May 16, 2012
This western barbecue party made us kick up our heels and say YEEHAW! Nikki from Tradewind Tiaras and Paula from Frog Prince Paperie have a new e-magazine called Festivities, which will launch next week. This is just a sneak peek of what’s in store. They put together this western barbecue inspired by the gold mining history of the Superstition Mountains and the legendary Lost Dutchman’s gold mine. This extraordinary location was the perfect backdrop for their…
May 15, 2012
This dinosaur party was created by Karolina from Karo’s Fun Land for her dinosaur-lovin’ twin nephews. The color palette was inspired by Dinosaur printables that she found from Anders Ruff. Sweet treats on the dessert table included green dinosaur rice krispies, vanilla cupcakes with dinosaur toppers, dinosaur toe cereal mix, and dino-mite jello. Thirsty guests followed dinosaur footsteps which directed them to a lava juice drink station. Giant orange balloons from Shop Sweet Lulu were also…
May 15, 2012
This Amy Atlas Moment from Seri from Little Miss Party Planner was created for her sister’s bridal shower. Seri made a “Tea for Two” theme using a pastel color palette for a soft and feminine feel. Sweet treats on the dessert table included tea bag cookies {so clever!}, macaroons, meringue, mini cupcakes, and a two-tiered ruffled cake. Family heirlooms like vintage tea cups and teapots made the shower even more meaningful. Teacups were re-purposed…
May 15, 2012
May and June are Graduation months and there are so many cute ideas in this graduation party by Cris from Crissy’s Crafts. We love how Cris gave many store bought items their pomp and circumstance by adding cupcake toppers and chocolate stars. How great are the Swiss Roll diplomas? Other sweet treats on the dessert table included star-topped cupcakes, class of 2012 push pop cupcakes, and caramel popcorn. Free graduation printables from Bird’s Party put this party…
May 14, 2012
This 3rd birthday paw-ty was submitted to us by Renee from La Petite Princesse. This was not your ordinary dessert table. In fact, Renee’s daughter was diagnosed last year as Type 1 Diabetic. This was Renee’s first attempt at creating a dessert table without a ton of sugar while maintaining all of the creativity. For lunch, kids snacked on bowtie pasta and cheese sauce creatively packaged in plastic containers with paws on the front, as…
May 14, 2012
Last week, we featured this party that was Burberry inspired. This morning’s featured submission is also fashion inspired. This birthday party shoot was sent to us by Monika from Stylish Party Bazzar in the UK and was inspired by the aqua blue and pink color palette in the Louis Vuitton Spring 2012 Campaign. Sweet treats on the dessert table included peaches ‘n cream biscuits, cake pops, cupcakes, and strawberry milk. We love the chalkboard…
May 11, 2012
1. bracelet 2. china 3. flatware 4. napkins 5. butler tray 6. cake 7. chair 8. chaise 9.place card holder
Today we are studying Bamboo from our design board. Bamboo is the Chinese symbol for longevity and we can understand why. You can never tire of the designs above. We love the strength of bamboo and how it is perfectly translated into everything from furniture to jewelry. My favorite is that Banda Chaise. How…
May 11, 2012
Photo by Johnny Miller. Courtesy of Sweet Designs: Bake It Craft It Style It.
How is it already Mother’s Day? As a mom, I’m usually thinking of everyone else’s holidays and often forget when special occasions come up that celebrate me. I’m sure I’m not alone on this one, right? I’m curious what you all do for Mother’s Day? Do you get pampered by your kids and spouse? Do you find yourself in the kitchen anyway…
May 10, 2012
A couple of weeks ago, we had a Sweet Designs book signing at one of my favorite shops in New York City, Fishs Eddy. They were kind enough to host an event the week of my book launch. Many of my novelty items for parties and dessert tables come from Fishs Eddy. I used many of their items in the book like their crossword puzzle glasses for my Game Night chapter and their acacia…
May 10, 2012
This woodland dessert table was sent to us by Zena-Marie from The Fabulous Mom’s Guide. If you look through the forest of desserts on the dessert table, you’ll see there are many creative sweet treats. Chocolate dipped marshmallow pops were rolled in crystallized coconut before being planted in little pots of edible chocolate dirt. Other woodsy sweet treats included hedgehog cookies, chocolate owls, mushroom cap meringue, and rocky road chocolate logs.
May 10, 2012
We love taking fashion and merging it with desserts and crafts. This dessert table by Sandy and Elena of Style Me Sweet in Australia was inspired by the iconic Burberry print. Style Me Sweet styled this table for a little boy’s Christening. The little boy’s grandmother loves Burberry and purchased outfits for the event for all of her grandchildren. Sweet treats on the dessert table included cupcakes, cake pops, chocolate caramel tarts, tiramisu, and carrot…
May 09, 2012
This “Around the Atlas” came to us from Michelle at Sami & Bella in the Philippines. Michelle styled this party for a little girl’s first birthday party and used indigenous Filipino materials to create a vintage cultural Filipino theme. Instead of a dessert table, a dessert bahay kubo was created out of bamboo to house the desserts which was also represented in the fabulous cake created by Goldilocks. Sweet treats included local sweets like…
