Little Miss Chef Party!

I am SO in love with this super creative party theme by Bee in our Bonnet!  This cooking party is so adorable, and my inner 5 year old is totally jealous.  I love the aprons she made as favors.  Great Idea!!!! Find it HERE!

Sail Boat Party, Matey!!

Last weekend Lawson Beau turned 1!  His party turned out amazing.  I can't take credit for all of it, unfortunately, only some of it.  We had a FANTASTIC time crafting and preparing for this party.  It was so worth it, it was adorable and so fun! Here is some of what we did!!

The smash cake was made out of one of those giant cup cake pans with a fondant sail boat on top.  I did a tutorial on the cup cake stand HERE. The banner was cut out with a cricut and hot glued on to ribbon. She made origami sail boats and put life savers in them for treats for the tables, and also gold fish.

She made a "say ahoy to our little boy" box as a keep sake for everyone to write notes to him and she'll keep it until his graduation day.  there was a fishing net under the food.  Anchors hanging outside. She made him a sailor shirt, and gave sweedish fish as the favors. They had slip and slide and baby pools for kids to play on. The list goes on.  I loved this party I think it was soo cute, Thanks Taylor for letting me be a part of you and LBG's special day!!

adorable diy chandelier!!

I wish I would have seen this before Alyvia's last birthday party.  This would have been perfect for her Princess themed party! Check out this tutorial by Megan @ Brassy Apple!  This could be used for a tea party too. Find it HERE!
by the by....all this stuff is at the dollar store!! :)

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

Seriously Genious!

I'm dying over how cute this is!! What a great idea.  It is, after all, all about the presentation!  Check out the tutorial HERE by The Decorated Cookie.  I dont drink tea, but how fun would this be for Cookies and Milk, or Hot Chocolate.  Yay.  Actually I found a really cute Cookie first birthday party not long ago that this would go GREAT with. You can find that HERE. Wouldn't a cute dollar store coffee mug with a rim full of these cookies make an amazing party favor for this party?? SO IN LOVE!

Ahoy!!

So a friend of mine is doing a "sailboats" themed birthday party for her son.  I LOVE these invitations.  I can't wait to put pics up of the party.  I'm helping her with the cake and I'm REALLY excited.  It's all going to be so adorable.  Anyways she made them on Vista Print.  And made up the words her creative self.

How cute, right?  And it always helps when you have the cutest son in the known world. Can't wait till the party!

Sweet as Candy!!

Katherine threw this ADORABLE Candy Land themed birthday party for her sons 5th birthday. She made a REAL candy land in her home. I can't get over how cute it is.  My favorite part is the Toothbrush Party Favors.  Check it out HERE!

"BAM POW"

What a Super-Cute Super Hero Party by Jenn at Ambrosia Girl.  I love the capes!!  This theme is sooo cute for both girls and boys! Find it HERE!

ready for take off!

Man, I'm on a roll tonight!! Amazing parties just keep finding me.  Check out this adorable airplane themed party by Amy Atlas HERE. I LOVE the runway table. SOOO CUTE!

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!

It's official...I can't wait till September!

So, a friend of mine from back home has 2 little girl 364 days apart!! This year she wants to do a Pink Zebra themed birthday party for her girls, and luckily for both of us ILL BE THERE!! So we get to do it together.  I can NOT wait to do the "dollar store DIY" version of this party.  It's going to be spectacular. Check it out from Top Party Ideas 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!

Lady bug Birthday!!

Seriously, not many things get cuter than this Lady Bug themed Birthday by Nichole.  It is SO thought out and put together!! What a dedicated mother..and party planner! Check it out for ideas and explanations HERE! SO CUTE!

"flip flops and sand box"

OK...HOW CUTE WOULD THESE BE AS INVITATIONS!!?? I found these at Michaels, and they were only 1.69 (and thats canada pricing they are cheaper in the states im sure...everything is!) If you painted them up nice, used a fine tip sharpie to write the info. on them, and glued a magnet to the back...they would double as an invitation AND a pre-party party favor! Plus, your invitation will be stuck to the fridge under everyones nose! YAY!!! I may do a theme like this next year.  I'm so excited about this.

E-I-E-I-O

Holy Moly am I in love?!? Like I have said before, I love the cowboy, barnyard, farmer theme!  This cake and cupcake tutorial is so AMAZING!! Find it HERE! from Better Crocker.  I LOVE THIS!!! .....AND to make this even better, you could use this type of layout for SO many other themes....you could do a castle and princesses, a pond and frogs, a bassinet and babies for a baby shower, backpack and little dora and boots, a little bed and the monster that live underneath it, the list is never ending!! So cute!

My favorite part of any party....

no matter what kind of celebration it is, is ALWAYS the CAKE!! I love making cakes.  (and honestly, I think I'm kinda good at it.)  One of my favorite websites for cake ideas is Coolest Birthday Cakes.  It is a compialation of all home made cakes and tutorials!  I LOVE IT!! I find myself searching through it when I'm bored....even when I have no parties or events anywhere in the the near future!! lol.  Anyways, the previous posting got me searching out horse cakes and I found THIS.  My favorite is number 34 by Anna H.  You have to check out this website the next time you need to make a cake! It's the best!

YEE-HAW!!

I LOVE THIS horse themed party inspiration board by Chris @ Celebrations at home! Cowboy theme is my favorite theme for anything, not just parties...home decor, too!  These may be some of the cutest ideas I've ever seen.  Check it out HERE!

For baby Aiden...

A friend of mines little boy Aiden is going to be a big 1 year old in two short months.  She asked me to help her find some ideas for his first birthday.  This next post is a selection just for you Kaela!(and fyi, I'll be down so we can DIY some of these ideas together! YAY)

Thomas the train birthday party!  I don't know how you feel about Thomas the Train but my daughter LOVES him, so im sure all the little boys out there must die over him.  HERE is a step by step tutorial on how to make a Thomas the Tank Engine cake!

This beautiful party was featured by Kara's Party Ideas, and it is so adorable (plus it'd give us lots of opportunity to play with the Cricut) find it HERE!



OOOH!!! Here is another party theme that I LOVE!!  Carrie from Stationary Scoop threw this AMAZING Monster Party Check it out HERE!

This is SO CREATIVE!! And I think a Monster theme would be PERFECT for Aiden!