Bristol - 10 months!

I took Bristol's newborn pictures and can't believe how time flies! She is already 10 months old! Look how cute she is!

More Wreaths!

St. Patty's Day Wreath!

Easter Wreath

Fabric Wreath

Another kind of book wreath

For you Twilight fans...a Twilight Book Wreath!!

Allix turned 2!!

First of all I can't believe it's already been two quick years
since I had this sweet little girl!

They grow up so fast that you have to make sure you cherish every moment you have with them....even the worst ones ;)

I based the colors of her decorations off of the banner paper I got at JoAnn's. I wanted it to be kind of like a vintage valentine-type theme. I have been itching to do some type of celebration that I could have a desert table for and Alli's birthday was exactly what I needed. I have seen so many blogs on parties, decorations, tutorials, deserts, etc. and I am just amazed at what people can come up with! I LOVE this kind of stuff and I was so happy to put it all to work for my baby girl!! I love how it turned out! I appoligize about the lighting in the pictures ahead of time, of course my house isn't made for photo shoots (as you can tell from our previous family pictures) but I (along with many others) don't like to use my flash.

Here is the desert table. I was inspired by the set-up of this one from the TomKat Studio. I LOVE her blog and everything she does!

Cake & cupcakes

The cupcakes were filled with the whipped cream frosting. SO GOOD!! I have to say I love the coloring spray that I got at WalMart. I wasn't so sure about it but when I used it I think it made the cupcakes look perfect!

I designed the cake topper in photoshop,
cut it out and hot-glued lace around the edge.
The flower was one that I had purchased at JoAnn's. I took it apart and made two then glued them together with a button on each one. I love how feminine they are!

I made a cake for my sister-in-law's bridal shower and the frosting was made out of whipped cream and melted chocolate. It turned out perfect! So I decided to try it out on Alli's cake and didn't work as well. The chocolate hardened too quickly and so I tried to heat it up in the microwave for a few seconds, and then a few more, and a few more...well you get the picture. The chocolate was melting but the whipped cream kept getting more runny. So the idea of having the frosting look like this cake, I had to improvise. It still tasted amazing though!!

Danny and I love this picture of Allix so I had to incorporate it into the table too.

The sweetheart cookies were so good that they were gone the next day. Danny ate most of them I think and he doesn't really prefer sweets. It makes me feel really good when he likes what I make ;) I was inspired by these cookies from I am baker. She's amazing too!!

The moss ball trees were SO easy yet VERY messy to make. I love how they looked by the cake and they brought in some more green to the table. I just don't know what to do with them now that I don't have a cake to compliment them with. Any suggestions??

The party favors were the Chinese take-home boxes filled with candy and whatever else people wanted to take home with them.

Of course the infamous cake pops are always a hit!!

Allix enjoyed the cookies as well ;)

And of course what's a desert table without some candy??

Love her!

I had so much fun doing this and I can't wait until the next party to do it all over again...maybe a St. Patrick's day party?? I would celebrate ANYTHING just to do it all again! Thank you to everyone who celebrated her birthday with us! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Happy Birthday sweetheart! I love you more than words can express!!