Maia and Sophia's Ice Cream Birthday Party

This past weekend was my twins 5th birthday party! They decided on an ice cream theme...as we started planning it kind of took on a "happy" theme too! We have been working on a few new illustrations, so we did a new one for this party {available here}

We wanted the party to be playful, colorful and of course happy so we choose pinks, peach and mint green as a party palette. We made a small sweet table covered with a pink and white polka dot ruffled table cloth. We hung colorful paper poms and an made an "oh happy day" glittered bunting garland to go above the table! We filled the table with chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes with two birthday cupcakes topped with our diy straw birthday candles and homemade marshmallows with fringe toppers! We also made ice cream cone cake pops and our favorite tiny tim cookies. Finally, we displayed a mini birthday cake on my pink milk glass pedestal {that I got for my birthday from Kellie ♥} complete with the little clothes pin cake topper we made. 

One of our very favorite aspects to the party was the diy ice cream cone chandelier! {You may have seen the diy here} Our sweet friend and diy correspondent, Katie, created this project for us and we absolutely adore the way all of the different colored ice cream cones looked hanging on the white chandelier! Although we wanted to keep them all to ourselves, we let each little girl choose one to take home! But we had a few extra to keep ♥! We loved how the girls all put them around their necks...ice cream necklaces! 

Since this was of course and ice cream party, we also set up a little diy ice cream topping parlor. We made

an oversized cupcake flag that said "make your ice cream happy"and coordinating ice cream topping flags that we put on paper straws and stuck into the toppings. We hung a big vanilla colored pom with peach fringe over the shelf. We took white ice cream cups and taped wooden "i ♥ ice cream spoons" on them with striped washi tape! The girls got to make their own sundaes, which they loved! Then they got to fill up their bakery boxes with treats to bring home!

I love the look on Maia's face when she realized Sophia blew out the candle before she did...lol! 

♥ Hope you enjoyed our party♥

styling, paper party goods, all desserts, cake topper: Icing Designs 

paper poms: Paperwhite Designs  

washi tape: Lilly Belle's paper and textiles

fringe: The Gilded Bee 

i ♥ ice cream spoons: In the Clear

ice cream bowls, paper straws, paper flags on cake pops: Sweet Lulu 

mini ice cream cones for cake pops: Layer Cake Shop

take home boxes: Martha Stewart

DIY Ruffled Ice Cream Cones

We are so excited to share this diy with you, if you are planning an ice cream party believe us these are just the sweetest things to let each child take home with them! Our amazing diy correspondent, Katie came up with this project for us and we just fell in love! We ended up hanging pink, peach and mint green ones from a white chandelier and the looked so cute and really added to the decor of the party! The little girls just adored them and were so excited when we let them have one! Most of them put them around their necks and pretended they were ice cream necklaces, it was so cute!

Materials:

2 1/2" styrofoam balls 

1 1/2 yards of lightweight cotton fabric

Sewing machine or needle and thread

Hot glue gun/glue

Glue

Scrapbook paper

Cone template

Polyester stuffing

Ribbon

Pins

Cut fabric into strips about 44" long x 1.5 " wide using pinking shears. Sew down the middle of the strip, ruffling fabric as you go with sewing machine. You can also ruffle the fabric by hand if you do not have a sewing machine. Your finished ruffle should be 8" long. You could also use pre-ruffled fabric or ruffle trim if you do not want to make your own!

Trace cone template onto your paper and cut out. Glue edges to make cone shape. I recommend not using hot glue for this step since you need a bit of extra time to get the edges together just right. Fill your cone with stuffing to help hold the shape.

Cut a circle roughly 8" in diameter out of your fabric. Wrap the fabric around the ball and hot glue to bottom, gathering as you go. Do not worry about how the bottom looks, it will be hidden inside your cone.

Place hot glue around inside edge of your cone and stick the covered styrofoam inside. Hot glue your ruffle around the top of the cone, twisting as you go around. Be sure to glue it to both the paper and the styrofoam ball. If you would like to hang the cones, cut ribbon to desired length and use a pin or hot glue to secure it to your ice cream!

Festive DIY Fringe Toppers

This weekend was my twins birthday party and it was such a great end to an insanely busy and long 2 weeks for both of us! We are excited to share the party photos with you but we would love to share some fun diy's with you too! We have way to much fun with paper straws, its true! We made homemade marshmallows for the party, which by the way were ridiculously good {we may have to share that recipe with you soon}! Since the marshmallows were all white and the pedestal they were displayed on was white too, we wanted to add a fun pop of color! Since we didn't have much time before the party started, we just grabbed the two things we always have on hand...paper straws and fringe! We just wrapped about an inch of fringe around a half of a paper straw and secured it with a dab of glue {or you can use a tiny piece of tape} and you have a festive little topper! We are sure there are many variations of this project but it really is so easy and there are so many great color possibilities! Hope you had a great weekend and have a great Memorial Day!

New Ice Cream Party Collection

This weekend is my twins birthday party and they wanted an "ice cream" theme! We have been in the process of creating a few new designs. Their birthday paper party goods are one of the new items coming soon to our shop! We are really excited to share this collection, it is really cheerful, colorful,  fun and of course glittery! We hope you like it, can't wait to share the party with you next week!

Ice Cream Brownie Cake

Wow, what a weekend, it was definitely jam packed! We are in for another long week this week. But we will have some fun parties to share with you and some great diy's too! So today we wanted to announce the winner of the Little Ink giveaway, we choose a winner at random. Comment {LOVE! the chalk tags and decorative wax paper! joejust@xtra.co.nz} Congratulations!! We will be contacting you shortly to get your address! 

We just had to share this perfect summer dessert with you, that we spotted on Bakers Royale! Seriously, what is better than ice cream and brownies...now put them in cake form and you are in confectionery heaven! There is just something about the richness of a great chocolaty brownie and the cold creamy texture of ice cream! This dessert is pretty easy, delicious and a definite crowd pleaser! All we can say is YUM!
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Wishing you a...

Yesterday was my birthday and of course my sweet friend Kellie made it extra special for me! One of the things that she gave me was this little silver box that read "wishing you a"...and inside was a mini glittered garland that said "sweet day"! It was the cutest thing I have ever seen, it was so creative and sweet I just had to share it with you! Hope you love it as much as I do ♥