Two enterprising mothers have combined their friendship with a flair for business and started their own company.

Tiffany Brownell and Sharon Rees, who both live on the Bure Park estate, Bicester, only started planning the venture at the beginning of the year, but already the orders are rolling in.

Sharon Rees and Tiffany Brownell

Their company, Party Pop-Its, supplies party bags for children's birthday parties and other special occasions such as weddings. The pair are well qualified to know what children like, as Tiffany has two daughters, Emily, seven, and Lottie, four, and Sharon also has two girls, two-year-old Bethany and Abby, aged four.

Tiffany said: "Since January, we have been refining what we are going to do and what we will put in the bags. It has been a very exciting time as we have been visiting suppliers and going to trade fairs to choose the items for the bags.

"Our bags are available in three price ranges, 95p, £1.50 and £2.50, and we fill them with good-quality products that are just a little different, but still competitively priced."

Party Pop-Its can be contacted on 01869 321289 or 242202.