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

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

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!!!

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

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Once again...Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

TomKat Studio GIVEAWAYS!!!

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

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

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

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!