JaeBellz

Christmas Tags

2011-12-22T09:35:00.000-08:00

Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas!!!!

Need tags? Look no futher! Download these tags I designed last year for Sisters' Stuff.

Lalaloopsy Birthday Party

2011-12-02T13:18:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it has already been three years! They went by too fast! I saw this idea on Pinterest and I knew I had to do them too! Every year you'll see how they will change and what they are into that year

My daughter Jaela wanted a Lalaloopsy theme for her Birthday

I have to admit, I think those dolls are SEW CUTE!

I made button sugar cookies and used this recipe here.

I love how well they kept their shape!

I used neon food coloring on the cookie dough. I used a circle cookie cutter and a one size smaller circle cutter to make the circle "groove". Then I used a plastic straw to make the button holes.

Then I sealed them up with a bag topper

Jaela asked me to make Lalaloopsy cake pops but they have sooooo much detail so I just made "button" cake pops.

and the rest with just rainbow sprinkles

I made mini Lalaloopsy coloring books

Get the coloring pages here and here

button tags for the goody bags

Goody Bag

This is one of the most delicious cake I have tasted! We got chocolate chocolate chip flavor from Nothing Bundt Cakes,

My friend Ida bought the cake and attached some Lalaloopsy Mini Dolls all around. Jaela was so excited to see this cake!

Can you tell she's SEW HAPPY! :)

She really loves this Lalaloopsy playhouse!

One of the cutest playhouse I have seen! It came with a "button" stool and a Lalaloopsy Doll; Spot Splatter Splash with a swinger for the doll!

The very next day she was so occupied playing with all her mini dolls. She said her party was SEW much fun and she can't wait for next year...oh boy!

I also made her a birthday tutu but she didn't get to wear it! I totally forgot about it!!!

{FREE Printables} Breast Cancer Awareness Tags

2011-10-17T15:16:00.000-07:00

I have created some breast cancer awareness tags for a friend. I donated some cake pops along with these tags.

I have also made it for you to download! These are not only for cake pops, you can use them as cupcake toppers and add on to any thing you please!

Download yours now!

Breast Cancer Awareness Tags by JaeBellz

{Free Printable} Thank You Tags

2011-08-18T12:50:00.000-07:00

One of my friends have asked me to whip up some "Thank You" tags to attach to some sweets that she was giving out. We put a chocolate chip cookie inside a treat bag and attached the tag with some bakers twine from The Twinery.

Lucky for you, I made them downloadable for you to have as well!

My way of saying "Thank You" for being patience with me for my lack of post!

I have left some tags blank so that you can add your own notes!

you can use these tags on anything, like I have taped this tag on a mini brown kraft bag. You can attach to gifts, cake pops and more!

Enjoy!

Download "Thank You" tags here

Carnival Party

2011-08-16T13:24:00.000-07:00

My mom, sister and I co-hosted a carnival party for my nephew's 1st birthday. My nephew and his parents live out of state but they come over here to celebrate since all the guest are from here as well.

We went with the traditional red and blue colors with hints of yellow

My mom's famous J E L L O! Get the recipe and tutorial HERE!

"Popcorn" cupcakes! These were fun to make!

Mini water bottles

Peanuts and caramel apples were the favors

We "hired" my brother to be the clown (yes...the birthday boy's daddy...hehe)

Since my brother has no "clown" experience, he just made an appearance and passed out these goody bags to the kids

We played lots of carnival games like Tic Tac Toe, SkeeBall, Ring Toss, etc. We also had a jumper that the kids loved. We had Bingo for the adults. We borrowed this popcorn machine from a family member.

Can you tell we love photo booths!?!

I got lucky and got some props at Targets $1 section which was for Circus/Carnival Theme!

My dad painted this Gypsy. It was hilarous when they boys took pictures with the gypsy!

Photo banner of Jonah the birthday boy.

Happy Birthday Jonah!!!!

What I have been up to...

2011-07-11T11:35:00.000-07:00

Sorry that it has been CHRISTMAS since my last post! I've been neglecting this blog! I have been busy with my other blog: JaeBellz Sweet Bites. It's all about cake pops! Now that I have shut it down since I'm on maternity leave, I wanted to catch up with this blog! SO SORRY! Here's a few of the cake pops I have made...

I'm jumping for joy as Bakerella has put this on here POP STAR page!

See here.

you can see more on my Facebook page.

I'm having another girl! I'm due on Aug 12 so hopefully I can get back to blogging after the baby is born! :)

Free Christmas Gift Tags!

2010-12-01T19:07:00.000-08:00

Can you guys believe it's already December?!?

Well, I know I'm early, but I got ALL my Christmas shopping done! =)

Now that we got the Christmas tree, I can start wrapping the gifts! I needed some tags so I whipped this up, and now you can have them too! To download, just click the link below

Printable Christmas Tags by JaeBellz

Jaela's Sweet Shoppe

2010-11-28T19:07:00.000-08:00

I can't believe another year went by and my daughter has turned two! She loves candy so we decided to go with Sweet Shoppe Theme. I was so disappointed it rained...POURED! I had NO lighting to take good pictures...I don't know much about photography either! Just point and shoot...hehe! I hope you enjoy this anyways!

Who says Sweet Shoppe has to be all about candy?!? Its all about ANYTHING SWEET! =) I combined the desserts and candies together.

(as you can see, I added my cupcake toppers last minute, I totally forgot about it! and yes...those are MINI lollipops!)

These weren't on the table, these were given out as favors. These "#2" cookie are sugar cookies.

♥ Jaela ♥

The birthday girl!

These were props for the photo booth. Everyone, including me, had a blast being silly!

Me (in the middle) and my BFFs

Had to share this one...my Hubby looks silly especially with that oversized tie! =)

Its so hard to throw a party right after Thanksgiving! The house is still so messy and you still have left overs...no space in kitchen for preparing! As much as I love planning a party, I'm glad it's over! =P

Sweet Shoppe Banner, Food Labels, Water Bottle Labels, Cupcake & Bag Toppers : JaeBellz

Celebrate Banner : The TomKat Studio

Mini Cake Bunting Banner: The TomKat Studio

Twine (used to hang mini bunting banner on cake): The Twinery

Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookies : Sweeties By Kim, won giveaway from Pen N' Paper Flowers

Mustaches: Easy Makes Me Happy & Design House Digital

DIY: Flower Ring Pipe Cleaners

2010-10-30T10:55:00.000-07:00

{picture via Bakerella}

As I was reading Bakerella's new post here, what caught my eye was this flower ring made out PIPE CLEANERS! It was given to her by a fan. I knew I had to try this since I have so many pipe cleaners laying around. So I was in search for a tutorial! I came across the Martha Stewart Wedding site! It shows a video of how to! Such an easy project and FUN! I made a picture tutorial in case you wanted to see it step-by-step =)

You need 1 pipe cleaner for the stem and 6 pipe cleaners of your desired color for the flower

bunch all 6 pipe cleaners together, then twist 5-7 times in the middle

this part will be your ring part

put the part you just twisted under the finger you want to wear it on

(I like wearing my rings on this finger)

then twist

the scatter like this

take each end and curl here

(this is so the ends doesn't "poke" you)

then curl all the way to the ring part

repeat to all

now take your "petals" and fix and arrange to your desired look

it should look something like this =)

You are done with the flower part!

