Thursday, June 23, 2011

{Event Recap} Saro's Baptism

I wanted to share a dessert table and place cards I designed for a client's son's baptism recently. It was an interesting challenge because I wasn't given colors or a theme for the event. The client just wanted a table design that was chic and springy. This is the final design.




I love how these escort cards turned out! The client asked me to incorporate rabbits somewhere into the design and I decided to use them here. Look for my "Spring Rabbit" items in my Etsy shop!



And check out that amazing artwork a friend of my client created for little Saro!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

{Giveaway} Winner of the Celebrating 500 Facebook Fans and 300 Blog Followers Giveaway!


Congratulations to comment #27, Karen!

You have one week to claim your prize. Please contact me via comment or email by June 24, 2011. Thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway.

Friday, June 10, 2011

{Giveaway} Celebrating 500 Facebook Fans and 300 Blog Followers! - ENDED

I'm EXTREMELY excited to announce my next giveaway because it's a big one! I really wanted to celebrate this week after hitting some big follower milestones. A huge thanks again to everyone who helped me reach this goal. Now to the details of my next giveaway ... are you ready??

The winner is going to get to pick from one of these three prizes:

#1) LOCAL EVENT DESIGN*

Initial planning consultation
Location walkthrough
Theme research
Event design
Vendor list for client to hire and purchase (entertainment, favors, food, etc)
Vendor coordination
Set up the day of the party
Includes birthdays, anniversaries, showers and other small events.

#2) SILVER PACKAGE - DAY OF WEDDING COORDINATION*

Location walkthrough
Unlimited time on the day of your wedding
Ceremony setup
Reception setup
Vendor recommendations
Vendor coordination the day of your wedding
Coordinate guests & bridal party
Distribute payments/tips
Decorate wedding night suite
Handle emergencies

#3) $150 AT EEAD ETSY SHOP

DIY or ready made party printables
Wedding invitations
Note cards cards
Card boxes
Cupcake/cake topper
Seating chart designs
And more!
Please check out my Etsy store if you'd like to see my current product lines. Custom designs are also available to the winner.

*First two prizes are limited to events in the Los Angeles area.

TO ENTER:
You MUST first be an EEAD Blog Follower (click on the follow option on the right sidebar of this blog to join)! Then leave a comment on this post for EACH entry below that applies to you (up to 3 comments/entries possible). If you only leave one comment you will only get one entry into the contest. If you want to enter more than once please leave a separate comment for each entry.

1. Leave a comment if you're an EEAD blog follower.
2. Leave a 2nd comment if you're an EEAD fan on Facebook.
3. Leave a 3rd comment if you share this giveaway on Facebook or blog about it!

Deadline to Enter: June 17, 2011.
Winner will be announced next Saturday, June 18th, 2011. Good luck to everyone!

Thursday, June 9, 2011

{Giveaway} Winner of the Lollipop Printables!


Congratulations to comment #5, hope_bre!

Thank you to everyone who entered this giveaway.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

{Tip} Premade Fondant Cake Decor

I love making and decorating my own cakes! It's one of my favorite activities in party planning, but it's also getting more and more stressful to find the time. It's getting even more difficult now that I have two kids, one who always wants to be in my arms and another who wants to "help." Typically baking my own cake, designing the look, making all of the decor and then assembling it takes a minimum of two days for me to accomplish.

Some of my homemade cakes. I love the results, but oh the time!

For my Lollipop party I finally ventured into the world of premade fondant decor. Etsy came to my rescue when I discovered Parker's Flour Patch. She has super cute fondant cake and cupcake décor for a great price. I saw her Lollipop cake decor and knew it would be perfect.


I went to the grocery store, as usual, and bought a box cake mix and premade icing. I baked and frosted a simple white 3 tiered cake. Next, I whipped out the purchased cake décor that arrived in the mail and in ten minutes (five of which was spent unwrapping all the pieces) my cake was complete! I am in love with the final product, such a fabulous and affordable way to create an amazing home baked cake!


Photo by Next Exit Photography

Friday, June 3, 2011

{Event Recap} Taline's Lollipop Birthday


Since my daughter was turning three this year I let her decide the theme of her birthday. She adores lollipops and almost never gets to have them. She saw her party as an opportunity to eat a ton of them!



THE COLORS
I didn’t want to go the rainbow route for the party and decided to focus on 3 main “lollipop” colors. My first find and inspiration was Taline’s adorable dress from Strawberrie Rose Couture on Etsy.


