Tinkerbell 2nd Birthday!!

Time to catch up on all the goodness I encountered over spring break. Having a break from work and college I embraced the free time and dived head first into all the crafts and projects I had been saving up for! First on the list was my Holly Dolly's 2nd birthday!

She has an obsession right now with princesses and Tinkerbell. So, I tossed the idea around, looked through several ideas on Pinterest before I settled on Tinkerbell. Are you ready for the excitement? Here we go!

 

Here is Holly in her Tinkerbell dress I made with all her accessories!

 



Next, we were onto food... Our main dish was pizza since we had a crowd to feed! But, we accompanied the pizza with all the fairy fixings!

 

 

With all the delicious snacks and the wonderful guests we needed some little treats...

 

The funnest little treat was our fairy wands which somehow I am missing the picture for! :( Bummer!! They were cute little delectable flower shaped rice krispy treats on top of pretzel rods, wrapped in seran wrap and tied with a ribbon.



 

Here is the very special birthday girl with her fabulous Auntie Summer!

 

We had our little guests come dressed in all their fairy gear! I had set out spare fairy wings for any little fairy that didn't have their own! Overall, the party was a huge success. My dolly was spoiled rotten, happy as can be, and very appreciative of her friends and family who made it!

 

 



Thank you for the special day!

~Momma Keli~

Minnie Mouse 1st Birthday Party!!

Happy 1st Birthday Holly!!!

We had an amazing 1st birthday celebration. Holly was surrounded by lots of family and friends! This was the only picture I was able to snap of the two of us!

 :( But, that's the price you pay being hostess to a one year old and her friends. ;)

I had several crafts leading up to this day and didn't take any tutorial pictures. However, most projects were inspired by others who had some awesome tutorials for you all!

I know you all are checkin' out my "cute as a button" Minnie mouse ears. :)

The Suburban Mom had the easiest tutorial I could find to whip these out quickly and budget friendly. 

The cake and cupcakes were inspired by many pictures, blogs and pins. I went with cherry chip cake so it flowed with the pink and white Minnie theme. I topped them with pink cream cheese frosting. Sprinkled with edible pearls and the ears are Hershey drops! They were delicious!  

Food is always a big test for me. Do we have a meal? Snacks? Just cake and ice cream? Well, since this IS for my 1 year old I went with finger foods! It was a nice, stress-less idea! Lots of my amazing friends brought a dish and we even had Minnie cakepops! It was a feast. 

No party is complete without the perfect birthday outfit! This is a Minnie inspired pillow case dress. I couldn't resist making one. They are too simple not to have one in every color! Plus, my favorite part is that they can be worn from a dress to a top as they grow! 

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

~Keli~

Tinkerbell Cake!

This cake was made for a friends daughter. What a better cake for a 4th birthday!
Double layered white cake with vanilla butter cream frosting all made from scratch. Everything but Tinkerbell is piped by hand. :)


Tinkerbell's home accompanied by a pond, shrubs and a little whimsical decor.


Cakes make the party. Look how happy she was...

May= Cakes!!!

This mickey mouse cake is my favorite of the six. I made this for my nephews 1st birthday.

Hello Kitty


Graduation Cupcake Cake
(my very first so don't laugh at the wholes)

Teacher Appreciation Day for the school I work at.

A Luau cake for a birthday pool party!

Five cakes in one month! Need I say more? Here is the showcase of my latest creations. Feel free to leave comments.

Army Tank Cake

Here is my newest cake I have made. This was made for a friends, son's eleventh birthday.





Everything on this cake is edible, except the army men.

I carved this cake out of two 9x13 cakes. All chocolate.

Love how detailed it turned out, with the sand and tracks. It was a huge hit!

Stay tuned for May. I have 4 cakes on the list to make!

Spring Cupcakes

Every holiday we bake tons of sugar cookie cutouts and spend hours of fun decorating them. Well, this Easter we decided to look through some old recipes I had saved and never tried. We came across these adorable, little spring cupcakes and couldn't resist.

My little helpers- still in jammies and patiently watching the cupcakes bake. :p

We couldn't help making one tray covered in sprinkles. Thats the best part right?

These cupcakes are easy to make. You whip up the batter then divide it in half, one half you make chocolate and the other half remains vanilla.


I love the colors!

Recipe:

Makes 24-36 cupcakes

Prep 15 minutes

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 tablespoons canola oil (use vegetable if that what you have)

3 1/2 cups flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 sticks unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 cups sugar

4 eggs

1 1/2 cup milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

Frosting:

3 sticks unsalted butter, softened

6 cups powdered sugar (I had to use more, my frosting was a little too soft)

1/2 cup milk

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Assorted pastel food colorings

1. In a small bowl, blend cocoa powder and oil until smooth. Set aside. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place liners into cupcake pans. In a medium bowl whisk flour, baking powder and salt.

2. With electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in large bowl until light-colored and smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. On low speed, add flour mixture, alternating with milk. Stir in vanilla. Divide batter in half. Stir cocoa mixture into one half. Spoon both batters into prepared liners.

3. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove and let cool on wire rack.

4. Frosting: Beat butter, sugar, milk and vanilla on low speed to blend, then on high speed for 2 minutes, until good consistency. Divide frosting into bowls and tint to desired colors. Transfer frosting to plastic bags and snip off one corner. Pipe in swirled pattern onto cooled cupcakes.