Haute Boudoir Lingerie Shower

The Invitations:  The mailing included both a bridal shower and bachelorette party invitation- The back of the shower invitation was adorned with an enclosure envelope containing a hand-cut bodice inscribed with the bride's measurements 

The Cake:  Mimosa Cake - Champagne layer-cake filled with an Asti infused orange curd, frosted in Champagne butter-cream and detailed with hand made chocolate cameos

The Dessert Table:  Trio of candies (Meringues, dark chocolates, boysenberry licorice), Chocolate dipped strawberries, hand-made chocolate bodice lollies, chocolate and vanilla french macaroons, Mimosa Cake, Chocolate cupcakes, assorted chocolate cookies and hand-made rum-raisin truffles

Various cheese and fruit boards

Beverage Station: Wine, Tea, Blood Orange Soda, Water and Coffee

Light Fare: Assorted Canapes, Hand-made scones, Assorted tea sandwiches, individual greek and mixed greens salads with hand-made dressings, chilled cantaloupe soup, and Boursin filled endive spears

Upcoming events: Haute Boudoir Bridal Shower

We are currently putting together a soiree of epic proportions!  A lingerie bridal shower, with a Haute Boudoir Theme!


We're cooking up some beautiful sweets and styling not only the dessert table, but the entire event! So, stay tuned for the details, and in the meanwhile, here's a sneak peak:

Invitation design by: Michelle Purner Designs
Invitations styling by: The Sweetest Soiree

Lovely Damask Bridal Shower

We recently designed a bridal shower dessert suite based on the above party theme:

Cookie Favors in: Wedding Bells, Bridal Dress, Hearts, Cake and The Bride-to-be's Monogram

Chocolate and Vanilla cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream and hand made blue chocolate hearts in black and white damask wrappers

And a purple velvet personal cake topper for the bride-to-be!

Anniversary Cake

62nd Anniversary cake: 3-layer purple velvet cake with cream cheese filling, frosted in lavender (the brides signature color!) swiss meringue buttercream.

Thank You Cookie Gifts

I put together "Thank You" gifts for the out-going board members of a local mom's group.  Each gift included 4 flower cookie pops, one "Thank You" cookie pop, 8-10 mini cookies, Starbucks VIA, and Martha Stewart enclosure cards with envelopes and an archival pen.

Happy Independence Day!

Enjoy your weekend!

Practice Cookies

2nd Birthday Dalmatian Cookies

Wedding Cake/Monogram

Wedding Cookies

Elephant Cake Pops!

Here's the result of my first attempt at Elephant Cake Pops!!

1 Dozen, individually wrapped, chocolate, Elephant cake pops.  

The Sweets Suite

I put together our first "Sweets Suite" this weekend for a little boy's first birthday!  The order included a beach pail pudding cake with lemon filling, coordinating cupcakes with white chocolate shells and a 6" smash cake for the birthday boy.  It was so fun to watch the collection come together and I loved the finished product.  Next time we'll add a few cake pops and sugar cookies match!  Horray for desserts!

Baby's First Smash Cake

A friend's little girl was turning one and mama was throwing a sweet bunny party in her honor!  She needed a little smash cake to sweeten the occasion and this is what we came up with:

The colors, bunny silhouette and font were all designed to match the party theme.

Baby Shower Bedding Cake

I recently received an order for a baby shower cake.  We made the decision to take inspiration for the cake from the bedding that mom-to-be had chosen for her baby girl.

Inspiration pic

[Almost finished] Baby Shower Cake

Top tier: purple velvet cake with cream cheese icing

Bottom tier: chocolate raspberry genoise  

Outer and details: MMF

Lavendar Sundae Cake Pops

Class Cookies

Cookies for an End-Of-Year Class Party...

Yellow and Blue Butterflies and School Logos

Congratulations to all of Ms Buell's Butterflies!

Teacher Appreciation

Having once been a teacher, I have to say, teaching is a rewarding, EXHAUSTING, heartwarming, and (OMG did I mention) EXHAUSTING job!  I mean, the part of you that is filled-up daily by delicately shaping the lives of future generations, can quickly be depleted again by the parents! effort it takes to keep up the requisite sing-song-y, sweet, smiling affect whilst coercing THE.LEARNING for hours on end.

In honor of every saintly individual- standing tall in front of the chalk-board 180 days a year, wiping noses (and bottoms) of children that they did NOT spawn, fighting the cesspool of mutant super germs passed on by little fingers, and maneuvering the land-mines of IEP meetings, parent conferences and field trips- I say thank you.  And by that I mean; 

THANK.YOU!ENJOY.A.COOKIE.AND.A.CUP.OF.COFFEE.

AND.POSSIBLY.EVEN.A.MOMENT.OF.WELL.DESERVED.QUIET.

AND.HEARTFELT.UNADULTERATED.GRATITUDE.

Steal this idea: Ceramic buckets with chalkboard detail from Michael's, concept and book-mark template from Modern Parents Messy Kids, cookie-pops and sprinkles from the loving fingers of a happy student.

Happy Easter!

Li'l Spartans: Class of 2025 picnic

About a month ago, I ran into an old friend from high school at a local park.  We got to talking, and she came up with a brilliant idea to put together a play-date/picnic for local alum and our children!  I, of course, offered to provide the sweets- and here they be!

Noteworthy: Our high school colors are orange and blue and we are the

S-P-A-R-T-A-N-S!

24 Mini's in dutch chocolate with flour based frosting

Orange polka dot wrapper and blue MMF stars

For the occasion, and since all our children are tots, I opted to go pastel in color 

3 layer cake topper in raspberry chocolate with Chambord and raspberry filling

covered in buttercream and MMF

&

12 Regular sized cupcakes n dutch chocolate with flour based frosting

blue wrappers with MMF cupcake toppers in stars and "W" "S" "H" "S'

Go West Springfield! 

(can't tell I was a cheerleader at all, no way!)

A little Spartan Logo action

Administrator Appreciation

A litte something for the wonderful office staff at my daughters school

(chocolate cupcakes with fresh raspberry mousse topping)