The moment I saw the dress I was in LOVE! The two dress colors, royal blue and lime green, were perfect. I could picture lots of bright and vivid treats with these colors. I also decided to add pink into the mix to keep the party girly. With my color palette set I was ready to go!

THE ENTRANCE
When guests first arrived at the party they were greeted by a banner hung at the front of the house, “Lollipop Lane.” The walkway was lined with glittery foam lollipops all the way around to the back yard where the party was held.


Now to the most important aspect of any party ...

THE FOOD
I wanted to create a world of goodies on a stick. Food on a stick is so popular now that I had a very easy time finding inspiration. Plus everything tastes better on a stick, in my opinion! There were rolled sandwiches (skewered on wooden coffee stirrers), cherry tomatoes on toothpicks, cinnamon rolls on bamboo skewers, bread sticks, stick pretzels, fruit kebabs, corn dogs, and (my favorite) grilled cheese cutouts on a popsicle stick!







THE DESSERTS

I created the backdrop for the table to mimic the white and yellow stripes of the invitation.


Most of the desserts were home made or picked up from grocery stores and included, cake pops wrapped like dum dums, M&M’s, lollipops, marshmallow pops, red vines, strawberry wafers, candy bracelets, oreo pops, vanilla meringues and pie pops by Fenella Higgins.




I also got custom cookies made. I emailed a copy of the invitation to Jessy at Fairytale Frosting and told her what I wanted for the design. Her cookie creations were PERFECT for the table and most importantly ... YUMMY.


I also had picked up some ring pops from the dollar store. I decided to do half of them plain and the other half I dipped in colored sugar for a bedazzled look. I then created a giant ring box for them to be displayed in.



Finally, the cake with decorations by Parker's Flour Patch!



THE SEATING AREA
I wanted to keep the seating area clean and simple so I used bright linens and tiny fabric flower pots to sit on the table. I hung 3-colored pom tissue balls from the canopies and tied all of the chair backs with pink ribbons and more foam lollipops.





THE ACTIVITIES
To keep the kids busy I had a ton of plastic balls in pink, green and blue tossed around the back yard. There was sidewalk chalk laid out by the kids table which also had a bead necklace station on it.


I created a Lolli-“POP” game, where I’d filled a bunch of balloons with little prizes (bubbles, whistles, and rubber balls) and each of the kids got a chance to come and pop the balloon for a prize.



THE FAVORS
For the favors, I found these adorable glittered boxes in the Target bargain bin for only $1 in coordinating colors. I filled them with sunglasses, playdough, personalized lollipops and candy bracelets. Finally, I attached a lollipop style favor tag I designed to match the rest of the printables.



MORE PARTY PICTURES
Just in case you haven't seen enough, here are a couple more pictures for you!










Vendors
Party styling and printables: Enchanted Events & Design
Photography: Next Exit Photography
Birthday Girl Dress: Strawberrie Rose Couture
Custom cookies: Fairytale Frosting
Fondant Cake Décor: Parker’s Flour Patch
Pie Pops: Fenella Higgins

Don't forget you can enter to win these Lollipop printables in my Lollipop Giveaway!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

{Giveaway} Lollipop Printables! - ENDED

The photos from my lollipop party are finally up today! If you'd like to see them go check them out on Pizzazzerie.


But don't forget to enter my next giveaway before you do (and don't forget to request some free princess party printables too)! I'm giving away a copy of my Lollipop printables to one of my followers! The winner will receive:

Lollipop Invite (with customized text)


Lollipop Food Tents


Lollipop Food Circle Cutouts


Lollipop Water Bottle Labels


Lollipop Favor Tags


Small Lollipop Labels


"Lollipop Lane" Banner


Lollipop Thank You Cards

TO ENTER:
You MUST first be an EEAD Blog Follower (click on the follow option on the right sidebar of this blog to join)! Then leave a comment on this post for EACH entry below that applies to you (up to 3 comments/entries possible). If you only leave one comment you will only get one entry into the contest. If you want to enter more than once please leave a separate comment for each entry.

1. Leave a comment if you're an EEAD blog follower.
2. Leave a 2nd comment if you're an EEAD fan on Facebook.
3. Leave a 3rd comment if you share this giveaway on Facebook or blog about it!

Deadline to Enter: June 8, 2011.
Winner will be announced next Thursday, June 9th, 2011. Good luck!

If you miss the deadline for this giveaway or are interested in purchasing any of these items ready made stop by my Etsy shop.
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