Easter 2011

I know it's august but the summer has been so busy I haven't had time to blog. But now I'm making time which means I get to post the parties I have done since March. We'll start with Easter!

My awesome cousin is responsible for all the photos at this party. You can find him at Aww Photography.

I wanted to center this party around peeps and jelly beans. Directions on how to make the cookie pops and peep trees are at celebrations.com.  My Aunt Taffi made that cute chick cake.

Our Activities included an egg hunt, egg dying contest, and some egg-related relay games. Including the raw egg toss. :-) My uncle got the most of that one.

Andrea's Baby Shower

Andrea wanted a red and black rock star themed party for her baby shower. I had a ton of fun with the invitations.

It's sideways but it says "Shake, Rattle and Roll...A Little Rock Start is on his Way. And it continues on in rock concert jargon.

The decorations are a little hard to see but I did a clothes line of baby shirts, shoes and stars.

What's a baby shower without games? Here's the mom to be feeding her guest apple sauce blindfolded.

I got distracted putting the party on so I didn't get to take many pictures but I did manage to snag a shot, albeit not the best one, of my rock star fruit kabobs. When cutting pineapple into shapes, use a metal cookie cutter not a plastic one. It works a lot better!

Calvin's 1st Birthday

 For Calvin's party I wanted something not traditional for a one year party and I wanted it to reflect Calvin's awesome personality. So Calvin is a very classy and funny little guy and after going down many roads, I decided to give Calvin a black and white party with a comedic twist.

It's sideways, I can't figure out how to rotate it correctly, but these are the invitations. Books would be a more accurate description! Each page had the next part of the Joke. Knock Knock. Who's There? Calvin! Calvin Who? Calvin's Having a Party and wants to invite you!

Everyone dressed in black and white and we played a few games including black and white pictionary, predict Calvin's future and Guess the answer to the Joke. Prizes were laffy taffy sticks.

This was my first attempt at chocolate dipped strawberries. I was quite pleased!