Jungle Baby, Baby Shower~

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of hosting a Baby Shower for my "other daughter".  I had the invitations and printables custom designed by Paula of Frog Prince Paperie to match the bedding the Mom to be had chosen.  The design Paula created turned out absolutely adorable and is now available as a full collection here  and here in her Etsy Shop. The baby shower was a last minute switch to my home and as I was knee deep in a wedding for the following weekend, I just tried to make the shower as sweet and easy on all of us as I could.

These adorable fondant cake toppers were custom made by Lynlee of Lynlee's Petite Cakes to match the invitation and printables.  I simply sent her the invitation and she worked her magic creating images that matched the invitation perfectly, they were absolutely adorable. They were the perfect way to dress up a plain white cake.

These adorable and yummy cake pops were also made by Lynlee of Lynlee's Petite Cakes.  This was the first time I had used cake pops or eaten them and they were absolutely delicous.

These fondant cupcake toppers were absolutely amazing, the detail and design were just perfect.  They were just so darn cute I could just look at them all day. The cupcakes were set in custom printable cupcake wrappers.

 For Favors we used this adorable "Thanks for Swinging By" monkey tag and filled it with kisses that were decorated with custom kiss stickers.

We served lunch so we wanted to create a simple place setting for the guests. Since there was no buffet for munching when guests arrived we used these adorable monkey snack cups and filled them with trail mix and placed one at each place setting along with their thank you favor. To define the guests place setting we created placemats very last minute by using white cardstock and sticking a 2" round cut out in the corner of the cardstock. Nothing fancy, but it worked.

 The Tess banner was hung over the drink station and after the shower the Mom to be hung the personalized sign in the babys room.

We used a lot of the full line of printables but unfortunately I didn't get a lot of photos.  You can purchase the full line of printables here.

I can't say enough good things about Paula and Lynlee their execution of my requests was spot on. The printables were perfect and printed wonderfully and all the fondant and cake pops were packaged amazingly not one item was broken.  First Class vendors that I highly recommend.

Paper Goods by Frog Prince Paperie

Fondant Cake & Cupcake Toppers by Lynlee's Petite Cakes

Cake Ball Pops by Lynlee's Petite Cakes



Sprinkles & Baking~

I love sprinkles!  I love going to the cake supply store and looking at all the fun stuff they sell. But my most favorite part is the sprinkle displays, so many colors and styles.  When I look at it all my mind just imagines all the fun things you can do with them..................

I haven't been in a cake supply store in awhile but this past weekend I signed up for a "class" and was reminded again of how much I like looking at all the sprinkles. 

Years and years ago I dabbled in making fondant cakes, back when people would say fon what? We also used to do cupcake decorating parties as well as cookie decorating parties.  Funny thing is this was before cupcakes and decorated cookies were the rage. (I so wish I was better at taking photos back then).

Looking at all the amazing goodies that people are making I have been thinking it would be nice to start playing with baking stuff again, NOT to sell mind you but just for fun. Ok maybe for a party or two, but I can guarantee you it won't be for one of those for 150 people with 2 weeks notice!

I think cakes must run in my family, one of my cousins is an exceptional cake maker in England, she has since retired and my other cousin loves to make cakes as a hobby. This past weekend she talked me into taking a class with her and that was when I was reminded how much I love being in a cake supply shop. So I'm thinking I needed a hobby, and maybe this could be it again.