Mini Ice Cream Cookie Pops!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this idea Jess did from Pen n' Paper Flowers! The best summer treat yet! Why didn't I think of this??? hehe! I make ice cream cookie sandwich but I never thought of adding a stick! Genius! See Jess tutorial here. Enjoy! I'll be making some now! =)

Cupcake Theme Party

Another Cupcake Party!!! I also threw this same theme for my daughter, see here.

My friend Marie had asked me to help with her party decor...of course I will! hehe! I made these cupcake pops for her daughter's favors. I cut out the crown with letter "A" for Alexis with my cricut machine.

I made a cupcake banner saying

"Happy 1st

Birthday Alexis"

And also cupcake toppers!!! I love cupcake theme!

Can't wait to see your pictures Marie!

Mustache Pops!

It's so hard to find boy themes and such! I LOVE this idea from Prudent Baby! These mustache are made out of chocolates!!!!! Get the full tutorial and "its a boy" printable here! This would be great for ANY occassion, even weddings!

Alexis' Baby Shower

Remember this plastic cake plate in my previous post? Here's what Krystle did with them for a baby shower...

She helped host a baby shower brunch among 6 friends at a restaurant called Horatio's. I love how this shower is small and intimate. She layed out all the cake stand in the middle and used them for jumbo red velvet cupcakes!

She used my extra toppers that I had from my brother's baby shower which was designed by Lorell from Sweetly Sweet in her baby shower collection. I just made a matching label for the flower centerpiece (which were also used as favor tags) and the "Aiyess" topper.

Each person had a place card along with a cookie as favors.

There was 3 different designs of cookies and they were YUMMY!

Natalie's 1st Bithday: Fairy Party

A friend of mine, Katherine, hosted a party for her daughter turning ONE and it was a FAIRY THEME! Right when you walk in, you're just like "ooooooh....ahhhhh!" Everything was so beautiful! Perfect theme for the perfect weather! I'm in awe! I want summer kids!!! Maybe my next one? LOL!

Anyhoo...I wanted to share the pictures that Katherine had put on her blog: ♥Sweet Lily Pie. These were the giveaways. Each girl had a tutu with a matching fairy wing. Each boy had a bucket full of goodies.

Hmmm the dessert table..full of yummy sweets!!! I also love the butterflies hanging on the wall!

I'm so glad to have a crafty friend/mommy nearby! hehe!

You did a great job KayKay!!!!

Don't forget to visit her blog to see more details!

DIY Cake Stand...with plastic!

After my cousin Krystle saw the cake stand I made in my previous post, she wanted to make a mini cake stand for individual cupcakes. She also wanted it disposable but sturdy...so... she got the clear dessert plate (8 ct) and clear "shot glass" cup (24 ct) from the $1 store (all plastic!).

use a LOW-temp glue gun to glue the pieces together. I just put some glue on the bottom of the shot glass cup

then stuck it to the bottom of the plate in the center.

Ta-Da! This time, its ready fast! No waiting for hours the the "real" glass cake stand! =)

Pictures coming soon of how Krystle used these plastic stands for a baby shower! =)

Camera Strap Cover

I finally recieved this in the mail!!! I had to share!!! What is it??? Its a camera strap cover from *Shey*[B]!!! I love damask and the color purple! This was a custom order from Shey but she has a BUNCH of stuff on her site you can choose from. She even has ipad covers, guitar strap cover, etc!!!

Please excuse my blurry pictures, I had to take it from my phone as you can see because my camera is right there...hehe! The purple is really pretty, the camera never gives purple any justice! The purple minky feels great on my skin. I also added a lens pocket because I am ALWAYS misplacing the lens cover!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!!! Gets yours now here!

DIY Cake Stand!

After seeing this Cake Plate Tutorial from Your Homebase Mom, I wanted to make some of my own too! I love how you can use any plate you desire!

For each cake plate you will need:
1 candle holder
1 plate
E6000 glue

I found the candle holders and plate from my local $1 store.

I had this glue on hand so I forgot how much the price is, I got this from Michael's Arts and Crafts.

Now get your holder and plate together, turn the plate upside down and try to determine where the center is.

Then add glue to the top of the holder

then turn the holder upside down and put into the center of the plate.

Let dry for 2-6 hours (per directions of glue) I just left it overnight.

Then TA-DA!!! you got your own cake plate!!!

Took a picture of these cake balls using the stand. Silly me didn't take a picture of the whole stand...we ate all the cake balls before I realize it! hehe!

Now off to try to make these plates into plate stand too! I got these on clearance from Michaels!

DIY: Fairy Wings...Refashion!!!

Who doesn't love playing dress up? Especially with fairy wings! I got this purple bee wing from my local $1 store! Problem is....I didn't like that bee...I wanted it to be more pretty! So I also grabbed 1 bundle of flowers from the $1 store to cover the bee!

before gluing the flowers to the bee with the hot glue gun, I thought I needed two flowers (I took the flower heads off the stem). But instead, I cut the bee off, just leaving the part that was already glued to the wings and I only needed one flower.

I love how it came out! SOOOOOOOO much better than the bee! Talk about refashion! LOL!

My daughter LOVED it...but then again...she has so many wings! hehe...she loves playing dress up with the wings and sometimes she wants her tutu! I bought her these wings because it was inexpensive and I didn't want her to ruin the ones she already had.

I also bought this ladybug wing along with the bee....I might just leave this one alone...what do you think?rLeave it or put black or red flower? =) Get your wings now if your local dollar store carries it!

Eclipse Inspired Cake Balls

For those of you that know me, you know I LOVE LOVE the Twilight Saga!!!!

Eclipse is my favorite book of the four buuuuut I must say that the Twilight movie is still my favorite movie.

That being said, I wanted to post some treats I made...Twilight Inspired!!!

Blood Red for the Vampires (red velvet cake)

White for the Cullens (coconut cake)

Brown for the Werewolves (chocolate cake)

(on the left) I threw in a white cake ball with chocolate drizzle to represent the Cullens and Werewolves working together...cheesy I know but I LOVE twilight! =)

I printed the FREE cupcake wrappers and cupcake toppers from Maggie's Dinner Dates. There's so many to choose from like bag toppers, waterbottle wrappers, etc!!! Print yours now!

I like the Team Jakeward! LOL! but I'm team Edward ALL THE WAY! I also printed the bag from Maggie's Dinner Dates.

How Does She's Sweet Shoppe Party!

OMG...I'm such in awe... I'd love my daughter to have a sweet shoppe party too! There's so many themes I want to throw her like this Sweet Shoppe party from How Does She, Fairy Garden Princess Party, Lollipop Party (although that would also be under sweet shoppe), Tea Party, Ice Cream social....etc etc etc!!!!! But Jaela was born a few days after Thanksgiving and everything is in Autumn colors...I like BRIGHT colors! And it's too cold to have any outdoor activities! No FUN!!! hehe!

Anyhow...I'm SWOONING over this sweet shoppe!!! So many eye candy!!! I love the colors too! Head on to How Does She to get all the details!!! =)

DIY Chiffon and Tulle Flowers!

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this chiffon and tulle flower! I just wanted to share with you guys too! Get the tutorial HERE!!!