PATRIOTIC BERRIES {Recipe}

I am sure you have all seen these already, but just in case someone has had their head in the sand I thought I would post these cute strawberries I made last year.  I actually made them for my 3 year olds birthday party because he LOVES red, white, and blue.  He also loved dinosaurs at the time so we had a red, white, and blue dinosaur party.

To make these, just wash your strawberries and allow them to dry on a towel.  Once dry, dip them in melted white chocolate chips or candy melts, then directly into a bowl of blue sprinkles.  These are not only cute and festive but they are super yummy!  You can do it with any combo of colors, as long as red fits in with your decor!

Here are a couple other pics from that birthday party last year.  It was a super easy, simple one at the park.  The kids had a great time!

PATRIOTIC BERRIES {Recipe}

I am sure you have all seen these already, but just in case someone has had their head in the sand I thought I would post these cute strawberries I made last year.  I actually made them for my 3 year olds birthday party because he LOVES red, white, and blue.  He also loved dinosaurs at the time so we had a red, white, and blue dinosaur party.

To make these, just wash your strawberries and allow them to dry on a towel.  Once dry, dip them in melted white chocolate chips or candy melts, then directly into a bowl of blue sprinkles.  These are not only cute and festive but they are super yummy!  You can do it with any combo of colors, as long as red fits in with your decor!

Here are a couple other pics from that birthday party last year.  It was a super easy, simple one at the park.  The kids had a great time!

Party Girl!

Whenever a new issue of Rue Magazine comes out {or any of my other favorite online design mags} I love to pour through them. a) It's fun and b) it's my job. I'm always looking for client project inspiration and the newest issue was filled with gorgeous goodies! Issue #5 premiered today and it was fabulous!

So I was thrilled {and surprised} to see my picture in the issue! The last pages had Smilebooth pictures from the Rue Magazine/Dwell Studio fete at Bar Marmont! Can you spot me?

That's me - wearing a sombrero and making a wack-a-doodle face.

In other fabulous design party/me news, I was thrilled to attend the Extreme Makeover:Home Edition party benefiting Habitat for Humanity... Here's me and my man at the Patron photobooth...

He looks great in a hard hat - and I know how to work a caulk gun!

Party Girl!

Whenever a new issue of Rue Magazine comes out {or any of my other favorite online design mags} I love to pour through them. a) It's fun and b) it's my job. I'm always looking for client project inspiration and the newest issue was filled with gorgeous goodies! Issue #5 premiered today and it was fabulous!

So I was thrilled {and surprised} to see my picture in the issue! The last pages had Smilebooth pictures from the Rue Magazine/Dwell Studio fete at Bar Marmont! Can you spot me?

That's me - wearing a sombrero and making a wack-a-doodle face.

In other fabulous design party/me news, I was thrilled to attend the Extreme Makeover:Home Edition party benefiting Habitat for Humanity... Here's me and my man at the Patron photobooth...

He looks great in a hard hat - and I know how to work a caulk gun!

LITTLE MAN BABY SHOWER {Party}

Well, the shower went off without a hitch.  I will admit it was a TON of work for me….much more than I anticipated.  I was exhausted by the time the party started!  But I think all the guests had a nice time and enjoyed themselves and hopefully my sister was happy and felt loved. 

So, I am just going to post a ton of pictures from the shower.  I had some trouble taking some of the pictures due to the time of day and lighting in the room.  Hopefully you will still be able to see all the little details.  In the coming days I will post recipes for the food.  Enjoy!

How to make this printable HERE

I wanted to do something a little different with the cupcake toppers than I have seen before.  So instead of just scalloped circles I did scalloped squares and pinked circles, each in 3 different colors.  I love how they turned out! HERE is my tutorial on making cupcake topper graphics.

Cupcakes made by my sister Melinda.  We use an icing coupler to pipe the frosting because we could never find a big enough tip.  The coupler is the little white thing that makes it so you can switch out the tips on your pastry bag.  You have to find one without a little notch in it though.

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Garland inspired by THIS party.

The onesies were made with heat transfer vinyl I cut on my Silhouette.

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These hanging garlands spun around slowly all night.  Here you are seeing the back side of several of the circles.  I connected the shapes using clear fishing line and clear tape.

This was a fall colored wreath that I had spray painted white.  I added the ribbon and fabric rosettes to match my color scheme.  The twinkle lights gave a nice effect during the shower.

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Vinyl mustaches on plastic cups.

Stamped paper plates…how to HERE.

Black Bean and Corn Salsa (Made by my sister Molly)

Homemade Chips (made by my sister Molly)

Italian BOWTIE Pasta Salad (Made by my sister Laura)

Cucumber Water (SUPER refreshing!)

Oreo Truffles

Pretzel “Cigars”

Bowtie Sugar Cookies (made with a homemade cookie cutter)

Triple Dipped Strawberries (made by my sister Maggi)

Baby Caleb all dressed up + the favors.

Chocolate mustache molds can be found at Bake It Pretty

Four of my cuties in disguise!