Snips, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails!

Again, almost titled this one "It's a Boy", but again thought that would be very deceiving! Last weekend I got to host a baby shower for a lovely sister in our ward. And since I've recently become, well obsessed, with party planning blogs I had to have a theme and go all out! (Seriously, dream job alert! Anyone want to hire me full time?) Being my first attempt to create a dessert table, I don't think it turned out half bad!

The theme was Snips, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails and I chose to have lots of primary type colors; blue, red, orange, yellow and green.

Cake stands look familiar? Yep more homemade creations! The backdrop was simply 12x12 scrapbook paper and ribbons. I loved how it turned out and allowed us to open the window but not show just a big tree trunk outside.

I wanted most of the desserts to follow the theme, so first:

Here are the "Snips"

I wanted to get the "Nibs" brand of licorice pieces, but couldn't find any, so I cut up my own! Plus they are red so they work perfectly!

And the Snails:

These little guys were made out of peppermint candies, which by mistake I made the day before and their little red stripes "melted". They were housed on a bed of green coconut grass.

More snails, this time Sugar Cookie Snails!

Don't you just want to bite this little guys head off?

And of course the Puppy Dog!

Chex mix puppy chow (seriously google puppy chow and see if the first thing that comes up is not delicious chex mix!)

Followed by a sweet puppy cupcake.

These little buggers looked easy, but those darned ears had the toughest time staying on! Out of 1 dozen only 4 came out with both ears - all the rest lost exactly 1 ear, none lost both. How strange.

More close up views of the table.

We also had homemade lemonade (thanks again Adam!) and it was also the guest of honors birthday so I made the main cake a little girly, while still keeping in the color scheme.

Isn't that homemade cake stand awesome! And it supported that big heavy cake so well!

The shower was definitely a lot of fun to plan and I loved how it all turned out!

Baby shower cupcakes

I almost titled this post "its a girl" but then realized I would be making an announcement that is not mine and perhaps getting up hopes for many of you.

I made these birthday shower cupcakes for a coworker. I chose brown and pink because, well its a girl, but also because the shower was for a male coworker so I had to throw in some manly colors!

Oh and the "cupcake" stand, yeah, homemade by Adam! Recycled candle holders and plate from goodwill, some paint and strong glue and wallah, cake stand!

The best 2 Years!

Adam and I celebrated our two year anniversary last week! We have both been so busy and have so many things going on we couldn't plan anything elaborate. So instead we took the day off work and just spent it together. We had planned to go golfing, but the weather did not cooperate, so instead we caught an early show of Alice in Wonderland.

I thought it was great! Maybe not best all time movie, but definitely worth seeing. The colors were amazing and I love Alice, she was perfect!

After the movie, we went to lunch at a Brazilian BBQ restaurant, the Brazilian Bull.

It was our first time going to one of the Brazilian restaurants, and it was so good and we both LOVED it. They had a great lunch menu and served only 6 meats (instead of the 16 at dinner) so I felt like I could at least 1 of everything and then extra of the ones I really liked.

It was a full relaxing day! I love you Adam!

Go make these now!

FLUFFERNUTTER CUPCAKES!

That's right Fluffernutter Cupcakes!

I wish I had a better picture, but these are the tastiest peanut-buttery deliciousness cupcakes ever! These were my first attempt at making cupcakes from scratch and they turned out fabulous! Here's a link to the recipe http://oneordinaryday.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/fluffernutter-cupcakes-for-cupcake-hero-peanut-butter/

One tip, check them after a few minutes less than the recipe calls for. I cooked mine for the minimum time but they were just a little overdone by then. Enjoy!

A Reveal

Remember this??

Well I finally turned it all into this!

So in love with it! I had plenty extra to make pillow case and throw pillows. I love the way it brightens up our room and the little bit of blue in the fabric makes the walls pop more!