We are super excited to be doing a giveaway this week for one of our very own printable collections. With the holidays just around the corner we have been getting a lot of inquries and orders for our Winter Candyland Collection. This collection is near and dear to our hearts because it was Rebecca’s son Blake’s first birthday party almost a year ago. Since the party was featured on Hostess with the Mostess we have had an incredible amount of positive feedback.
You may remember these adorable cookies that matched this collection. These were custom made for us by the super talented Lisa over at The Cookie Jar. She has so graciously donated 1 dozen of these delish sugar cookies to go along with this weeks giveaway.
Ok…this giveaway just got a little sweeter…the wonderful Charynn from Two Sugar Babies is getting is on this fun by donating 1 dozen fondant cupcake toppers that match this collection just like the ones in this pic!! So…just a few days left to enter!!! Good luck!!
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Well, I can’t promise that this is the final post of 2010 but that is my intent. I wanted to end the year with a fun post near and dear to me…my little dude’s 1st bithday party. I can’t believe how fast and slow this year has gone by. All I can say is that 2010 was….hmmm…a test? For those that are close to me know that Blake, although as cute as a button, was a bit of a challenge. I can say now that we are past the all-day-screaming-for 8 months-straight period of time and on to much happier times…see?
Plus, in addition to trying to soothe a screaming baby, and take care of a 2 yr old, I left my full-time job and started my blog and Etsy Shop!! So while all of this insanity was going on behind the scenes…all of you were able to expreience my outlet…my blog was an outlet…for me to focus on my sanity creativity and share ideas and inspire people! So? What does 2011 bring? Not too sure yet…I am the chick without a plan…just sort of flyin’ by the seat of my pants and seeing which direction the wind blows.
Well, some of you may have already seen some of the photos of his party floating around facebook or perhaps you saw the awesome post on Hostess with the Mostess!! Yes…HWTM!! For sure one of my highlights of 2010!!! Here are all of the details along with some party decor that didn’t make the cut…enjoy!
The dessert table…the jumping off point for this table were the birthday posters that I created. Next came the paper trees and lollipop bouquets.
Since there was not enough room on the dessert table, why not create a second table? So here is it…the candy buffet loaded up with all sorts of sweet treats!
Ahhh…the cake! This was a last minute game time decision…I had plans to make a cake but then reality set in!! I had enough to do, plus the honey-do list for my husband quickly became exstinct due to the fact he had surgery on his arm the day before the party…so off to Target I went to order a cake. Problem is I couldn’t just “order a cake” there were some special instructions for the super sweet bakery lady. Afterall…I had a vision…I know scary right? They offer a typical 8” round double layer cake…I asked for them to add a third layer, add fudge between the layers, ice with smooth buttercream, add polkadots in red with a red beaded border. I would take care of embellishing the rest. The cake decorating was totally unplanned, it was last minute so I decorated it with a few items I had for the party…some large swirly lollipops from Target and some super cute cookies to match the theme sent to me by The Cookie Jar.
Oh..and the yummy red velvet cupcakes??? Can you say…beyond fabulous deliciousness?? These delectable little treats were made by my sweet and talented friend Jill of Modern Cupcake!! Jill…these were perfect…thank you!!
Can you believe these cookies??? Sweet perfection!! Another wonderful friend and super talented chick…Lisa of The Cookie Jar really went above and beyond…thanks Lisa (;
Now what’s a party without some fab fondant cupcake toppers by Charynn of Two Sugar Babies??
favor tags
food tags
party dots
paper trees
lollipop bouquets
Talk about the most perfect pinata?? My dear sweet friend Nancy of Ato Zebra Celebrations had this custom made for Blake!! Muchas Gracis Nancy!!
these paper candies didn’t make the cut…it was a combo of running out of time and no place to really put them ):
This also didn’t make the cut…a birthday bunting for Blake’s highchair…I totally forgot about it…ooops!
the morning after…he LOVED playing with the balloons that I also forgot about!! Double ooops!
Overall the party turned out fantastic!! Lots of work, but worth every ounce of time and effort!! Thanks a million to Shannon & Nancy for coming over the night before and helping me to stay on track… and last but not least a monster thanks to my friends…Jackie of Jackie Lindfors Photography and Eric of Apple Velvet Photography for all of the amazing photos!!
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