LITTLE FAVOURS. BIG SMILES.
A little about me ♡
Hi, I’m Tina, mum of two and the creative behind Favour Parade.
I was born and raised in Adelaide, and I’ve been making things for as long as I can remember. As a kid I was happiest with a paintbrush in my hand, drawing, painting or turning whatever I could find into something new. Give me some colour and a bit of imagination and I was set.
Fast forward a few years, and I became a mum to two kids, born just 12 months apart. Their birthdays are only days apart, so the year my son turned two and my daughter turned one, I had two parties to plan in the same month.
Between nappies, night wakes and everything else life throws at you, even something as simple as party favours felt like one job too many. I wanted their birthdays to feel special. I just didn’t have the hours.
And I remember thinking: I can’t be the only parent feeling like this.
That’s how Favour Parade started.
I wanted to take one thing off another parent’s plate by making party favours easy, beautiful and genuinely fun. It made sense to build them around the thing I’ve always loved: arts and crafts. Because what kid doesn’t love a splash of paint, a pop of colour and the chance to make something of their own?
These days both of mine are at school, so I finally have a bit more time on my hands. Well… a bit. Let’s not get carried away.
Now I get to pour that lifelong love of making things into something that makes celebrating your kids a little easier. I know how much love goes into their birthdays, and how fast these years go.
So here’s to less time sweating the small stuff, and more time making memories that matter.
With love,
Tina ♡