Now to add the stem...

put the middle of the pipe cleaner "stem" under the flower

then twist to secure it

just like earlier steps, roll the stem leaves

almost done!

pinch at end to give a leaf look

Ta-Da! you are done! Wasn't that easy?!?!

My son made a Halloween one for his teacher! She was suprised something so cute came out of pipe cleaners! Hehe!

Filled With GIDDY!

2010-10-12T11:15:00.000-07:00

{picture via Bakerella}

I was sooooooooo very excited when I saw myself on Bakerella's Blog!!!

The two gals next to me were VERY sweet!!!

{Picture via Bakerella}

Then I saw ANOTHER picture I was in and it made me so giddy! HEHE!!

She's really my idol! So being on her blog makes me happy! =)

See more pictures from her other signings here.

Sorry I've been lack of posting! I've been so busy and with my daughter's 2nd birthday and the holidays coming up, I'll be even busier!!

Head on to my FaceBook page to see links to other sites for great ideas on everything fabulous!! =)

BAKERELLA

2010-10-10T11:29:00.000-07:00

I was sooooo excited when I heard Angie of Bakerella was coming to Walnut Creek, CA for her book signing!!! I FINALLY met the cake pop QUEEN last Friday!!! I almost didn't go because I had no babysitter! Luckily my mom was off on vacation last week! Whew! It was meant to be! LOL!

For those of you who haven't heard about her (but I'm sure EVERYONE does!) she came out with her first book of cake pops. There's a bunch of how-to's for cake pops including the BASIC cake balls. Her blog is AMAZING! Wonderful pictures that show each steps!

I was the 11th in line! I went by myself...the fans in line were GREAT, we all chatted and shared some tips while waiting! =) The William Sonoma staffs were great too, they came out and served us some FRESH pumpkin treats!

Isn't she cute! She took the time to answer Q&A! I was so busy taking pictures that I didn't even hear all the questions! =P

I caught her doing her famous "hand in the air"! HEHE!

got a picture of Julie too! =)

I was so nervous! My heart was beating...my first book signing with my idol! She inspired ALL the cake pops that I make, I mean ALL!!!

I said "I love your page!" I really meant to say "I love your blog, love all your work, you're so amazing!" I was so nervous that that was all I said to her! I'm thinking to myself after..."OMG..really...that's all I could say!?" hehe!

Since I was there, I got my daughter a book signed too. Jaela is only 1, almost 2 years old...Hopefully when she gets older, she'll enjoy this book. Maybe she will be one of the only girl in her generation to have an autograph book from Bakerella's FIRST book =) I know by that time Bakerella would have a 100 books! =P

It was nice to meet you Angie! =)

Printable Measuring Chart by Martha Stewart

2010-09-20T10:08:00.000-07:00

{image via Martha Stewart}

I LOVE to bake, but sometimes I find recipes and I have no idea to convert some items! So glad that Martha Stewart created a FREE printable! Dowload yours here. Just print and laminate! =)

{Real Parties} Alexis' 1st Birthday

2010-09-01T19:15:00.000-07:00

Remember the post I did for a cupcake theme party?

Well, Marie sent me the pictures to her daughter's cupcake party and they were so adorable!

Cute cake by Minia's Bake Shop. I love how the colors match the theme so perfectly

I designed the cupcake toppers and banner, and made cake pops/bites for the special birthday girl!

The birthday girl!

How CUTE is this?!?! =)

Hope you enjoyed your birthday Alexis!

Jake goes to Kindergarden!

2010-08-23T16:12:00.000-07:00

Oh how time flies! It was my son's FIRST day of Kindergarden! I didn't know what to expect! I wasn't sure if he'd look for me or start crying...turns out I'M the one teary eyed!!!

He's been waiting to go to school! I didn't enroll him in Pre-School because I thought he didn't need to. He's pretty smart for his age and he gets along with anyone and everyone! So today I was so nervous to leave him! When we picked him up, he was so excited and he said he couldn't wait to go back tomorrow! Yes...easy peazy!!! Now one down and one more to go! hehe!

Now I can't wait for the bake sale IF they do ever have one! And now I can FINALLY make use of all these FREE back-to-school printables!

Here's some I saw so far...

by Tweedle Dee

on How Does She?

on Living Locurto by Paper Glitter

by Pen and Paperflowers

There's so many over the web! I can't choose what to use!

Cupcake toppers: How to add stick and cover back

2010-08-19T10:12:00.000-07:00

There's SOOO many cupcake toppers out there that you can purchase! But for those DIY printable ones...many of you have asked...

"How do I attach stick?"

"How do I cover back?"

"Do you put toppers on both sides?"

So with that being said, I wanted to share what I use to cover the back =)

I use a 1 in circle punch and punch thru a return address label so it becomes a sticker! =) BUT I found these OLD label tags laying around and I've been using this. If you notice, I leave a flat end on one edge for easy peel off. You can even use a full sheet of sticker paper. Or you can get these 1 in circles labels from your local office store.

I peel of the back of one circle and attach to a stick or 4" lollipop stick, then stick on back of topper! And you're done!

With this, its NO need to add another topper to back but if you decide to, instead of this 1 in circle sticker, use double stick tape.

I hope these answer your questions! =)

Sesame Street Party

2010-08-17T14:50:00.000-07:00

Jenny threw this AMAZING Sesame Street party for her son Hudson who turned 2! I love all the details of the party! Everything is so colorful and the treats are so mouth watering just looking at them!

Look at all those candies! I just want to stick my hand in the jar! Hehe!

cupcakes and cookies...yummm...

The party was held in their backyard! Loved every detail... can you believe it rained at the party? I would never had noticed, everything looked great!

Thanks Jenny for sharing your pictures! You did an amazing job!

To see more pictures, visit Jenny's blog here.

{FREE PRINTABLES} "To From" Tags!!!

2010-08-09T23:02:00.000-07:00

My family members are always asking me to print a tag for them for their gifts. Since I'm always designing a specific color for them, I thought why not give them a PAGE full of colors to choose from! They love using my tags and I decided to share them with you too for FREE!!! Do you or your children get gift bags that you can recycle? Well use these tags to add on to those bags! I save ALL my bags that I can reuse! Some bags already comes with tags and the guest writes their name on it...just cut the old tag off and use this tag to re-use! Saves you lots of $$$ and time from going to the store!

Download the file from link below, print and cut! EASY!

I cut with a 2" circle or scallop punch. You can even use a square punch! (Note: On one of the tags is a square for square punch, if you don't have a punch, just simply cut with scissors!)

ToFromTags_Jaebellz

You can use with ANY size bags

Or simply stick on a gift box

Or use them on anything!

If you don't have a 2" punch, thats ok! It also works with a 1.5" circle punch.

Don't have ANY punch? No problem, just cut with scissors! =)

I hope you enjoy the printables!

Hello Kitty Cake

2010-08-05T12:09:00.000-07:00

It was my birthday last week and yessss... I made myself a cake! I really wanted to make a cake! I saw this Hello Kitty cake pan (by Wilton) at the store and I HAD to buy this! Those of you that know me, I'm a big fan of Hello Kitty! hehe!

