Tea Cupcakes?

Ok I have to say these have intrigued me a bit, not sure if I love'em or
if I'm a wierded out by them! I think I vote love'em only because we're planning an Alice in Wonderland tea party for one of my daughters birthdays next year (yes, I plan that far in advance) and I think these would be a very cute addition to the table setting. I just wish they came in other colors too. Anyways, you can buy them from several different vendors but I found them at http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/ They come in a set of four saucers and four cups (which are made of food grade silicone so you can bake and serve in the same cup) for $18.00 I guess I might give them a try and see how they work out!

Oh happy day!

Today I received my daughters invites for her ice cream party! So cute (too bad her party isn't until July) I've been working on this one for about six months and I still have three months to go. But oh I will be posting my inspirations and ideas along the way.

Baby shower favors!

1. And then there were favors....yes I know it's still ten days till the shower, but hey I'm an over planner! I can get a bit carried away with the prep work. We're just lucky I haven't hung the decorations yet (tempted!!!) because I'm not sure my husband and kids would want to live with baby shower decorations for a week and a half!
   

I want sooo bad!!!

Sometimes I'm embarrased to admit things...well this is one of those times. I have coveted this copper finish coffee urn (which I totally plan to use for hot chocolate at our yearly Christmas Eve get together! Hello! Can we say beautiful presentation here?) from Grandin Road forever now! This lovely is an amazing amount of $199.00. Not bad since it has a hand hammered copper finish, wrought iron base and even comes with a fuel holder so you know that cocoa's going to be hot! However I do have have five wonderful daughters who tend to drain my "mommy wants but doesn't need it" fund, so I admit that every day I look up the link to see if parhaps, just maybe it went on some sort of sale. Even $20 bucks less and I would snatch this beauty up in a heart beat! Anyways, if you are as intrigued as I am, here's the link http://www.grandinroad.com/

Happy Easter! I hope every one enjoyed themselves today and found a lil something in their basket from the bunny man himself!

Speaking of My BF's baking skills, check out this cake she made for her sons birthday party. Considering this is the first time she has attempted to make a cake of this caliber, I say it's pretty darn impressive. I can't wait to see what sort of mad skills she shows after a few cake decorating classes we want to sign up for. I'll stick to being her official taste tester!

And this one was supposed to be just for me but my two year old was so persistant! She would creep up on the cupcake and try to take a nibble like she was invisible and I wouldn't have any idea where that bite came from.

A treat, for me?

So have you ever had a moment when you have dinner on the stove, kids are all over you, the dog wont stop barking and then the door bell rings and you're like "Really! geez what now?" So you go stomping off to the front door expecting to tell whatever annoying solicitor that dares to interrupt you to promptly shoo and leave you alone before you set your attack dog (a 4 pound yorkie!) on their tail, only to find your totally awesome bff standing there with a plateful of the cutest cupcakes just to surprise you? No? well this is one of those situations where "the little things" comes into play! I went from 100 on the stress meter to melting like butter. thank you BFF for making day! You rock!

I just love finding lil things like this!

Ok is there such a thing love at first sight? I now firmly believe so! These little cuties are from http://www.rosannainc.com/category_redirect.php?acti... and are so adorable! They come in four spring inspired pastel colors and are only $17.00 each. Soooo at the top of my wish list!

Baby Shower count down!

So its 16 days and counting till the baby shower I’ve been planning for my brother in law and his girlfriend! I have been planning this party for months now and I can’t wait to see it all come together! They chose the King of the Jungle theme. Which I think is totally appropriate since the baby’s name is Daniel. Get it? Daniel and the LION’s den! Ehh? No? That’s ok I thought it was clever. Anyways, moving on…of course we bought the traditional plates, napkins, banners yada yada yada with the image of the lil lion (so cute by the way) but I want this party to have some dimension so I purchased some Chinese paper lanterns in the colors of the tableware (turquoise, yellow, green and orange) and I plan to hang them at varying lengths from my ceiling. I love paper lanterns, they can create such an impact and for very little money, I bought mine at http://www.paperlanternstore.com/ and they cost around $1.20 each. The other element I’m proud of it the favors, we have about 50 to 60 people invited so I wanted them to be awesome yet still economical, so I purchased these clear plastic pillow favor boxes from ebay (100 for only $10, trust me I looked on every website so I was ecstatic to find these) and then I ordered return address label (of all things) from http://www.vistaprint.com/but when I customized them instead of an address I wrote “______baby shower. We thank you for joining the fun, we hope you had a “roaring” good time celebrating our new little one! Corny, I know but I thought it was cute, not to mention the design matched our theme perfectly! Now I just have to find a filler I’m thinking candy in a coordinating color since a lot of the party goers will be children too. Besides not every guest attending is going to want a “baby” themed favor so edible favors I think are always a good way to go. Not to mention they look super cute assembled and all lined up (I did a test run, yes I know nerdy, but that’s how I do it) I’m still working out the finer details but obviously its right around the corner so I’ll be posting the pics soon!