione
Balloon Quidditch
Hermione and young Bellatrix
Hagrid and a blurry older Bellatrix
The Sorting hat, ready to sort
Dobby serving butter beer
Sandra's cake (OMG!) with cauldron candle holder
Hermione and her birthday cake
The take-away party packs