I just wanted to share how it came out, the final outcome. I just simply followed the directions that came with the pan. Basically its just piped on with all "stars"

I was pleased with the outcome and said HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEE! hehe! =)

I also made Hello Kitty cake pops to go with the cake =)

Mini Ice Cream Cookie Pops!

2010-07-29T11:28:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-28T07:43:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-07-27T13:42:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-21T08:01:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-19T08:00:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-07-16T07:57:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-13T15:43:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-07-12T07:47:00.000-07:00

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!!!

2010-07-11T20:50:00.000-07:00

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

2010-07-08T07:31:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-07-06T15:44:00.000-07:00

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!

2010-07-01T12:39:00.000-07:00

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

DIY Paper Garland!

2010-06-28T11:00:00.000-07:00

Remember the brown and blue baby shower I posted for my brother's shower....

Well, TomKat studio made a tutorial for us!!!! Its super EASY!!! This really caught my eye because you know I LOVE PURPLE!!! Get the tutorial here!

Jello Recipe

2010-06-19T14:42:00.000-07:00

Ok...This is my FIRST tutorial ever so forgive me if I'm not clear and the pictures may be a little dark. Next time I will take the time to do it myself! =) This recipe is from my mom, she can't remember who or where she got it from but it was written down in her recipe book! Boy am I glad she had it period! LOL! She had it ever since I was a little girl!

A few of my readers had email me for the Jello recipe, they had seen it on my previous post. My friend Lorell at Sweetly Sweet even tempted me to give the recipe! hehe! So I thought why not make a tutorial for you guys!

Recipe:

4 Packs of Jello of your choice

2 box of unflavored gelatine Knox (4 pc in box)

1 can of condense milk (14 oz)

In this tutorial, my mom used red, green, orange and red, with white layers in between.

Tip: she likes to keep the top and bottom layer same color so when you stack them, sometimes they stick but it'll be red on red so you don't see it! (if that makes sense)

Starting with the first layer:

1 pack red jello,

1 pack of Knox gelatine,

then add 1 cup of hot/warm water.

Mix until all are melted.

(use this same recipe for every "colored" jello)

Grease a 13x9 pan (or any pan you desire) with a little mayo (I don't know why mayo but that's what mother says!)

Then pour into pan.

Then put into the refrigerator for 10-15 mins or until jello is firm. While waiting, start on next layer.

The "white" layer.

1 can of condense milk

3 packs of gelatine Knox

2 cups of hot/warm water

mix thoroughly

This makes 3 white layers

When 1st layer is firm, add the white layer. Repeat with your color jello then white jello again.

You may need to move wiggle pan around to get the whole layer covered.

TIP 1: Pour some of the white layer into the empty condense milk can as measurement for 1 layer.

TIP 2: When pouring any layer (except the 1st layer), pour over spoon so you don't "make a hole" thru all the layers you've made.

So we have a total of 7 layers: 4 colors and 3 whites.

You can add as many layers you want...but dont forget that 1 recipe for white jello makes 3 layers (by the time you get to the 3rd layer of white, mixture may start thickening up, just simply warm in the microwave to get back being liquid"y")

Ta-Da! When top layer is done, you are ready to cut and see the beautiful layers!!!!

I hope this was understandable!!! Please email me if any questions, I'd be happy to answer them!

Blue & Brown Baby Shower

2010-06-14T07:45:00.000-07:00

As I said in my earlier post, my family hosted a baby shower for my brother. It's their first child aka my parent's ONLY grandchild to carry the family name! My brother is the only son so my sister & I think he's the golden child! LOL!

I took care of most of the decor, I made the banner above and these pom pom balls. This is the best one I made so far!

My sister took care of the centerpieces. I just made a matching label for these tin cans from Target.

The dessert table...I notice my families aren't a fan of sweets so we just had a few "sweets". This is the first party that I made food labels and because of that, it seems like no one wanted to touch the table!

I saw the paper garland from The TomKat Studio. I wasn't sure how to make it but if you look close enough you might get the idea! =)

Cake Pops with blue drizzle

Cupcake Toppers by Lorell from Sweetly Sweet. The whole decor was worked around her Baby Shower Collection. I LOVE THE COLORS AND DESIGNS!

Lecheflan is FLAN . In my family we call it Lecheflan. =) Made by my mom...it's her secret recipe!

Blueberry Jello and Brownie Cookies

My mom made the Jello and these were a hit!

diaper cake made by my cousin Krystle. We also turned it into a game.

more cake pops...

These games were also from Sweetly Sweet that also came in the Baby Shower Collection. Bingo was a fun game for everyone! They weren't done when someone called "BINGO!" They wanted to finish it with blackout bingo! hehe! Picture below is the pillow box favors that is ALSO included in the collection!

The parents-to-be were happy with the whole shower! They even asked if I can print so more for their next baby shower on the mom-to-be's side of family! That's whats great about printable files...you can print as much as you want! Thanks Lorell for your LOVELY designs!

(PS: I made my brother a "Daddy To Be" tag & Krystle made a "Mommy To Be" sash)

Congrats Joel & Ruby! =)

{Sneak Peek} Blue & Brown Baby Shower

2010-06-09T07:55:00.000-07:00

My family threw my brother a baby shower and I said I'd take care of the decor. I was excited...FINALLY another baby shower! Why?... because I been waiting to use Sweetly Sweet's designs by Lorell! When I saw her post for the pink and brown design, I fell in LOVE with it! I wanted to use it for my cousin but she had a pink and purple theme and we ended up using Cute as a Button Theme. Here are the cupcake toppers from Sweetly Sweet.

And this pillow box from the Sweetly Sweet's baby shower collection. Lorell was so kind and changed the name from "Jonah" to "Ruby & Joel's Baby Shower" Inside was this Macadamia Roca or Macadamia Hershey's kisses from Hawaii.

This water pail tin is from Target's $1 section. These are for centerpieces for each table. I made matching labels for this, food labels, and for some games.

This is a diaper raffle game, for those who brought diapers were entered in a raffle contest.

These tags were for the diaper cake game, they had to guess how many diapers are in the diaper cake (pictures coming soon!)

of course cake pops! this was inspired by Amy Atlas.

(picture above via Amy Atlas)

I wanted to do this for my cousin's girl baby shower that I mentioned above. I got a chance to try it out for my brother's shower! Of course with BLUE! =)

Hope you enjoy this little teaser!

Pink Baby Shower

2010-05-17T07:26:00.000-07:00

I was going through my old SD memory cards and I found my baby shower pictures from when I was pregnant with my daughter. This party was planned before I was introduced to the blog world. I was introduced to the blog world when I needed help planning my daughter's FIRST birthday party! It was cupcake theme and I just googled "cupcake party" and oh my! Found a lot of ideas!

Anyways...I didn't really have a theme for this baby shower, I just wanted it all PINKED out! =) My cousin Krystle made the diaper cake which was also a game "how many diapers in this cake" This shower was held in November so it was hard for Krystle to find silk pink flowers for the diaper cake...Luckily Wal-Mart had a few!

This is a big cookie cake from Mrs. Fields Cookies. I LOVE Mrs Fields! I had them probably once a week while I was preggy...this was my biggest craving I NEEDED to fulfill! I know...so bad!!! So hubby got me this giant cookie instead of the usual cake, I loved it!!! =)

The dessert table. This was a small intimate shower, I wasn't going to have another shower but as soon as I found out it was a girl...I wanted NEW GIRLY stuff for baby so the shower was a must! hehe!

