birthdays

February 17, 2012 4 Comments

bugs & butterfly birthday cake

For my most recent post with Kellogg’s Snackpicks.com, I created an easy to decorate bugs & butterfly birthday cake, bumble bee cookies and a colorful favor idea that will have all your guests buzzing!

Hop over to Snackpicks for all the how to details, tips on applying your decorations and lots of photos!

And hop over to my shoppe to see more of my bugs & butterflies printable birthday party collection and pink butterfly printable birthday party collection!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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marshmallow robot treats

These are just adorable and perfect for a robot party! Dawn of Not Just A Mommy picked up our Build Your Own Robot activity cards for her Robot Valentine’s Party so I just had to see what she had going on over there. And when I saw these I immediately asked if I could share her creation with all of you!

Here are the candies Dawn collected to bring her marshmallow creation to life. Just assemble with dots of icing, allow them to dry and you have a fun treat and/or activity for your robot party. Hop over to see what else Dawn created for the fun filled day!

And as always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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real parties: 30th birthday

My birthday is just a week away… let’s just say 29 plus a few years {wink}. So when Amy of This HeArt of Mine sent her and her husband’s dual DIY 30th birthday party over, I just had to share. She did such a fabulous job!

Starting with the DIY invitations (see all the how-to and resources), Amy used glassine bags and confetti. I love a bright invitation to get guests excited. How could someone decline this invite?!

Next she made some lovely decorations, like this $2 cupcake stand. Very versatile and did you catch… only $2!

Plus a smart branch and glass globe centerpiece (get the how-to).

Now on to all the yummy food Amy prepared!

Pretty Chocolate Buttermilk Cupcakes & Ganache and Vanilla Cupcakes & Vanilla Frosting with chocolate transfer hearts.

A bright Cranberry-Limeade party drink.

Fabulous appetizers including Pastry Wrapped Creamy Chicken Squares, Party Crock Pot Cheese Dip, and Mustard Vegetable Dip. It all looks so yummy!

And what is a party without favors?! Amy sent all her guests home with fudge packaged in clear cups wrapped in clear cellophane and tied with pretty little personalized tags she made herself in Word.

{Amy – you did such a lovely job on the entire affair! Thanks so much for sharing!}

By the way, if you’ve hosted something fabulous, send us a note to customercare@celebrationshoppe.com with the subject line “Get Featured” and we might share your creativity! As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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new dinosaur party printables

My son’s dino-ROAR birthday party was a year-and-a-half ago and continues to be a customer favorite (see full collection), so I decided to create a few more printable items and give you the ability to personalize some that already exist! Starting Monday you can purchase personalized dinosaur cupcake toppers,

personalized dinosaur beverage wrappers, cello toppers, and

this fun “Drinkasaurus” mat! A perfect complement for my carnivore, herbivore and sweetivore mats. (These still make me smile.)

There are many more personalized printables to come! If there is a collection you’re interested in and you don’t see personalization yet, just shoot us an e-mail at customercare@celebrationshoppe.com and we may be able to speed up the process.

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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wagon wheel cookies

Simple, incredibly yummy, only two ingredients and no baking cookies. You can’t beat a recipe like that! Keebler Fudge Stripes + Strawberry Marshmallows = Wagon Wheel Cookies perfect for any cowgirl hoedown and our newest party collection! Just heat a marshmallow in the microwave for seven seconds (the middle will get hot, but the marshmallow skin will still be in tack allowing you to pick it up with your hand) and then sandwich between two cookies. The chocolate in the cookies will melt slightly holding the sandwich together.

By the way, you likely recognize the light cookie as Keebler Fudge Stripes, but what about that dark one… ? That is the new, and extraordinary… oh my it’s good, Dark Chocolate Fudge Stripe.

Kellogg’s sent me a box of goodies a few weeks ago, one of the many perks of being a Snackpicks.com blogger, and these were my very favorite. As a matter of fact, I’m typically really good at portion control. One cookie, one piece of candy, one whatever and I’m content. But with these, I ate four the first time I opened the package and I never do that! {guilty, not regretful, grin}

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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