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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Happy FORE-TEE FIRST Birthday!

Perfect cake for a golfer!
Happy FORE-tee-1st Birthday Patrick!
Look how nervous this golfer is!!
Is it gonna go in?!? Is it? Is it?!?
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Airplane themed Baby Shower


Over seven years ago (almost eight) my husband and I met on an airplane. A Delta flight coming back from Aruba. He was sitting next to my Nana and the two of them struck up a conversation. Somehow my mom and I got sucked into their discussions and the rest is history. Thank God for aviation! :)
While I was making this cake I got to thinking how fun an airplane themed anniversary party would be! :) One of these days...
Here are a few ideas floating around out there that I thought were cute and wanted to share!


First up, (top left corner) the inspiration for this cake...the design found here. You can get cupcake toppers, favor tags, invitations etc.
Then, check out this party where most of the middle pics were taken from. Incredibly creative party!!! I love the biscoff cookies as party favors, the lunches packaged in the to go boxes like what you'd get on your flight...and below those the "baggage claim" where she turned cereal boxes into luggage for party favors!!!! So creative!
Far right, a runway makes a perfect table runner for an airplane themed party. Source
And below that, the propeller marshmallow treats! Easy and so clever. Tutorial found here.
Bottom left, lots of white tissue paper pom poms floating from the sky would make great decor to represent clouds. :)
Right above that, boarding passes to hand out while greeting guests. Found here.
And a great activity/craft for a airplane party if kids are to be included would be to make your own airplane out of CHEAP materials like a toilet paper roll!!! Tutorial found here.
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Friday, February 11, 2011

40th Birthday Toga theme













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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Owl Valentines Day party

Today I threw a little Valentines Day party for my little Olivia's playgroup friends. We had 13 little toddlers (most under 2) over here this morning which translates into lots of chaos, cuteness and fun! :) Here are some pics from today's festivities!!





































































































































Me and my crazy Olivia!
A perfect craft/party activity for 2 year olds...sticking anything on anything! For this party I got little mailboxes, spruced them up them with owl printables and ribbon and had the babies stick heart stickers on them.











Olivia, hard at work on her mailbox...
and then enjoying her cupcake. :) (notice her little owl shirt...cute Etsy find!!)

All the babies...can you believe we got them ALL in a picture!!! (and no one really crying?!?!)



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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Go STEELERS!!!!

My husband is a HUGE Steelers fan (which I guess makes me one too) and tonight we're throwing a little Super Bowl Party with some of our neighborhood friends. My original plan for the party was to have half Steelers colors/decor and half Packers colors/decor and thank God I shared my plan with hubby ahead of time b/c he was appalled that I would include Packers decor in his home! ;) He basically forbid me from coming up with any Packers desserts or decor of any sort. So apparently this party is not really a Super Bowl party, but more a "Celebrating that the Steelers are in the Super Bowl AGAIN" party. ;)

I don't care who wins, (looking around nervously to make sure hubby didn't hear me say that!) but I'm certainly excited about getting together with friends tonight. :)


There are going to be a few kids coming tonight so I wanted a way to get them excited about the game (and recruit them as Pittsburg fans). ;) So I set up a Steelers treat table complete with cupcakes, football juice boxes, cookies and Lil' Steeler fan kits. :)
Juice boxes for the kids...had to cover them in card stock to make them more "football-ish". Gotta theme it out folks! (and yes, of course, its totally neurotic, but thats me!!)
Little football cookies! I'm pretty proud of these b/c this was my first time decorating cookies with royal icing. I love how they turned out and I had a lot of fun with them. Definitely want more reasons to practice!! (as if I don't already have enough on my plate!!)

I made this cupcake stand using a shoe box and another tall box I had around the house. Covered the bottom in green wrapping paper and added ribbon for yard lines...

Definitely blinged out in Steeler colors!!!!
These little football toppers are cake balls. Yummo!

The Lil' Steelers Fan Kits include a mini clapper to cheer on Pittsburgh, a whistle to annoy all the adults, a penalty flag to throw for any of the Packers' infractions, some M&Ms, and a Super Bowl Championship ring...

Go Team!!!!!
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