I made this candy label for the Hershey's mini candy. The back just says "Thank You". I scattered these all over each tables.

I also had this puppy that I got from Party City for everyone to sign it like a guest book. It came with a ball-point pen but I used a sharpie pen instead. We plan to have another baby someday...not now...I don't need another shower but it'll give me an excuse to throw another party!!! =)

DIY Scarf Organizer!!!

2010-05-10T07:38:00.000-07:00

This is a scarf organizer I made for my cousin's birthday. She wears scarfs EVERYDAY! Winter scarf.... spring scarf... & summer scarf! =) So I thought why not make an orgainzer for all her scarfs that I saw awhile back on Dollar Store Crafts. They have all these amazing projects you can make using their Dollar Store stuff! This only cost me $1.00 for the rings! I had the ribbon and hanger on hand already. Get the full tutorial here!

Niles' Baptism

2010-05-07T10:54:00.000-07:00

Annette, a very close family friend, had asked me to make favors and the party decor for her son Niles' Baptism. Theme was baby blue, white and a lil bit silver.

The banner "God Bless Niles"

What's a party without the pom pom balls!?! =)

Niles had TWO cakes!!! These were made by Tara from Tara's piece of cake. I loved the cakes she made. I asked Annette if she had a site and when I looked....OH MY GOODNESS...she makes FABULOUS cakes!!! The frame you see of Niles (between the cakes) was a centerpiece Annette put for each table along with a flower centerpiece, I didnt get a chance to take a picture of that but it was so cute!

love it love it love it!!!!

Now...on to the favors...she wanted both cupcake bites & pops

God Bless You Niles Quinn!

Isn't he so cute!!!!

LadyBug Cake Pops!

2010-05-04T13:14:00.000-07:00

LadyBug cake pops!!! This is the first time I ever made anything OTHER than cupcake pops or ball pops!!! I think they came out cute! A mutual friend, Candace has asked me to make cupcake pops for her daughter's 2nd birthday that was a ladybug theme... I was thinking how was I going to make a cupcake pop that would resemble a lady bug....then I thought why not try making an actual ladybug! I used mini chocolate chips for the spots.

They look so yummy to eat!!! I don't like ANY type of bugs but now I'm fond of ladybugs! =)

These are cupcake bites. I tried experimenting with the green, I wanted it to look like a ladybug on a grass but I ended up using some brown bottoms because I thought they looked better. I hope Candace liked them! =)

Custom Wedding Favors

2010-04-25T20:29:00.000-07:00

I'm baaaccckkk!!! For tonight actually, My computer CRASHED!!! This is the 3rd time the SAME computer has crashed!!! It's time for me to get a new one! My cousin has actually let me borrow her laptop for tonight so I can upload wedding pictures from my sis-in-law's wedding to my family site...I thought why not do a blog post in the meantime! (pictures are still uploading...hehe)

My sister in law Trudy asked me to make her wedding favors...she wanted me to make cupcake bites with her personalized M&M!!! What a GREAT IDEA!!! You may remember that I did a post on their Save The Date Cards.

One set of m&ms were their picture and the other set was their names followed by the wedding date. The wedding colors were brown, champagne, and a little bit of gold.

I'm so bummed that my computer crashed! In my computer I had the finished product of the favors and her wedding invitations I was waiting to post AFTER wedding...now everything is lost!!! =( These pictures are from my phone, I will show you the favors as soon as the Bride gets her photos...I'm hoping the photographers took a picture of the favors! eeeeks!!!

More Tutus! =)

2010-04-06T07:58:00.000-07:00

A family friend of mines had ask me to make 2 tutus for her 2 nieces. This tutu is orange, lime, and pink in size 7! I had never made a tutu bigger than a 4t! I think this is a great color combination! And as for the other one, I made a rainbow tutu that you have seen in an earlier post. This made me want to make another tutu for my daughter but she has enough! =)

I just love putting the tutu upside down, it looks like a ball of tutu! =)

HAPPY EASTER!!!

2010-04-05T23:37:00.000-07:00

HOPE YOU GUYS HAD A GOOD EASTER!!! I had so much fun, we celebrate with both families; mines and my hubby's.

For my family, we celebrate at lunch time. We had a potluck style this year, of course I was going to make something that has to do with cupcakes! =) I made cupcake bites. I was trying different sprinkles, cake balls instead of "cupcake" style. I need to stick with cupcake style, the balls were harder for me!

I knew I wasn't going to have time to make cupcake toppers but I know that Kim from TomKat Studio would come thru for me and she did! And as a bonus, I bought the entire collection for half off! =)

Then, we headed to my parents-in-law's house early evening for dinner. I made regular cupcakes and still using TomKat's toppers.

BUT...it was also my brother-in-law's birthday too! His name is Micky, I thought why not make Mickey Mouse toppers! I also had some Mickey Mouse cupcake liners on hand already.

Notice the sprinkles? Its also Mickey Mouse! hehe!

Notice I used the Disney Font? Download them for free! Just google FREE FONTS! =) So many to choose from! I love so many creative fonts out there! Again...hope you guys had a great Easter! I'm still FULL from all the food! =)

Zebra Cupcake Toppers

2010-03-30T08:00:00.000-07:00

ZEBRA!!! who doesn't love Zebra? Anyhoo...I made the purple zebra for a friend for her party this past weekend. I was so excited because I love the Zebra pattern! And she wanted purple, my FAVORITE color! I also love the damask pattern. Those two are my favorties. =)

Purple zebra...My daughter was holding the the "1" topper so its not pictured here. She would NOT let go and this was the only time I had to take pictures!

This is a square cupcake topper, I kind of like this one better...what do you think?

This color is inspired by the Hannah Montana show. In her most recent theme song in her show, she was wearing a yellow zebra shirt and in her movie, her friend had a yellow zebra cake!

Hot pink zebra! This color seems to be the FAD right now

This one is for my sister, she LOVES blue! I think this is a great color combo! but then again, any color would be great with a black and white zebra pattern! Like red, green, orange...and so on!

DIY Pinata!...sort of...=)

2010-03-23T10:16:00.000-07:00

I LOVE how Brooke from inchmark REMADE this PINATA!!!

Brooke bought a regular soccer ball pinata and took out all the black tissue paper. Then she added tissue paper petals all around! This is sooooo cute and creative!!! Reminds me of a pom pom ball!!! =) See the rest of her party here!!!

Easter Tutu!

2010-03-22T07:30:00.000-07:00

Easter Tutus!!! That's my one year old daughter, Jaela Hope, as my model! hehe! This is showing my FIRST 2 layer tutu I ever made! Then I saw this flower headband at Target and I knew I had to get it! Only $1!!!

Even these Bunny Ears are $1 too from Target!!! I grabbed those too, I got the pink one because I remembered Jaela still had the pink and purple tutu from her 1st Birthday Party. I just hoped it still fit and it did...sorta...kind of short now but I still like it! =)

She's having way too much fun "modeling" as much as I am having fun playing dress up with her! I swear I think both of my kids are trained to take pictures! Hehe! You'll be seeing a lot more of this model in the future! =)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

2010-03-17T15:03:00.000-07:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!!! Today my niece Bella might be born today!!! They induced her mommy yesterday & earlier her water broke! I'm hoping it's a St Patty baby!

