Showering Wishes (Hawaiian-themed Bridal Shower)

I mentioned last week that we were running all over town, 

getting ready for my niece's bridal shower.

My niece wanted a Hawaiian-themed shower.  

Give me a theme & I run with it!  lol 

I wish I could have gotten better pictures,

but guests starting arriving & my photo taking came to a halt for a bit.

I spent quite a few hours cutting large tropical leaves from 

green paper for all the tables.

Then, I added some fun themed items to the center of the tables.



My sister & I fell in love with this guy. 

He's so ugly, he's cute! 

I had to figure out a way to use him. 

So, I covered a box with tropical fabric,

cut a slot for cards &

adhered our ugly fellow to the top. 

I shouldn't call him ugly since I've now affectionately named him,

♥ "Oogula Boogula". ♥

Would you like to see the dessert table?   

I wish the waitress hadn't left that metal cart in the background! 

 Let's go a little closer, because who doesn't love to see dessert?

See that vanilla cream fruit tart above?  One of my favorite desserts to make!

I want to know WHY that rainbow jello card is slightly askew.  Fess up!

Here is our bride-to-be, my niece, along with my daughter.

I think it was a beautiful shower and I hope you enjoyed taking a peek with me.

See you soon!



Breaking Dawn

In honor of the release of the movie, Breaking Dawn this coming Friday, I thought I would share with you the Twilight Party I had for my daughter back in 2009 when the first movie (Twilight) was released.

Olivia & her friends were/are huge Twilight fans, so I tried my best to impress them. At the time, there really wasn't alot of merchandise out there, so I had to get creative.

The table all set in the red, white & black theme (OMG, I'm glad those green walls are gone,  I hated them!)





Anyone care for an Edward bar?



The part that really surprised my daughter...I made all these signs and hung them all over the house, including the bathroom. You should have heard the girls squeal with delight when they found a sign.



A Twilight vignette complete with a life sized Edward Cullen. Every party needs a life sized Edward! Just saying. A life sized Jacob Black wouldn't be too shabby either. ;D



The cake was really difficult because I had to make it myself. The baking wasn't the problem, it was the decorating. I managed to find that sugar image online, but I had a terrible time adhering it to the cake. I'll never attempt this again.  The girls didn't mind though, just so long as they got a piece with their favorite character on it!



Only the Twihards drink "The Nectar of the Volturi" aka Hawaiian Punch. Oh boy, did the girls get a kick out of that!



The girls insisted that no Twilight party would be complete without a little vampire baseball!



So there you have it...Olivia's birthday party 2009 done Twilight-style! Just looking at these pictures makes me smile & wish I was giving the party again. I've got so many more ideas I would like to use. 

NY Yankees Baseball Party

My son turned 10 a few weeks ago and decided he wanted to have a Yankee baseball party.

Always one for a party, I started brainstorming ways to make his party fun & creative.

I ordered these amazing invitations from Fun Invites on Etsy. I received so many calls about these invitations...the guests were fascinated by them.

For security reasons, I smudged out our address.

I hung a "clothesline" of baseball cards.

Here is the tablescape I came up with:

Oh how I wish you could have seen my husband's face when I told him I wanted that green indoor/outdoor carpeting stuff. I know he was thinking, "Oh no, she's lost her mind!" When he found out it was going to be my tablecover, I knew he secretly loved the idea.

We had Grandy's Slam Peanuts and Jeter's Jacks. Of course, we had to have Baby Ruth bars. (Although I do know they were not actually named for The Babe.)

Gardner's Seeds.

What Yankee party would be complete without Mo's Closer Punch #602?

It was hard to come up with an idea for decorating a basic bundt cake. Scrapbook supplies to the rescue!

C.C. Sabathia's Cupcakes.

Here is the table with all the food including Posada's Pizza, Swishalicious Chips & Dipalicious, Teixeira's Tenders and Cano's Corn.

Honestly, my son just stood in front of the table and stared. He was speechless. My daughter said I should be an event planner. The guests (98% Yankee fans...there's always 1 or 2 Red Sox fans lurking about) adored it, so I think I pulled it off.

It was a celebration fit for any Yankee fan. Now if they could have only won the ALDS and made it into the World Series, our celebration would have been even happier!

Linking to:

Just Something I Whipped Up at The Girl Creative
Tabletop Tuesday at A Stroll Thru Life

A Glee-ful teenager

Oh my goodness.

Somehow, someway, I have become the mother of a teenager.

Wait.

Wasn't I just a teenager myself? Was it really that long ago that I wore armfuls of rubber bracelets ala Madonna & had big permed hair? Where are those Swatch watches & Flashdance-inspired sweatshirts? Ferris Bueller? Anyone? Anyone? Seriously? That was 25 years ago? Oh heaven help me!

It is official. My daughter is 13 today.

We had her birthday party this past Sunday. She wanted a Glee party. So I had to get into gear to make the big 13 special for her. (Photos are not the best quality, ugh!)





I made the two colorful banners of characters.





Lots of pictures for the walls.





Have to have some of those hilarious quotes.





Not sure if you are a Gleek, but this was the Glee food table (not to be confused with the real food table, of which I did not take a picture.)

We had Mercedes' tots



Lauren Zizes' Raisinettes



Sue Sylvester's Cheerios




Breadstix (The Glee Club's favorite restaurant)




And since no Glee episode would be complete without the Glee Club getting slushied, I made slushie cupcakes.



And cheesecake. She wanted cheesecake. Oh man. Look at it. Not a crack to be had! I think this might have been the first time I made a cheesecake without some sort of crater crack forming.




My Glee-ful teenager, taken this morning, officially 13 years old.



She is amazing in so many ways. Can't imagine life without her.

(And...since I can't resist a weather cheap shot---13 years ago today, when she was born, it was a balmy 85 degrees. No lie. 85 degrees on March 31, 1998. Don't think we'll ever see that again.)