Team Edward! :)

I found these pics through a friend on facebook.  She was a guest, not the host. I just fell in serious love with this Eclipse deput party.  Check out these AMAZING pics of this AMAZING party.  Bravo to Joanna and Lauren the hosts, you're amazing, whoever you are!

Check out these pics!

I wish I had some explanation of the details of this party.  I'm trying to contact these amazing hostesses on facebook, so maybe I'll be able to get them to write something up for me. 

I seriously can't get over this party, being a huge Twilight fan myself. 

Marshmellow cream filled cup cakes.

I love how simple and obvious this idea is.  Check out Stephanies Sweet Creations for a short explanation on how to fill cup cakes.  You could fill them with anything.  SO CUTE!  Check out the rest of her blog for other adorable cakes and cup cakes. Find it HERE.

Ahoy there cup cakes!!

So I helped my friend make a cup cake tower tonight for her sail boats birthday party coming up this weekend. I LOVE the way it turned out and i have to admit that Im pretty proud of myself for coming up with it.  "toot toot" (thats me tooting my own horn).  Anyways here is how we did it.....

First we cut four strips of card board. 2 shorter than the others.  And taped them together at the ends with duct tape.

Then we traced the top and duct taped that on.

 

(ps please excuse my shirt my sunburn on my shoulder was bleeding.)

We cut up red and blue bandanas and used spray adhesive to glue them to a poster board we had cut out like sails. We laid the squares slightly too close together so we could cut the excess into fringe to give it a patched look.

I covered the boxes with that brown post office wrapping paper (that I CAN NOT remember what it's called right now) which was kinda difficult because of the shape but turned out ok.

Then I poked a hole in the top of the top box and stabbed a bamboo stick through (that we broke off of a butterfly net from the dollar store) duct taped the bottom, and hot glued the top.

Then I used the Cricut to cut out Initials and a 1 and hot glued them on, on top of a white ribbon.

To put the sail on we hot glued the white ribbon between the sails, then behind that hot glued some card board so the sails would stay the right distance apart, and hot glued that on to the stick.  Then we tied some white ribbon into a hole we hole punched to make it look like it was tied on. 

We had to hot glue another white ribbon from the back of the stick to the back of the top boat so that the sail would stand up straight since it was heavier on one side.  And TADA! I LOVE IT.  I can't wait for the party saturday its going to be adorable.  YAY

Party Checklist

Found one!!! Go HERE to Evite and find a checklist that allows to select party type and date or TBD and gives you a list of things to be done, and how far before the party each thing should be checked off. YAY! I need this!  They also have a party budge estimater, drink calculator, and menu planner at the bottom of the page.

Garden Baby Shower

This summery garden baby shower is so fun, bright, and beautiful I have just fallen in love with it.  I LOVE summer, and being a Florida girl who moved to Canada, you can imagine how much I anticipate it every year.  I wish summer could be the theme of my entire life, but I suppose I could deal with just the theme of a baby shower. ESP. when its this CUTE!! Check it out HERE by Ashley at Little Miss Mama!

I absolutely LOVE the mason jar glasses!

And this food looks sooo beautiful and delish. its making me hungry!

Best Cake Recipe EVER!

My friend Heather gave me this recipe when I was going to try and make my first cake for Alyvia's first birthday party.  I have NO idea where she got it from or who to give proper credit to, but whoever or wherever it came from I LOVE YOU.  here goes....

1 box cake mix
1 package pudding (4 serving size)
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups of water
1/2 cups of oil
1 Tbls vanilla

Mix the cake and the dry pudding mix together. (Get as many lumps out as possible...i use a flour sifter because im psycho about lumps but really probably not needed.)
Add eggs, water, oil, and vanilla and beat together.

Bake @ 350 degrees for usually around an hour or untill done. 
The time will have crazy variations depending on pan size and shape.  It is VERY wet when going into the oven so it takes quite a while to cook.  Dip a wooden skewer and when it comes out clean its done. 