The very top picture and on the left of the picture above is cupcake toppers from The TomKat Studio and the one on the right is from Living Locurto. The day is not over, you can still download from them!

My son wanted to bake cupcakes and give them to Bella's mommy as soon as baby is born! He loves these toppers! He doesn't like the scalloped edges...he says those look like flowers and is more for girls. So I used a regular circle punch and a scalloped square punch.

Before I even printed any of these toppers, I asked my son Jacob which one should I print...he says, "Why not both?!" GREAT IDEA!!! hehe!

Rainbow Cupcakes!

2010-03-11T09:28:00.000-08:00

HMMM!!! Rainbow Cupcakes...great for ANY occasions!!! Learn how to make them on Family Fun!

This is great for St. Patrick's Day! Also use the FREE printable cupcake toppers from The TomKat Studio or these...

rainbow cupcake toppers from Living Locurto. Both would look great with the cupcakes! I'm a big fan of both sites, who doesn't love free stuff!?! Hehe!

Alice in Wonderland!

2010-03-09T18:43:00.000-08:00

Aren't these cute!!! I loved Alice in Wonderland when I was little. I'm not too sure about the NEW version, I haven't seen it yet so I can't judge yet. I'm starting to see alot more of Alice in the blog world, but after seeing this on Paper & Cake, I thought you guys would like to see as well. Alice looks so cute! =) Head over to their blog to see more pictures and other items on sale! I LOVE their party printables!!!

Rainbow Tutu

2010-03-04T08:00:00.000-08:00

Who doesn't love RAINBOW colors?!? My friend ordered 2 tutus from me for her daughter; the rainbow & pink and purple. This was my first time making the rainbow combination, I LOVE how it came out!

I added a yellow flower on a pin-back.

I LOVE PINK AND PURPLE!!! Those are ALWAYS going to be my favorite colors! =) This is just like the one's I made for my daughter's 1st Birthday Party.

I just gave the tutus to sweet Naveah's mom yesterday afternoon. That evening, her mom had already sent me a picture of Naveah trying it on.

Isn't she so cute!!! I love how it looks on her!!! This makes me HAPPY! =) (Photo was taken by a phone camera so the colors look a little different)

After making Naveah the rainbow tutu, I had to make my daughter one too!

I attached a turquiose flower. What I like about the rainbow tutu is that it's so colorful, you can put ANY color flower or ribbon!

I hope to see pictures from Naveah wearing the tutu!

FREE PRINTABLE: St Patrick's Day

2010-03-03T19:01:00.000-08:00

Aren't these CUTE!!! The TomKat Studio is offering free St. Patrick Day printables! Head over to her blog to get it! This is great for your child's classroom!!! Use as cupcake toppers, napkin rings, gift tags, etc!!! Too bad my son's not in Kindergarden yet but I had to share this with you! too cute!!!

DIY Paper Candy!

2010-02-25T09:27:00.000-08:00

Aren't these cute!!! I love how these simple paper/ribbon candy can make a plain kraft bag look so cute! These can also be used as cupcake toppers or any party decor! This would also be great with a lollipop theme! Get the full tutorial on Nice Package blog!!! Enjoy!

Cute as a Button Baby Shower

2010-02-23T11:44:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we threw my cousin a baby shower, Cute as a Button theme. In the previous post, I gave you a sneak peek to the cupcake toppers. So finally the shower as arrived! =). This buttons are made out of candy! I got the full tutorial from Bake It Pretty. She made some free printables for the bag toppers which inspired me make my own bag toppers! Everyone loved it! =) The candy jar in the bottom right is just filled with pink jelly beans, these were extras in case I didn't have enough button favors.

I made "its a girl" banner with buttons between them. (Click on the pictures to zoom in)

I aslso made some onsie cookies to match some of the cupcake toppers. I have never decorated a cookie before except just adding spinkles. I was running late so I didn't get a chance to fill all the cookies, instead I saved time just outlining some cookies and adding some left oer candy buttons.

If you look closely, you can see those circle cookies are actually "button" cookies. I used a circle cutter and for the inside circle, I pressed a little pressure from the bottom of an icing tip. and the 4 holes are from the top of the tip, I think I used tip #4.

The dessert table. Left side is cookies with pecan tarts and the right side is chocolate cupcakes with cookies. On the right side, bottom of tier, my son sprinkled the cupcakes =)

Now I want to eat desserts again!!!!

One of my cousin made the diaper cake.

We did a few games like "Guess how many diapers in cake"

And we played a race of who can put the diaper on fast BLINDFOLDED! =) The blindfolds were inspired by the Ellen show! We printed the eyes on iron on paper, then we ironed them on to an old white shirt. Then we glued them onto black felt and attached an elastic string. Its always a laugh!

{Favor Tags} Senior Night

2010-02-21T18:33:00.000-08:00

My nephew's last basketball game of the season aka his Senior Night was last week. I made him some goody bags filled with brownies...I was last minute to buy anything so I just baked for him! The bag looked so plain so I wanted to make a tag for it.

His school color's where blue and gold. (I graduated at that High School too!)

The finished treat bag! =)

Chris... Congrats on going to the playoffs!!! =)

{Sneak Peak} Cute as a Button

2010-02-19T12:25:00.000-08:00

I'm co-hosting with some members of my families for my cousin's baby shower! Of course they assign me to take care of decorations and such! They wanted just to do a pink and purple colored theme...I somehow made it into a "Cute as a Button" theme...hehe. So here's a sneak peak of the cupcake toppers.

As you can see, they are having a GIRL! I have never made a onsie cupcake topper but I loved how it came out!!! Y is for Ysabella. I hope the parents-to-be likes this! The party is tomorrow so I will post more about that! I'm still in the process of making the favors and "it's a girl" banner!

Maxwell's 1st Birthday Party!

2010-02-18T10:08:00.000-08:00

Max's first birthday party has FINALLY come! =). He had a football theme as

you can see. Many of the guest thought my sister had bought the birthday

banner from the store, I'll take that as a compliment! =).

I had fun designing the cupcake toppers! As I mentioned in my previous posts,

I had already made my sister blue and green toppers, but then I made football

ones when she decided on her theme. I ended up using both of them.

A simple football cake ordered from Safeway Market. The cake was half vanilla and the other half was chocolate....sooo yummy!!!

Limited Flower Clips

2010-02-16T16:05:00.000-08:00

I made a few of these flower clips in Lime, Yellow, and White. Got the flowers from a local craft store. Items are limited!!! These are great for SPRING!!! its just around the corner! I like the lime color with a yellow crochet headband.

of course all partially lined with a coordinating ribbon.

Get yours now for SPRING! =)

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T20:43:00.000-08:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE!

I wanted to make cupcakes but my son Jacob wanted to make cookies instead. Since it's for him, I thought "Sure, why not" He had a blast making them. Now he can't wait until next event to make them. =)

We also made chocolate chip cookies and put them into Wilton's Heart Silicone Mold. But these didn't last very long! It was gone before we could show anyone else! Good thing we got a quick snapshot!!!

