There have been several events that have taken place over the last two months that I just didn't get a chance to share with you! How dare I!
I must tell you that starting your business and trying to design, plan, conceptualize, visualize and sometimes improvise (and not necessarily in that order) takes you away from other tasks - like my blog writing. I love writing in my blog and sharing with you guys and sometimes, I just don't get around to everything (like adding more pages for party submissions, party consulting services and pricing that link to my Etsy shop.....eh.).
So, I thought it would be nice to share with you some of the events that I either helped plan, design or baked cupcakes for.....almost forgot that's part of my schtick, huh? LOL So here-goes! These are recaps from Halloween, a charity event for a local Washington, DC arts organization and a baby shower.
Over the weekend we had a lil sumthin' sumthin' for the kids for Halloween.......
I shared with you the Halloween 2010 Party Printables I made for the party and the blog party I participated in showcasing the printed products. Well, all those print outs couldn't go to waste, so I used them for the kids' party. I took a lot of pictures, but unfortunately, the lighting is horrible in our basement and I also had the camera on the wrong setting the entire time and they came out pretty sucky. Here's a collage from the best I got from the bunch:
We had loads of candy on hand! I decorated the ceiling light fixture with streamers and rosettes and covered the bookcases with painted runners. To add some height and dimension to a spooky display, I covered our DVD and DVR with black sheets which created a cool visual point of interest.
Another idea I came up with (at the last minute) was to create little Spooky Stations. So, I created specimen jars - which grossed a lot of people out. There was also a Witch's Kitchen where the kids could go and add ingredients to make an evil potion of witches brew. For another activity, and I didn't get pictures of it but wish I really did - we made green slime! It was a lot of fun, in fact, my daughter still has hers.
About a month ago, I assisted in designing a baby shower for a coworker, I also created a cake for the event. The theme was 'B is for Boy' and I chose to use browns, blues and creams for the colors.
About two weeks ago, I donated some of my delicious baked sweets to an event to help raise money for a local Washington DC arts education program. The event was focused on health, fitness and wellness and I was asked to make something healthy - healthy cupcakes????? WHAT THE???? But I did it! I found a recipe for chocolate vegan cupcakes and added my own spin on it and this is what I came up with:
These are Chocolate Coconut Vegan Cupcakes with the BEST chocolate 'buttercream' frosting you'd ever want to taste!!!! They're healthy because they are only 115 calories - they are tiny mini cupcakes.....so cute!
I had a lot of fun working on all these events, but it's time to get back to getting things together for Thanksgiving and Xmas - OY Vey!!!! Check back soon for my holiday party planning tips.
Thanks for sharing, they all looked like a lot of fun! And those cupcakes were a HUGE hit!!!!
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