Variations:
Chocolate: Devils food cake mix and chocolate or fudge pudding
Lemon: Lemond cake mix and lemon pudding
Spice: Spice cake mix and butterscotch pudding

ENJOY!!


oh and ps. it rises TONS!! and i mean TONS!! leave at least an inch maybe an inch and a half from the top of the pan. or youll end up with this.....

april fools?? maybe not so much!!

Ok...I know this is suppose to be an april fools gag....and on pots it obviously is.  But what if you put all of those cute little ruffles on elastics and put them around your serving dishes. I think its ADORABLE!! They could slip on and off of your bowls and casserole dishes etc.  I may be taking crafting too far but i dont care I LOVE THIS!! Screams amazing hostess to me!!  Check it out HERE! from Make It and Love It!

Holy cuteness!

I LOVE these twine napkin holders from Kat at Black Kat's Design.  Part of being good hostess is having nice clean guests;)  Check out the tutorial HERE!

Come on in!!

Ever have people come over for a dinner/cocktail party, girls night, etc. and sit like a hawk by the front door to make sure you catch everyone before they knock or ring the door bell? I've done that... How much cuter, and less crazy would it be to make an ADORABLE sign like this one to hang on the front door.  If you added "Come on In, Prince Sleeping" to it.  It's  PERFECT! LOVE!  Check out the tutorial by Dena at Sweet Pickles and Chocolate HERE!

My second favorite....

theme is DAMASK PRINT!!  I love it on everything and everywhere.  Stacey at Fun to Craft made over this $1 tray from Good Will and I think it is AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!  Hello who doesn't love a damask themed cocktail/dinner party??!! I DO I DO!  Check it out HERE!

An apple a day...

LOOKS DELICIOUS!!  I found these Chocolate and caramel covered apples at My Sweet Creations!! They look SO yummy I can't wait to try them.  They would be PERFECTLY with a ton of party themes....cowboy, carnival, beachy, pool parties, etc.  Go Check em out HERE!

Candles...

So last night at this little dinner party I went to the hostess put candles all over the house.  It was so pretty, it made it go from people hanging out and coming over to eat and talk...to a cocktail party.  They were her only decor, and it was perfectly simple and elegant!

Wanna be the Hostess with the Mostess??

Ok....so update on this.  I tried this last night, and I have a few pointers. 

#1 He says to heat up the chocolate and strawberry syrup, DONT.  It makes it tooo runny.

#2 Make sure the plate you are decorating is COMPLETELY flat.

#3 Do not try and take this to a party after you have decorated the plate because I promise it will run in the car:(

I made this for my party, and after a couple of tries I realized it was too runny when you heat it, so I tried again and it turned out beautifully.  I figured I'd take pics when I got to the party since I was hurrying, but it didn't make it to the party lol.  By the time I got there it was just a cheese cake puddle.

The mostess beautiful dessert that is!  I was watching TV last night when a commercial came on for some fancy restaurant, and when I saw the desserts a light came on. Hey I wanna do thaaat!! What an easy and inexpensive way to spice up your dessert plate all the while adding tastey dipping sauce!  I found a Video tutorial HERE on youtube from "Cooking with Johan".  There's tons of other videos from him that have some great ideas of how to make all your food have a great presentation!  I'm so excited.  I'm going to a party tonight and I was going to bring an appetizer, but nope changed my mind! Now I'm bringing a fancy dessert! I'll put pictures up of how it turns out!!

Finally, I made it!

One of the best parts of having parties of any sort is being able to play Hostess!  and one of the best parts of being able to play Hostess is getting to look the part!  I instantly fell in love with this fabric LAST SUMMER and JUST now decided to go out and finally break down and buy it.  This is what I decided to do with it.  I love it, I'll post a tutorial soon!

ps. sorry for the pic quality, my camera was being very uncooperative, and so was my 2 year old.

Welcome Spring!

Spring is here, for most of us anyways.  What better way to welcome spring than with some beautiful centerpieces at a cocktail party?? There's a great tutorial HERE at Hostess with the Mostess!!