Easy Paper Pouches

With a few easy folds, you can turn plain paper into super cute pouches for serving fruit and other snacks to your guests. Use sheets of glassine and parchment paper for moist foods, such as fruit. You can also incorporate printed paper to go along with your event's theme and color scheme. These pouches would be especially wonderful for events with small children (pre-packaged snacks can be a huge help to the supervising adults!). See directions below.

For each cup, start with one sheet each of glassine and parchment paper. Cut whichever sheet will form the inside of the cup to 9 1/2 inches square; cut the other to 10 inches square. Center the small sheet on top of the large sheet, and attach in center with a piece of double-sided tape.


Fold square in half to form a triangle.

Fold bottom-right corner to left side.

Fold bottom-left corner to right side.

Fold front top points over front of cup, then rear top points behind back. To complete, hold top of cup open with one hand, then gently press bottom seam up at the center with other hand.

Images and directions are from Martha Stewart.

An 85th Surprise!

This past weekend we helped my Grandfather celebrate his 85th birthday by throwing him a surprise birthday party. A small group of family and friends got together to honor the wonderful person that he is. I did two mini dessert tables to compliment the dinner that my mom provided. I chose blue, green and white to use in the color scheme. The desserts included dark chocolate brownies, assorted cake balls, shortbread "85" cookies, peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, M&Ms, meringue cookies, and my favorite, blueberry cupcakes.







I hope that you enjoyed the surprise, Granddaddy. We love you!

Fab Find: Sillycone

I came across this week's FAB FIND when Kara of Kara's Party Ideas hosted a giveaway featuring a versatile alphabet mold by Sillycone. Naturally, I had to check out the featured product and I was really excited about all of the possibilites that Sillycone's products have to offer. Sillycone, Inc. offers a product line of high-gloss, FDA approved silicone. Their molds go beyond the traditional ice trays and can used in baking and craft projects. You can use these molds to make formed chocolates or brownies or to make crayon or soap letters and numbers. They are oven-safe and can be frozen. AND, they are dishwasher safe. SCORE!!


I will be investing in my own set of these great molds soon. In the meantime, if you have done a project using these, let me know. I would love to see what you have come up with!

{Sneak Peek} Alice in Wonderland Photo Shoot

Last week Kim from TomKat Studio styled an AMAZING photo shoot orchestrated by Laura of Laura Winslow Photography. Kim has only released a couple of pictures from the shoot so far and they are BEAUTIFUL. I can't wait to see more!




Tablescape Styling & Party Designs :: The TomKat Studio
Photography :: Laura Winslow Photography
Flowers :: Zuzu's Petals
Cupcakes & Cookies :: Decadent Delights

Butterflies and Ice Cream Baby Shower, II

This past weekend, Sheek Shindigs set up a Butterflies and Ice Cream themed baby shower that we have been working on. The Mommy-to-be (who loves ice cream) is expecting a little girl and has decorated her room with butterflies, hence the theme.

Each guest was asked to bring a baby book for the expecting parents. There was a table set up at the entrance of the event for guests to drop off their books, view pictures of Debbie's (the mommy) growing belly throughout the pregnancy, sign a photo mat with well-wishes to the parents, and select a favor.


The dessert bar was primarily designed as a toppings bar with a few extra desserts as well.




To the right of the table, we decorated the ice bucket (to hold the ice cream) with pom poms so it would blend in with the colors and theme of the shower.


Each guest received a customized notepad and pen set.


Congratulations, Debbie!

Some Sunny Inspiration

I was flipping through some of my card stock last night to get started on a surprise birthday party for my grandfather and I got side-tracked. My eye kept stopping at all of the great yellow variations that I came across and I was inspired. Yellow is such a cheerful, summer color and could be used as the main color or as an accent color with just about any themed occasion. Yellow can be gender neutral just as easliy as it can be made to be feminine or masculine. It can brighten up an event and add a lot of "happy" along the way. So, here are a few ideas for some cheerful, sunny themes:

A Summer Daisy Party/Baby Shower


A Yellow Inspired Wedding


Yellow and Black Mustache Party


A Bumble Bee Party

Images: A To Z Celebrations

Above pictures are from Martha Stewart and Kara's Party Ideas

Butterflies and Ice Cream Baby Shower

Sheek Shindigs designed and set up a butterfly and ice cream themed baby shower this morning. I will post more pictures and details later, but I wanted to post a sneak peek now.

More to come soon...