Thanks to TomKat Studio for the bag toppers from her
SWEET LOVE COLLECTION!

I LOVE anything she makes!

And for the little note for my hubby, we used the fancy labels

(still from the Sweet Love Collection!)

I made him a 12x12 Valentine's card on Adobe. It was my first time learning how to use all the brushes and such! The greatest gifts are the ones made with LOVE!!! hehe!!!

We had a great Valentines...Hope you did too!!!

Featured on One Pretty Thing!!!

2010-02-08T09:16:00.000-08:00

I'm EXCITED for my FIRST FEATURE!!! I was featured for my Superbowl Cupcake toppers/tags! I LOVE One Pretty Thing! Rachel over there updates her site everyday! She shows all these DIY projects you can do! There are projects even kids can do. There's so many great ideas you can get from other people and so crafty!!! If you haven't seen her site, visit here and I promise you will become a follower! Hehe! Thanks Rachel!

DIY: FREE Super Bowl Printable

2010-02-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

So..I'm offering my FIRST printables...and since it's my first one...it's FREE!!! =)

Get ready for the SUPER BOWL!!! I left the bottom row blank so you can write anything you please ,such as, the team names. For instance: Colts Vs. Saints! I wasn't into football awhile back but ever since I married my hubby, I have learned to LOVE football! Especially the food we have just for football.

But Basketball still comes first for me =). I originally made this for my nephew in previous post, he had a football theme. I thought why not make a superbowl one, its just right around the corner! Download the printables here. You can use for cupcake toppers or tags! These circles are measured 2" each. Well, I hope you enjoy these as much as I did making them! =)

Noah's 1st Birthday Party

2010-02-01T12:24:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine, Maureen, her son had just turned ONE

the day after my son's birthday!

I had made Mickey Mouse cupcake toppers for her.

Isn't Noah a cutie pie! (my daughter is in the backgorund looking at him..LOL)

His party came out so CUTE!!! so many balloons too!! Too bad we couldn't stay long,

I had to hop on to my sister's son's 1st birthday too!

(Maxwell...you'll be seeing party pics of that soon)

This is a picture from the party. SOOOO cute! Maureen's cousin made the cupcakes, not sure if someone made the cake for her or she ordered from a store. Its so cute! Love the Minnie Mouse one. I was thinking of throwing Jaela a Minnie Mouse party too but maybe when she's 4.

Maureen, party turned out fantastic...Hot Diggity Dog! =)

[Sneak Peak] Max's 1st Football Party

2010-01-28T13:17:00.000-08:00

My nephew is turning ONE this Saturday!!! Time flies...before you know it,

I'll be planning for my daughter's 2nd birthday! =)

These are the cupcake toppers. In my previous post I mentioned the cupcake toppers I had already made for Max (its blue and green) but my sister changed her mind to football theme and doesnt want to use blue anymore. Instead of blue she wanted orange.

These are cupcake wrappers that go around the cupcake for a finished look! Get the templates here! There's many other template designs to choose from! Haven't tried this out, hope it comes out well!

And last, the Birthday Banner! All in football theme of course! I'm happy how it turned out! Hopefully the birthday boy will love it as well! =)

Jacob's 5th Birthday

2010-01-27T11:53:00.000-08:00

My son just turned FIVE!!! I can't belive how fast its been! Five years ago, Hubby and I had NO idea what to expect! I'm so glad to have family and support... the first year was the hardest, thanks to all who have helped me! It's truely a blessing to have a child of your own! Okay back to subject, we didn't have a big party for him this year. It was just my hubby's parents and his siblings with their kids.

He wanted a GI Joe party but I had to tell him that we wasn't having a BIG party. He says as long as he gets something GI Joe then its ok. LOL! This is a few goody bags a made for him and his cousins with their name on it. Their names were printed in green camoflauge pattern. Inside I just had a few candies and a GI Joe mask.

Well, since it was just a small gathering, Jacob wanted to just make a cake instead of buying one. I told him I'll TRY to make one! This was the best I could do! =) Then Jacob covered it with sprinkles. He said "Mom, its ok if its not perfect, its just a cake" Oh how I love him!!!

(Next to cake was GI Joe cake plates)

DIY Flowers!!!

2010-01-22T09:20:00.000-08:00

LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS!!! Aren't these just darling!?!

Head on over to Maya*Made to get the full tutorial!!!

I just love how many different projects you can do with this!

This would also be great to make a mini flower to use as a cupcake topper!

I finally got those scissors!!! Hehe! Got it from Michael's at the Martha Stewart section, and used the 40% off coupon! yay!!!

Sneak Peek: Max 1st Birthday

2010-01-21T13:21:00.000-08:00

My sister had asked me to do an invitation for her son's 1st birthday. At first, when I made the invitation, she was just going for a blue/green/brown color theme, but then a few days ago she changed her mind to throw a football party. Luckily, I can still use these colors! =)

These are the cupcake toppers. Since these were already made, we're still going to use this. But I could have made a football topper version. This will do! hehe..

NEW!!! Coming soon to Etsy

2010-01-15T14:31:00.000-08:00

So I just got this NEW Zebra crochet band! I'm sorry that I still haven't added anything on Etsy yet. I'm not sure when I will be able to, but in the meantime if you are interested in anything or any questions, feel free to email me, I can reserve a listing for you. The smaller pictures are with 4" red flower clip and the other is hot pink. This Zebra band is great with ANY color!!!

Baptism Banner

2010-01-14T13:38:00.000-08:00

A banner I made for my sister's son for his Baptism Reception that was held a couple months ago. I totally forgot to post this picture!

His colors were blue and green AKA my sister's favorite color. His 1st birthday is coming up soon at the end of this month...Stay Tuned!!!

Christmas Cupcake Bites and Cake Pops

2009-12-30T11:58:00.000-08:00

I made this for my In-Laws as a small Christmas Gift. I forgot to take a picture of the finished product but I had a few small Christmas baskets and placed about 12 pieces of this inside and then wrapped it with cellophane.

I didn't know which colors would look together so I mixed them up. =)

I guess after making so many "cupcake" pops, it was harder for me to make these regular cake pops in ball form! This should've been easier for me!

As for these, these were just on the table for the kids to grab and eat. I think I made them so many times that my kids are tired of it! Hehe!

If you didn't see my earlier posts about these cupcake pops and want to make them...visit Bakerella to get the full instuctions on how to make one!

Wedding Favor Box

2009-12-20T19:26:00.000-08:00

Wow!!! It's almost been a YEAR since my brother's wedding! My daughter was still a newborn at that time so I was occupied with her and being a bridesmaid that I forgot to take pictures! Of course they had a photographer, so I was glad to see this picture when my brother and his wife came to visit recently. (They live in another state). This is the favors I made for them. The box was from Michaels Arts & Crafts. Inside were See's candies...Love those candies!!! Sorry the picture is a little grainy...I took a picture from his photobook..hehe

Now I'm excited to be doing my brother-in-law's wedding invitations and favors for this comming April!!!

Coming soon to Etsy

2009-12-11T10:13:00.000-08:00

Coming soon to Etsy! I'm not sure when but I'm figuring out things as I go. I need to fully stock my shop! So far these are the colors I will carry. I also have turquiose but its not shown in this picture. These are 4" Flowers on a partially lined alligator clip. Being on a clip makes them INTERCHANGEABLE on different color headbands, attach on tutus, beanies, etc!

