It was easy picking the theme for my son’s 10th birthday as he’s a big Star Wars fans. First up, the invitation was the intro from the movies. I came up with the… Continue reading
Miss Parker turned 8 and to celebrate, the treats table was inspired by Ever After High. Pinks and purples were the colors of the day. Since Parker wanted a black-out chocolate cake, Melanie… Continue reading
I wasn’t sure I could top last year’s Maddie-licious party, but decided to try with a county fair theme after going to the Minnesota State Fair. With a little planning, fun prizes and… Continue reading
UPDATED: We’ve added pictures from Bellamy Blue and more details. Our next celebration was an “unbirthday” tea party for Parker’s 5th birthday. We decided to send invitations via Paperless Post. We love that… Continue reading
For Maddie’s 9th birthday, she decided she wanted a candy party. And so the wheels were set in motion for a Maddie-licious party.First thing was to get the invitation out. We decided to… Continue reading
I picked up this ice cube tray to make chocolate Han Solo toppers for a friend’s Purim treat. Since I had leftover caramel, I figured I give chocolate-covered caramels a try. I filled… Continue reading
When a friend of mine told me she made caramels, I thought I needed to try it, too. The recipe she sent me from Two Tarts (which was adapted from Chez Pim) uses honey… Continue reading
I was searching around for royal icing tricks one day and came upon these lace decorated hearts and decided to give it a try. Sugarbelle’s post gives the step-by-step as well as links… Continue reading
I had forgotten about these until it popped up on my Pinterest feed. However, I didn’t feel like tracking down crispy chow mien noodles so I just used pretzel sticks that I broke… Continue reading
I ordered these tin boxes from Paper Mart and saw these cute little play sets, so I thought I’d make some for Easter using pom poms.
I used the same concept as the Pokeball invites to make these cookies–circles of red and white fondant cut in half, strip of black fondant and smaller circles of black and white fondant.… Continue reading
Here’s something to do with any remaining icing you have–decorate sugar cubes. I saw these on Cute Food for Kids. Instead of piping directly on the cubes, I piped out little hearts, let… Continue reading
These bite-sized pops were super easy since I used heart-shaped marshmallows and pretzel sticks. They’re cute enough on their own but I decided to to use the leftover candy melts and sprinkles from the cake… Continue reading
Oranges symbolize good luck for the Lunar New Year. I made these tissue paper ones for my son’s class. I used containers to hold the party favors but you can skip it and… Continue reading
The Lunar New Year starts February 8th. Firecrackers scare off evil spirits and welcome in the new year. Make your own firecrackers with a roll of Lifesaver, red paper and ribbon. I drew… Continue reading
