Black and White Wedding

A while ago, (I won't say how long as to not embarrass myself) a good friend of mine got married and I had the privledge of working on her wedding and reception. It was a black and white wedding and it was a beautiful day! One of my resolutions is to do better with my blog, so here goes!

This is the monogram I did on the clubhouse window right behind the cake table

I used Black vinyl to make signs leading people to the ceremony and reception

The wonderful food table!

The colors were black and white and teal so we threw some teal beads on the tables to add a splash of color!

I used black vinyl to deccorate this white bucket to hold water bottles for the outdoor wedding then we brought it inside for the reception. I bought the black and white fabric and cut squares to dress up a white tablecloth!

I did not make the cake or brownies but they did a great job. It was a white cake decorated with black circles and polka dots cut out of fondant. Then we put it on the southern living at home plate and laced black ribbon through it.

These were brownines (the groom's request) cut out in circles and drizzled with white icing. Yummy!

The strawberry topiary I made out of a green piece of styrofoam and then using toothpicks placed strawberries and leaves on it. I did end of using some hot glue so this was for decor only!

13! Can it be true?

Well my oldest daughter turned 13 on August 14th. It's hard to believe it when you get to the point of having a teenager! We had a fun time hanging out at a local resort and we decided to do some fun things for dessert. The first thing we did was make nail polish bottles which you can see in the first picture. They were so easy. You melt colored chocolate and did full size marshmellows in them then top them off with a tootsie roll. so fast and easy and adorable!

The girls also decorated lunch totes that I got with rhinestones and fabric markers!

Instead of a cake I decided to do some special cupcakes that I saw on a website. They are high heeled shoes. I thought I would assemble them at home but soon realized that I was going to have to put them all together at the hotel. You make a regular cupcake, ice it. Take a graham cracker and cover that in chocolate then take an oreo straw as you high heel and put it all together! They were adorable and the girls thought they were so much fun!

Another view of our nail polish bottles!

My daughter's foot with her finished cupcakes

It was a great 13th birthday, now I have 2 1/2 years till the next one!

Sweet Shop Birthday Party

Welcome to Reagan's Sweet Shop!

My youngest daughter Reagan turned 9 on June 21st and we decided to have a sweet shop birthday party. My reasoning for doing this is simple...I love candy! The more, the better!

This is the front door of the sweet shop, I bought a round styrofoam wreath and hot glued gum drops to it, then dug out my Christmas wreath holder and hung it on the front door. I'm going to try and wrap it up to save for another occasion. Since we live in Arizona with no humidity it's easier to do that. in other parts of the country that probably wouldn't work. We also stuck polka dots and lollypops to the front door.

This is our candy bar! It was quite the site, the kids eyes were HUGE when they saw it! Anyone could do this party, it wasn't complicated and the candy was so much fun to shop for. We decided to go with all clear containers so you could get the full effect of the candy colors. I got candy from places like, Costco, Sam's, Wal Mart and a lot from the dollar store. When everyone got there we gave them a candy necklace at the door. Then we had everyone decorate cupcakes. I made the cupcakes ahead of time and made up several batches of icing and let the kids have at it!

I got the party supplies from Wal Mart for about $1.00 a package and we already had a ton of sprinkles and decorations so that part was easy. The paper laterns I got at Michaels for $1.00 to $2.50 a piece.
The three kids and I dipped marshmellows in melted chocolate the day before and added sprinkes, they were delicious! We also dipped strawberries in chocolate then drizzled white chocolate on top of them. Oh yeah, we decided to dip oreos too! Everything is better dipped in chocolate right!

Here's some close up pictures of the candy jars!

For the final addition to their goodie bag everyone went home with a brand new toothbrush (which I bought at the Dollar Store also)

I hope you enjoyed the party!

Well here goes...I guess I've decided to do what so many others have done...start a blog. I've been thinking about it for a while and I keep putting it off because I'm not sure how good I'll be at it!

The main reason I wanted to write a blog is to share some of the things that bring me joy and satisfaction. I love to plan, organize, create, inspire, help, etc. So if this experiment of mine inspires anyone out there to step out of their comfort zone and try something new then I'm thrilled!

Enjoy!
Diane