Airplane cupcake toppers on top of pretty cupcakes made from our “Royal Blue Dotted” cupcake liners. Perfect for her son’s airplane themed birthday party! Check out the whole party HERE. You must see all the great things she created…totally inspiring!

I love what she did with the “Airmail Twine!”

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“Divine Dining” based in Florida

I love the sprinkles around the martini glasses!

Happy 4th of July!

You can even see more great photos from this party since it was featured on AMY ATLAS! This really makes me want to through a cherry themed party! Check her shop for the printables, and you can create it yourself!

I quickly started googling, and boy was overwhelmed by how many people had already done it. Nothing is original anymore these days, something I had learned a long time ago in one of my art history classes in college. So the only thing to do, was to make it my own. One of the things I kept seeing pictures of was this “rainbow cake” made by “Whisk Kid”…. SEE original post here..I eventually found video of the maker on the Martha Stewart show making the cake, and was in total AWW of the amazing array of pretty layers of color. I had one problem though…..there was no pink. Sorry, pink is my favorite color. And it will be in a rainbow cake, if I make it.

So the first thing I did was bookmark the blog and then started looking for a cool tablecloth. I knew that was going to be a main vocal point of the backdrop for the party. I quickly found this amazing fabric, sorry, can’t remember the designer! It was so pretty, i had to get it. I wanted to find some sort of “printables” that i can make myself but that still matched the striped, rainbow theme. I found Chickabug on Etsy and was floored when I saw her rainbow stuff. I knew it would match great.

PHOTOS ABOVE:

Top: One slice of rainbow cake with 8 layers of color, including pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and violet. that’s a total of 8 layers folks! The kids were just SO excited when they watched me slice the cake open. It was a rainbow surprise!

Bottom Left: I used the circle stickers from Chickabug above and put them on punched out paper that I glued onto striped straws. Then stuck them into mini buckets filled with gumballs.

Bottom Right: Custom cupcake wrappers designed by Chickabug. I wanted the icing to look like fluffy blue clouds by mixing the white frosting and adding some that was tinted with blue food coloring into the same piping bag, I also used edible gold stars, so cute!

Top Photo: I made some tissue paper pom poms. I was going to order some from Etsy, but everyone said that there was a wait of weeks and weeks. Sorry, I didn’t have that kind of time. I happened to have a rainbow pack of tissue paper, and  I remember making these things in grade school, although they were a little off in proportion, no one seemed to mind. I also have this problem with my space, in that i have these 3 huge bay window where my table needs to go. Not the perfect place to stage a table to photograph, with the back light, but I think I still got something good to photograph. I used a black piece of foam core to cover one window. I would have bought more, if they were not so expensive. Too bad my favorite art store (Pearl) went out of business so i have to resort to Staples ;(

Bottom Left: I could not wait to cut into this cake, the anticipation was killing me! My friend Dana helped me with the icing, and putting gumballs around the bottom of the cake for a nice border. It’s funny, I made i think 2 batches of the icing, and she made the 3rd, and even though we both used her recipe, they looked different, and tasted different (hers was better) Luckily her icing was the final one for the outside. I learned that the longer you mix, the better whipped it is.

Bottom Right: Water label stickers made and printed by Chickabug. I can’t tell you how much the kids LOVED these bottles. Not only were they little and had rainbow stickers on them, but they loved getting markers, and putting their names all over the label. I think for the next party I will ask to have a blank spot of the back for the kids (and parents) to personalize them. My mom even liked them so much, I saw she kept one in her fridge, weeks later.

So the invitation also designed by Chicakbug, were so cute, and told the kids to wear their favorite color. of course we had 2 girls in pink, 2 girls in purple, one girl in a rainbow and my son in red…I wore blue, although not my favorite color, I only had about 5 minutes to get dressed after all the preparations, even with my friend, and her parents helping.

Top Photo: We had planed on doing most activities outside, including a moon bounce, and sand art, but in March, you never know the weather, and it ended up being crazy windy. So no moon bounce, but the kids still did sand art, and rainbow scratch art, and colored a rainbow with markers, and decorated with various sparkly glitter things, but all indoors instead.

Bottom Left: Goodie bags, designed my Chickabug, again.. yes, she has it all!

Bottom right: Cupcake tower, and empty treat bags for the guests to fill with various sweets I had on the table which included, gumballs, gumdrops, skittles…and the most amazing cookies made by TSCookies, who I get cookies from for every single birthday…or event! i wish I had some right..NOW. Close up of cookies down below.

Top photo: an assortment of awesome paper straws. I used them for the drinks, but also for the cupcake tower, and for the sticks stuck in the gumball buckets in the first part. you can buy these from my shop, of course, along with the rainbow banners, also in the first part

Bottom Left: close up of goodie bags. I found these rainbow crayons that just make me smile…so fun to make a rainbow with one crayon! Buy them here: Oriental Trading

Bottom Right: close up of my pom poms, with rainbow banner in the background…available here in my other shop on Etsy. www.cupcakesocial.etsy.com

The best cookies ever made…Thanks TSCookies!   I can’t believe my little girl turned 6 years old.

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I am not sure if I am part Irish r not. BUT I LOVE St. Patrick’s Day. I love irish potatoes…I swear one

day I will try to make them. Here is a post all about having a great party. I have to tell you- she has inspired me

to have a party! Look at these amazing photos! Included are my green and white striped straws…HURRY- they are flying off the shelf.

See original post for all the details! (Link is above)

::Photo by www.sweetsbysillianah.com::

My first love is Photography, and then I love to bake. Sometimes it’s hard finding photos of food that are interesting, or even pretty. I won’t make something in a recipe if there are no pictures. And I certainly wouldn’t try to make something if the pictures don’t look appetizing.

When I was first asked to do a giveaway for www.sweetsbysillianah.com I had hesitations, until I went to her blog. Some of the most amazing photographs, and even more beautiful were her mouth watering desserts. Glancing at all the eatables literally made my mouth drop, and start drooling. So I immedietly wrote her back, I was in!  I sent her some goodies to bake with- and she did all the rest. She did not disappoint with her recipe, photos, and it has total drool factor. Love it, and can’t wait to bake them myself!

Here is a link to her post- with recipe, and a chance to win some goodies from my shop. There is even a discount code- you have to read the blog to find it It’s worth it!

Chocolate Stout Bailey’s Irish Cream Cupcakes {+ Giveaway}

HURRY, Giveaway ends March 2nd!

Discount ends March 31st!

in regular size for cupcakes, and cake balls in the mini sized liners. I LOVED the photos and the props so much, it inspired me to add some wood to my pictures. I also love that the party was outdoors with the red and the brown decor. Just lovely!

Click above for link to the original post. or check out http://www.birthdaygirlblog.com/ for lots more!

Pictures by Posh Pixels

Here it is!