Japanese Inspired...

We have always been inspired and intrigued by Japanese culture and tradition, especially with Kellie's sweet girls being part Japanese! We just feel in love with this gorgeous Japanese Mother's Day inspired photo shoot that we spotted on My Little Jedi. The colorful Chiyogami (Japanese paper) and gorgeous fabrics and colors used are just beautiful! We love the bento boxes and the brightly colored cupcake liners that held the festive Japanese candies! What a lovely way to serve tea...from a pink tea pot served with hand painted chiyogami pattern cookies and cupcakes. We have often thought about creating a "Japanese inspired" illustration, this may have just given is the inspiration we needed!

concept {cookies, cakes and styling} created by Spoon and Fork

photography by Teresa Simonetti

"This Makes Me Happy"

Ok, so we just came across the most sweetest little Etsy Shop! We are so smitten we just had to share it with you! Frances, is the creative mind behind "This Makes Me Happy"! Her shop will make you so "happy" especially if you are into gorgeous handmade party decor with pretty colors, a touch a glitz and pinch of glitter!

Pretty Packages

There is just something about a beautifully wrapped package! With shimmer, metallics and fabulous jewel toned colors really be "in" this holiday season we thought these packages were pretty perfect! Rosettes, cupcake liners, throw some sequence detail in and we are pretty much head over heels! Wouldn't you love to receive or give one of these fun, festive packages!?!

Wrapping ideas found on Hey Look

Pinterest

Ok, so who has not heard of pinterest by now!?! Well, we first heard about it last January when our sweet friends from Whipperberry blogged about it! We were instantly smitten and excited about the possibilities!! A virtual pinboard that can organize all of our ideas and favorite photos....what could be better!?! So we requested an invite and got one in our inbox....but there was one problem...its called obsession! We knew that it would be become a bit of an obsession and we were so busy trying to work on other things for our business. So, we never accepted the invite but of course enjoyed peeking at all of the amazing photos people posted! Finally, we could not hold out any longer and recently accepted our request and are now happily pinning away! So if you would like to take a peek at what we are pinning check us out here!

Here is one of our favorite cakes from our "let them eat cake" board!

Santa Claus is coming to town...

With Thanksgiving being next week already that means Christmas is right around the corner! It truly is one of the best times of year, especially when you have little ones! We have decided to offer a few speciality items in our shop this holiday season! We have already shared our rosette lollipops with you, now we are really excited to share our "Santa Tags" with you! We are offering a set of 18 hand-illustrated and hand-glittered "personalized" tags for just 5.00! These are perfect to keep the Christmas magic alive in your little ones heart! They read, "Merry Christmas (we will personalize your child's name) Love, Santa" They have sticky tabs on the back so all you have to do is peel the paper off and stick them on your presents!

Rosette Lollipop Ideas

Wednesday we shared with you that we added our rosette lollipops to our Etsy shop for the holidays. Today, we wanted to share with you some fun ways to use them! Since the come in three different sizes they are very versatile! The large ones are great to use for photo props! How adorable would you little one look holding one of these for this years holiday card! We could even turn it into a "frosted photo" holiday card for you! The medium ones are great to display on a sweet table! They add color, height and lots of sparkle! You could even turn them into a rosette lollipop topiary like we did here. Of course the mini ones are great cupcake toppers and also look beautiful (without the stick) as a present topper! There are so many uses for them, we hope you find some great uses for yours!

Vintage Frames and Letter Garlands

One of our most popular items in our shop is our letter garlands! They are so versatile and can be used for so many occasions from birthday parties to weddings and they come in any color combination you can dream of! We love creating them for our customers. They are really special because after they are used for an event they can be hung in a child's room or kept as a special keepsake!

We LOVE estate sales and thrift shops where we search for vintage items that we can use for our business and our homes! Last year we came across these awesome vintage frames...they only had two so we made a deal and each snagged one!! We thought about making them into trays or chalkboard frames. But, Kellie came up with the cutest idea...she made one of our letter garlands with her daughter's name and hung it in the frame! We loved the way it looked! She is going to use it as part of the decor for Leela's birthday party and then display in it her room when the party is over! We thought we would share some photos with you of how it turned out!

Glittered Pumpkins

We just love autumn...the crisp, chilly air, the colorful leaves swirling around on the ground and of course all of the comfort foods that keep our bellies full! And what is autumn, without pumpkins!?! It is is so much fun taking the kids to pumpkin farm and seeing their eyes light up as they get to pick out their very own pumpkins. Of course it is great to carve silly faces on them and roast the seeds! But, as girls who incorporate glitter into their daily lives, we have to say we are love the look of glittered pumpkins! They are so pretty and perfect for a Halloween or Thanksgiving centerpieces! Did you know they are so easy to make too..maybe even easier than carving them!! All you need to do is coat them with a thin layer of acrylic craft paint or glue and cover them in your favorite glitter!






images via: afieldjournal.blogspot.com, tinywhitedaisies.tumblr.com, twigandthistle.com, mysweetsavannah.blogspot.com, sandrakleist.blogspot.com, With Style and Grace

Love Potion No. 9 Witches Cauldron

Remember our little "fairy dust pots" that we made for our sweet fairy party!?! Well, they were so much fun to make that we thought we should make a Halloween inspired one too! These would be great for a children's costume party! They would look so cute lined up on a sweet table or perfect for a take home gifts! These were inspired by a witches cauldron...a cauldron full of glitter of course!


Materials:
Mini plastic jars (found at Hobby Lobby)
purple Martha Stewart glitter
Black satin ribbon
Purple felt
Decorative gems
"Love Potion No. 9" tag (.50 cents Icing Designs)
Lollipop stick
Strip of brown card stock
Hot glue gun/glue

Take your jar and fill with the glitter (we just filled a little less than half way up). We created a little funnel out of paper just to keep the glitter from going all over.
To create the little broom just take a strip of brown card stock or construction paper and fold it in half. Cut little strips into it to create the bristles. Wrap it around and glue it to the lollipop stick. We also tied a little black bow around the top of the paper, it is optional...but super cute! (Just fluff out the paper strips to make the broom look fuller.)

Next take your "Love Potion No. 9" tag and tie it around the top of the bottle neck with a black ribbon. Trim the ends of the ribbon and stick your little broom through the front.

Wrap your black ribbon around the cap to cover it. To make the witches hat just take your purple felt and cut a circle (big enough to hang over the top of the cap). Cut another triangular shaped piece of felt to make the top of the hat. Simply wrap the triangular piece around hot gluing it to secure it in the witches hat shape. Glue the top onto the bottom and you have your hat! We also tied a little ribbon around the hat and glued a decorative gem in the center!


Simply twist your top onto the glitter bottle and you have yourself a little Love Potion No. 9 witches cauldron!