Art Party fun.....

This party was by far the most fun to put together thus far!!  It was an art party designed around a sweet little two year old who loves to create art on her easel at home.  This is the food table which I placed in the middle of the room as a focal point.  Above it hung a beautiful rainbow of balloons with colorful tulle bunting stretched out across the ceiling.

 Here are the Paint Splattered Marshmallow.  All of the kiddos loved them!  And of course, we had to have ART EASELS!!  As each child entered the room, they were lead to a "clothesline" of aprons hanging for them to choose from.  Once they chose their favorite color apron, they were then provided fabric markers and allowed to write their name and decorate them any way they wanted!
After donning their aprons, they could choose from several activities...homemade playdough, a foam sticker picture, face painting, a color me house and of course...painting a masterpiece with homemade watercolors!

In keeping with the "Art" theme, I decided to go rainbow with most of the food.  Above, our rainbow fruit kabobs were a hit with young and old!

Since we had such a variety of ages invited to the party, I decided we should probably offer something
"baby-friendly" so I chose these Fruit Loop Sticks.
 Much of the food centered around our art theme with Pretzel Rod Paintbrushes (another hit with the kiddos), Art Palette Pizzas, PB&J Pockets, Painted Popcorn and of course various types of candies for the kiddos to enjoy and take home!

 A little face painting and a fun photo booth to end the art party...They all had such a great time and I think even the parents had fun too! 

Sweet little ladybug cake

Here's a sweet little ladybug cake that I made for a dear friend's sweet little lady!  I just love the eyes, don't you?! I think it turned out soooo cute!

A Rustic Sunflower bridal shower...

I recently had the opportunity to do a tablescape and centerpieces for a Rustic Sunflower bridal shower.  I used lots of burlap because it was perfect for the theme and it looked great with sunflowers!  I used my favorite florist and asked her to order me so great looking sunflowers.  Boy, did she deliver!  Aren't they gorgeous!!!  Above is a burlap banner with the words "Love is Sweet" hand painted in ivory and attached to jute then tied off with ivory satin ribbon.

 Each table had a small bouquet of sunflowers and thistle with rocks in the bottom of each mason jar.  I surrounded each jar with spanish moss and candles wrapped with jute or resting on sunflower seeds.

 These handmade initial letters for the bride and groom were covered in burlap and hung with brown and ivory satin ribbon.

The food labels highlighted the sunflowers and the simple yet elegant menu of various flavored pound cakes.

Alice in Wonderland cake

I had the priviledge to make an "Alice in Wonderland" cake for our high school's One Act Play cast party recently.  I had so much fun making the fondant detailing for this cake...I spent about a week working on each detail of the cake.  I fondly remember this Disney movie as a child and I was so excited when I was asked to make something for these fabulous students.  I even took my family to the last performance of their regional awarded play.  I must say I had the time of my life...they were so wonderful!  I hope I can do this again for them!

 The cake had many sides so I took several angles of it.  The bottom layer was the "Cheshire Cat" with his big grin with the "Mad Hatter's" hat on top of it, followed by a tea cup with "tea" spilling from it! 

I included a key for Alice to open the door with, the Queen's crown, a few cards, some colorful mushrooms, many flowers and who could forget~The Clock!

A Parisian themed baby shower

 This was my first all inclusive event!  I made all of the food, created and made all of the paper details, and decorated the table for this shower.  I had the time of my life working on this event. The baby's bedding was bubble gum pink, lime green and black and white patterns... one of which was houndstooth...I immediately thought of a Paris!  So I went to work...

 Pink French vanilla mini cupcakes with fondant circles and initials for baby Taylor. My first attempt at Kool-Aid Popcorn in Lemon Lime and Pink Lemonade!  The lemon lime was my favorite! 
A Parisian party wouldn't be complete without French Macaroons!  I also had some cake balls for guests decorated in the theme colors.  I had a lot of fun making the Java Cream Puffs and they were so tasty as well as the tiny Lemon Tarts. 

Last but not least, a Parisian theme wouldn't be complete without COFFEE!  I chose two flavored coffees and made homemade whipped cream to top off their cup!