These are 1.5 crochet heabands, great with the flower clips. These are the colors I have so far, again, I have turquoise that is not pictured on here. They fit newborn all the way to adults! Very stretchy!

This is just showing you what the clip on the back looks like.

Each flower comes with a matching lined alligator clip.

Here the TURQUOISE I forgot to include in previous pictures

Zebra print flower on black crochet headband

Zebra print flower on white crochet headband.

See how you can change it! =)

The rest of the picture is just for gallery...just to see what else you can do...

The last two pictures are 2" Flowers. I also have them in brown, purple, white and turquiose. Pictured above is hot pink, blue and lavendar. My daughter likes to wear the small ones as is. hehe

Next year (couple months) I will have crochet beanies although I need it NOW! hehe. And at the end of this month, my shipment of tulles arrive so I can start taking custom orders soon for tutus.

I will let you know when the shop opens....too much details you have to include in each listing! I need time! There's not enough hours in a day!

Thanks for visiting!

Jaela's 1st Birthday Party: Cupcake Theme

2009-12-03T12:09:00.000-08:00

Okay...FINALLY the party pictures are here! These are the Wilton cupcake stand, as I said in previous post, I originally saw it on The TomKat Studio. Kim over there is so creative! I was convinced that I need to have one too! I just love how you can decorate it to match anything! Those cupcake toppers are also inspired by her! She is the queen of cupcake toppers aka her party circles.

This is the "Happy 1st Birthday Jaela" banner

I should've done the letters in black so you can see it!

Balloons ordered from BirthdayExpress.com

Our little CUPCAKE!

I made her tutu, ordered leg warmers online, and ordered her cupcake iron (for her shirt) on Etsy.

Jaela's Bakeshop

I set up a cupcake bar where the kids can decorate their own cupcakes. Sprinkles were in the cupcake pans, I got the idea from Bake It Pretty. The kids were excited, even some adults participated! hehe. This was such a messy clean-up tho...thanks to hubby and my cousin Krystle for cleaning that!

This was the "To-Go" box for the cupcakes the kids decorated. Inside had a cupcake insert so the cupcake will stay still. I got the template from Martha Stewart's Cupcake Book.

Next we did a game that we call the "Filipino Pinata". My mother-in-law made this. Basically, all the kids get under it and pull as much toys they can get.

And of course the Original Pinata from BirthdayExpress.com

The "loot bags" for the kids

These cupcake bites were on the dessert table along with the cake, cupcake stand, lollipop stand and a bowl of marshmallows dipped in chocolate. I was going to do a candy bar but since I did a cupcake bar, I ended up not doing it. On the day of the party, I went to Starbucks to get coffee and while I was in line, I saw the Madeline cookies dipped in chocolate on the top part. It was too late but I got an idea from that, it would have been perfect if I got the cookies from Costco, dipped it in chocolate and added sprinkles. That would have looked like a cupcake cookie! Hehe!!

This is Wilton's lollipop stand. I didn't have time to change the pink & purple lollipop's wrapper from birthdayexpress.com into a plain clear treat bag! My time was pressed! AHH!

Jaela's Birthday cake from Costco, I just added the cupcake bites.

Jaela's photo banner from each month since she was born. I forgot I had to do this. Party started at 2pm but I started this at 1:55 pm! I was late! My hubby had to entertain until I came downstairs! So therefore I didn't get to take "good" pictures before the party started. I was running late with everything even with MONTHS of planning!

This was inspired by Polka Dots & Pirates. Her birthday banners even inspired me too!

Jaela is ONE!!! I can't believe she's already ONE! Time flies especially when party planning!

These were centerpieces on the tables. These are also from Wilton

These were Martha Stewarts FAMOUS pom pom balls. They didn't have her color at the store so I had to make my own. Martha used 8 sheets, but I used 10 to get it more fluffy.

The party favors. Inside are either red velvet cake or yellow cake. These are the famous cupcake pops from Bakerella. Next I'm going to try banana cake dipped in chocolate...yummmm!

There's a couple things I didn't get to do mainly because I FORGOT to set them up but hopefully it gives you some ideas for your party! I was going to have a cupcake coloring contest. I had a picture of a blank cupcake and the kids were supposed to decorate it (color of course). And for the next game I had a picture of the cupcake on a poster board, I was supposed to give each kid a number "1" and they were supposed to place it on top of the cupcake while blindfolded like "pin the donkey" game. I was so bummed when I realized I forgot! I even forgot the Party Hats from birthdayexpress.com that matched the theme!!! grrr!!!

And finally...We'd like to thank you all for those who came

And I'd like to thank those crafty moms who inspired my party! You guys are so amazing and creative!!!!

Thank you TomKat Studio, Polka Dot & Pirates, Martha Stewart & Bakerella!!!!

Preparing for Jaela's cupcake party part II (favors)

2009-12-02T12:32:00.000-08:00

Here's are some pictures from the cake pops we made from Bakerella. And boy did these take LONG to make! The cupcake bites were on the dessert table and the cupcake pops were for favors.

I made 4 batches all together. 2 of red velvet cake and 2 of yellow cake. I'd say it takes about 2-3 hours to make 1 batch!!! Thank goodness I had help from my cousin Krystle! She's such a big help!

here is a close up the the cupcake bite.

The picture above, I don't know if you noticed, but the ones with purple top are actually marshmallows. Got the idea from Hostess with the Mostess who actually got it from the TomKat Studio! I some marshmallow for table decorations, I just threw them into a bowl...still looked cute but I forgot to take a picture! It was gone so fast!

Preparing for Jaela's cupcake party

2009-12-01T10:54:00.000-08:00

Jaela's party was last Saturday, I know I'm behind on my posts! I will be uploading pictures from the actual party sometime this week, however, here are some pictures I wanted to share. These are from when I was preparing the party. I've been planning her party for MONTHS and I was still LAST minute with some things!!! Anyway...here is a picture of a cupcake stand I decorated. I originally saw it on The TomKat Studio, I knew I HAD to get it... She got it from Michaels but our local Michaels didnt carry it, Joanns had it but they were always sold out!!! I wanted to use a coupon! hehe. So I finally decided to order from Wilton.com full price. I was so excited to see it when it finally came. I used 3/8 in ribbon and used double stick tape.

This was a cupcake "Happy 1st Birthday Jaela" banner. I made this months ahead but I finally attached them together with ribbon a couple days ago. I wasn't sure how I wanted it set up, one row or two rows, I ended up doing one whole row. (you will see pictures soon!)

These are a few of the cupcake toppers inspired by tomkatstudio.

These are the "loot bags" for the kids. Each gable box was labeled with a kids name so no one loses their bags or gets confused which is theirs. All girls had either purple or pink bags and the boys had blue bags. The cupcake image on the top, I TRIED to make my own cupcake image, i'm horrible designing my own images! The cupcake on the bottom is from her cupcake theme from the BirthdayExpress.com, but I changed the "yellow sprinkles" to blue sprinkles so I can make it into boys as well. I also ordered party hats and balloons from them.

