Dreaming of a Gorgeous Craft Room....

As many of you know Kellie and I dream of having a shop of our own one day. But, until then a great craft room/creative workspace would do! Organization, of course is a must, and its amazing how beautiful organization can be! Here are a few craft rooms that offer up a ton of inspiration for storage, color and touch of glamour! Who would not want to work in spaces like these!?! Which one is your favorite?

photos via: Heather Bailey via theprojectgirl.com, thestoriesofa2z.com, bhg.com, howjoyful.com, elephantstrunkllb.com

Congratulations It's A...

Gender reveal parties and cakes seem to be all the rage right now...and we love it! It is such an exciting way to share with your friends and family what you are "expecting"! One spectacular gender reveal party that comes to mind was for our sweet friend Kate Landers! She had a "Make Way for Ducklings" theme and it was...to say the least adorable, we hope you will check it out!

Well, our own very talented and adored DIY corespondent, Katie is about to have another little sweet one of her own! Katie asked us to help surprise her husband and daughter Siena with the gender of the baby, in cake form! We just loved the idea so we made two cakes, one in blue and one in pink and awaited her call with the big news to see which cake we should frost! We wanted the cake to be really special, with an element that she could keep, so we made an over sized cupcake flag in a buttery yellow that read, "It's A...". We tied ivory and yellow ribbon and white lace from it to give it a dainty, airy feel and wrapped the bottom of the cake in lace and a yellow bow! Can you guess what color the cake was!?!

"99 Sweet Years..."

We recently had the honor of helping my husband's grandmother, Nan, celebrate her 99th birthday! She is an amazing, strong, loving, wonderful woman! The family wanted to do something really memorable for her, so they threw her a lovely little birthday party! All of her friends and family were there to celebrate with her, she was so delighted and overjoyed with it all! Kellie and I created a small dessert table of treats for everyone to enjoy, but we wanted it to have a really special element to it. We took photos of Nan from when she younger and created frosted photo cupcake flags from them, they were so much fun to look at and such a conversation piece for all of her kids and grand kids! We also made her a "99 Sweet Years" letter garland that hung above the table (and now hangs in her room) and surrounded it with all crepe paper flowers. We are so thrilled to have a story about this party in My 365 Magazines, second issue...we hope you will check it out!

Party Decor Ideas...Paper Lanterns

Ok, we have to admit we are a little bit obsessed with party decor...especially poms, paper rosettes and flower, streamers, garlands, balloons and our newest crush, paper lanterns! They are so versatile, come in so many gorgeous colors and patterns and make a huge statement when clustered together! (And the best part...if you take care of them, they can be used multiple times!) Paper lanterns can be used for simple parties or displayed beautifully lit at a wedding reception. If you have not yet used them, give them a try at your next party or event!

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New to our shop...Children's Party Rainbow Unicorn Party Goods

We have been considering creating a children's unicorn or horse illustration for a while. Well, we finally got around to it when our sweet friend Meredith, from Bloom Photography asked us to help create an invitation for her little girl, Maisy's upcoming rainbow unicorn party! Our new collection can be purchased through our Etsy shop.

"Crowned Embellishments" by Meg Fish

We have blogged about our sweet friend Meg Fish before. She is a phenomenal newborn and maternity photographer and has started a new project called, "Crowned Embellishments". It is a line of absolutely gorgeous tiny, handmade crowns that are modeled after the early santos crowns, created for newborn and portrait photographers to purchase and use for their photos. We were thrilled when Meg told about her new venture, but even more thrilled when she asked us to be part of the packaging! We created frosted photos of her "Crowned Embellishments" logo and Meg uses the tag to tie onto her beautifully packaged tiny crown! If you are a newborn or children's photographer, you must check out this new shop and facebook page! How precious are these photos! The crowns are so delicate and graceful and what a beautiful statement they make...as all of our children are little princes and princesses!

DIY Tissue Paper Flower Cupcake Picks

Hope you all had a great weekend! We are excited to share another fabulous DIY project from our sweet corespondent Katie! We just love these tissue paper flower cupcake picks, they are so pretty and dainty and can be made in any color combination. We also love that they can be clustered on a cake or placed individually on cupcakes for a beautiful, festive presentation!

Materials Needed:
Materials:
Tissue paper, any color you wish
Scissors
Flat top wooden picks
Hot glue gun/glue
1/8" wide ribbon

Layer 6-8 sheets of tissue paper
Cut out a 2x2 inch square
Fold the squares into quarters
Hold the folded tissue at the folded point
Starting on one side, cut around to make a petal shape, being careful not to cut too close to the point. You can make your petals pointed, rounded, or any shape you wish!

Unfold the tissue and layer the flower shapes on top of each other, staggering the petals
Poke a hole in the middle of the stacked flower. I have this wonderful little punch that makes a tiny hole, but a pin or even the end of the pick will do just fine. Slide the pick into the hole, leaving room at the top of the pick

Place a dot of hot glue onto the end of the pick and let it drip down a bit
Squeeze all of the layers of the tissue flower from the bottom and hold for 10 seconds or so
Fluff and carefully separate the layers
Tie ribbon underneath the flower, to help keep it in place. If you choose you could even create a two toned flower by using two different colors of tissue paper.

Baton Rouge Parents Magazine

About a month ago we were informed that we were being considered to be featured in Baton Rouge Parents Magazine's upcoming party issue. The editors asked us to some samples and photography in and about a week later we found out that they were going publish us! Needless to say, we were so incredibly excited, as this is our first magazine feature! So here are a few photos from the magazine!

Hot Trend...Cake Buffets

We all love creating sweet tables and they are always a hit at a wedding or special event! But, have you ever thought about having a cake buffet!?! There are so many delicious cake flavors and gorgeous designs to choose from! You can really create a visually beautiful table, by using all different style cake pedestals and getting cakes in all different heights and color combinations! The possibilities really are endless, so think about a cake buffet for your next event, and send up some pictures if you create one!

photo credits: sweet and saucy, theknot.com.au, martha stewart weddings, elizabethannedesigns.com, style me pretty, thebridescafe.tumblr.com, google images, spearmintwedding.com, oncewed.com

Birthday Cake Banner

We love adorning cakes with garlands, oversized cupcake toppers or paper flowers! Simple, rustic cakes always look great with a decorative element on top! Of course we adore colorful flowers and ruffly garlands, but what do you do when you need a masculine topper!?! Well last month was my wonderful step-father's birthday and we wanted to top his cake with something fun...so we made this ribbon "birthday" banner! It added color and height to a plain chocolate cake but we used masculine ribbon colors, so it was great for a man! Really you can do this with any color ribbon, it is so simple and perfect to top any birthday or celebration cake!
All you will need is:

2 oversized lollipop sticks

thin ribbon to tie sticks together

ribbon of your choice for banner

glittered sticker letters (can be found at Michaels or any other craft store)

glue gun

scissors

Take your two lollipop sticks and measure your thin ribbon across, making sure you have enough length for the word you are choosing to spell out. Tie your ribbon on the sticks. Then take the ribbon that you choose to create the banner with and cut it into strips, they do not have to all be the same length, you can vary them if you choose to. Cut as many as you need to create the word you are spelling out...and a few extra if you want to put plain ribbon on either side of the word. Fold the ribbon in half and cut a triangle out of the bottom. Fold your ribbon in half again and put a dab of hot glue in the center and fold over your skinny ribbon so that the points meet and it is glued onto the thinner ribbon. Then just stick your letters on your ribbon. If you choose you can tie a bow on either end as well!