I had 20 kids! Oh my! =)

Stay Tuned for party pictures!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

2009-11-26T13:54:00.000-08:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

So thankful to be blessed with great family and friends!!!

Sorry I haven't been posting...I have soooooo much to post but I haven't had the time to upload pictures! So busy doing last minute stuff for my daughter's party this Saturday.

I promise you I will upload and show you how the party went! I'm keeping m fingers crossed it goes well! The hall we wanted didn't fall through so we got stuck having to do it at our house, hopefully I can accommodate all of the guest! Hope all goes well! I'm excited! My daughter will FINALLY be ONE!!!

I finally caught up on my blog reading, The TomKat Studio has a last minute FREE DIY PRINTABLES for Thanksgiving placecards. Its also great to use for other events! Click here to get the Free Download!

and another blog at Sweetly Sweet is having her first FREE Giveaway of DIY Letter for Santa Kit!!! I love her SWEET CIRCLES!!! Contest ends on Dec 5! Click here to see more about the Letter to Santa Kit

Once again...Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

TomKat Studio GIVEAWAYS!!!

2009-11-15T16:22:00.000-08:00

I've been following Kim's blog The Tomkat Studio for awhile now, she was the FIRST blog site I ever came across. I was searching for ideas on cupcake toppers (she's the queen of this by the way!) and her blog came up. I was amazed by all the creative things she made. Then I saw more blogs and got side tracked with all these new things! Now I know what a blog site is....LOL...I've heard of it but never imagined what you can do with a blog site, I only thought it was just writing like a diary...silly me! Anyways...NOW she is having a FREE GIVEAWAY!!!

Two winners will be chosen & will receive 4 sets (6/set) of gift tags each!

To see more click here! And enter to win!

Hope WE win! =)

SNEAK PEEK: Jaela's Birthday Tutu

2009-11-10T10:25:00.000-08:00

Here's a sneak peek of my daughter's birthday tutu. As I said earlier, her theme is pink and purple. As in my older post I made a hot pink & purple tutu as my practice trial but I'm liking this new tutu with 3 colors: hot pink, light pink & purple. Some purple tulle has glimmer to it. I also added a flower to it.

I also ordered a pink cupcake iron on from Etsy from Frances with Jaela's name on it. She did a great job! I plan to iron it onto a onsie or t-shirt depending on how much she grows from now till her birthday.

Save The Date

2009-11-09T14:38:00.000-08:00

My Sister-In-Law Trudy had asked me to make save the dates cards for her wedding next year. They are actually getting remarried, they first got married by the city hall. Three adorable kids later, they want to get married by the church and have that white wedding. (that goes for me too, I'm married too but waiting for my dream wedding..hehe) Anyhoo...here are the save the dates...

Hair Bows

2009-11-04T14:01:00.000-08:00

This is my 1st attempt to make a hair bow for my daughter Jaela. This was last minute, I needed a red clip/bow for her Halloween costume. She was Snow White but the headband that came with it wouldn't fit her head!!!! The headband was attached together by velcro and it kept snapping off. I had some clips and ribbon and viola!

I'm thinking of maybe making a whole batch of hair bows with all the ribbons I have just laying around and start selling them on Etsy. I have an etsy account but I haven't started on selling anything yet. I'm planning on selling tutus, & custom birthday banner. But with the holidays coming up, there's so much to do!

Nathan's Cupcake Pops

2009-11-03T10:47:00.000-08:00

I recently made these cupcake pop and bites (from Bakerella) for a family friend for her son's 1st birthday. His theme was color blue so I match the label to his theme. I forgot to take a picture of this at home, I took these last minute right before I dropped them off! Its got a lot easier to make after trying to make them so many times!

Happy 1st Birthday Nathan!!!

For my daughter's party, I'm planning to do the cupcake pops in pink and purple with white sprinkles since that's the color of her theme. Got most of her decorations from BirthdayExpress.com. They had a cupcake theme, so I'm trying to work the rest around that theme.

DIY: Fairy Wings

2009-10-22T15:25:00.000-07:00

Do It Yourself Fairy Wings!!! For some of you who want fairy wings for Halloween or just for fun, I went on YouTube to see if I can find a video tutorial of how to make your own fairy wings. Since I'm having a blast making tutus, I'd thought I'd learn how to make fairy wings to go with the tutus. I came across this video and boy do they make it look easy! Just wanted to share the video with you. I will try to make one soon!

Hubby's Cupcake Toppers

2009-10-19T11:16:00.000-07:00

These are last minute cupcake toppers I made for my hubby's birthday. The cupcake on the left are carrot cake sprinkled with cinnamon (his favorite), and the right side is chocolate cake with sugar sprinkles.

Baptism

2009-10-18T19:11:00.000-07:00

A few months ago, my daughter had a Baptism...

Here are a few things I made...

The picture below is a banner saying

"God Bless

You Jaela"

This is a cupcake topper I made. Her picture in front and the back says "Thank you". The Thank You was a stamp I got from Michael's Arts & Crafts

The cupcake tier...of course made by Wilton

Basket full of her favors

Inside are pink or purple rosaries made by my best friend. I put them into a mini paper bag, folded it and added a tag. Sorry so blurry but if you can read it, it says

"Jaela's Baptism

June 7, 2009

Thanks for coming!"

Party was a success!

Pink & Brown Tutu

2009-10-11T11:14:00.000-07:00

This is a baby (no-sew) tutu I made for my niece. She is about 4 months, I hope she likes it! Zoe this is for you!

Bakerella's Cupcake Pops

2009-10-07T09:17:00.000-07:00

These were my first attempt to try to make Bakerella's cupcake pop. She has so many creative ideas with baking! I fell in love when I came across her site when I was looking for cupcake themes for my daughter's 1st birthday next month. The picture below is called a cupcake bites.

The picture above is with the lollipop stick. Cupcake Pops! =) . These were chocolate cake inside.

These are my 2nd attempt. I wanted to try a different flavor. These were Red Velvet inside. My personal opinion, these were better than the chocolates.
Then this was my 3rd attempt to try another flavor. Some of these were yellow cake inside, I have to say that yellow cake is by far the best one! And some of this were chocolate cakes made for a friend for her birthday. She's a chocolate lover. =)

Cupcake bites are a lot easier and faster than making the cupcake pops. It's a lot of work but soooooo worth it!

Birthday Tutu

2009-10-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

A couple months ago, I made this baby tutu when I was learning how to make a tutu for my daughter's birthday coming up in November. These are my practice trial to make perfect! LOL!

I made this for my niece for her birthday. This is a toddler size tutu

Surprise Cupcake Toppers

2009-09-25T21:22:00.000-07:00

My friend had asked me to make toppers for a surprise party. So I decided to find a picture of the birthday boy looking suprised and I found one! LOL!!!

It may be hard to see but here they are.
The "for you" was the back. Other two was the front. More to come!

NEW BLOG

2009-09-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

I am new to this Blog site...I just wanted to share a few things I recently made and also blog about things I'm doing for my daughter's 1st Birthday coming soon. She's having a cupcake theme. Got so many ideas from other blog mommies...can't wait to see how the party turns out! I'm still trying to learn how to fix this blog page. I'm not sure how to. In the mean time...this is my blog...lol. Thanks for checking my blog and come again! =)