Vintage Valentine’s Cookie Decorating Party

 

Happy Valentine’s Day! I hope you are all having a wonderful one!

This VINTAGE VALENTINE’S COOKIE DECORATING PARTY was sent in to my by the fabulous Jenny Keller of Jenny Cookies. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, Jenny is one talented gal. I can’t imagine how it would be to put on such a fabulous party-- styling everything-- AND hand making all the desserts & treats! I don’t know how she does it.

Happy Heart Day to all my readers and fans. I simply love you!

xoxo
Kara

I hope you enjoy this darling party by Jenny Cookies...

Queen of Hearts Valentine's + Birthday Party

My next feature couldn't be cuter. This QUEEN OF HEARTS BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Danielle Arcese of Cutie Putti Paperie is just too fun. A perfect theme for a Valentine's Day party as well!

Here is what Danielle said about her party-- "Down the rabbit hole we go.... off to the Queen's royal rose garden in celebration of a very merry unbirthday!

This theme is a great alternative to an Alice in Wonderland theme. With vibrant reds and soft pink accents, this collection works great for birthdays all year round, and is especially fun for February birthdays or Valentines day parties.

You can Invite your guests to paint the roses red in honor of your little ones birthday, or of course, OFF WITH THEIR HEAD!

Originally designed as a custom order for Alana Saleh of Frost the cake Bakeshop, for her daughter Iiana's 5th birthday garden party, I now offer this whole printable collection in my shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/CutiePutti?ref=si_shop

I created this dessert buffet with items that I found at my local Michael's craft store. I purchased the mini round topiary trees there, along with the white paper flowers, that I painted the edges with red craft paint. I then hot glued them to the topiary trees. I also purchased the adorable mini paint cans that the cupcakes are sitting on at Michael's as well. How perfect are they for this theme :-) The cupcakes I purchased from a local bakery. How divine and luscious are the huge red buttercream flowers that cover the whole top? I topped them with my custom designed cupcake toppers punched with a 2inch round scallop punch and then backed on red sparkle paper, punched out in the shape of a scalloped heart.

Candy for the table included the "Queens Temper" red hot cinnamon heart gummy candies, and Royal M&Ms. I also placed little Debbie valentine heart cakes in a bell jar with a cute label thats says the famous Alice in Wonderland line "Eat Me! Or off with your head"

Frost the Cake Bakeshop on Etsy made me the cutest custom "Queen's Royal Rose Bushes" cake pops. The flavor is their famous "Royal Red Velvet" (so fitting to the theme I couldn't resist) covered in green piped vanilla icing and topped with sugar flowers, off course in white with red dyed edges! I am in love with these!!!

Clear plastic sparkle heart containers were purchased at Target in the dollar section, and filled with sugared heart gummies, as cute little favor packages for each guest to take home.

Mini glass bottles were filled with red fruit punch and adorned with a mini "Drink Me" scalloped circle!

The invitation and birthday banner are shaped as Queen of Hearts playing cards. While the stop watch on the invite displays the date and time of the party, the white rabbit suggests "Don't be late!" and guests are told to R.S.V.P. or they'll have to face the red tempered queen!

This party theme was so fun to create and design! I fell in love with all the fun details and little touches that make this collection so unique."

Credits:

Printables and party styling- Cutie Putti Paperie
Cake Pops- Frost the Cake Bakeshop
Paper Straws- Hey Yo Yo Etsy

Romantic Valentine's Day Tea Party

And up next... This beautiful ROMANTIC VALENTINE'S DAY TEA PARTY submitted by Sharon Pardon. Is that ruffle cake not the cutest cake ever?! I love the delicate cupcakes in the tea box as well. 

Here is what Sharon said about the party-- "I was inspired to do this Valentines day table. I didnt want to do the typical tradtional colours of red and white, so went with pink and blue. I like to think its a high tea romantic valentines day. I also love prettiness, and being that valentines Day isnt huge in Australia I wanted to make it feel softer."

Vendor Credits--

Photography : http://www.samanthapearce.com.au/index2.php#/home/
Drinking straws and Swizzle sticks: http://www.tlbc.com.au/
Chocolate Wrappers {Free Printables}: http://sweetscarletdesigns.blogspot.com.au/
Small hearts and tea labels: http://www.eatdrinkchic.com/
Little Tickets: http://misscutiepiegoes80s.blogspot.com.au/

Just My "Type" Valentine's Day Party

Today I am featuring an adorable JUST MY "TYPE" VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY submitted by Natalie of Southern Belle’s Charm! What a CUTE theme! I looovvee the vintage typewriter inspiration.

Here is what Natalie said about the party-- "Just thrilled to share our newest inspiration photo shoot with you in time for Valentine's Day! The {Just My Type} Valentine's Collection is perfect for all ages. The grey and red color palette featuring the vintage typewriter is so fun.

I wanted to do a spin on the Coffee Shop & IPad craze -- the kids loved their play date.
Greyson was so excited to call Anabelle up as she anxiously awaited his call to play.
Of course she wanted to hang out for the afternoon!

When setting up for play dates, kids love when you set the stage for fun. I found this fantastic typewriter that they could play around with. They loved typing notes and couldn't stop laughing about how it was in a suitcase.

The gorgeous valentine's are part of the printable collection from Frog Prince Paperie. Add a little vintage heart shaped ribbon or twine and the look is so cute!

The kids loved all the sweets. Lynlee's Petite Cakes provided the awesome goodies. I grabbed a white iced cake and stuck the x and o cookies on top. Simple and such a statement. I also wanted the new black and white rice krispie treats from my local market. Add a skewer and ribbon and they just tasted sweeter.

A very special thank you to April of April Summers Photography"

Vendor Credits:

Concept, Design & Styling: Southern Belle’s Charm
Photography: April Summers Photography
Printables: Frog Prince Paperie
Fondant Toppers, Cookies, Oreo Pops, Typewriters, Whoopie Pies – Lynlee’s Petite Cakes
Twine - The Twinery
Insulated Disposable Cups – Repurpose

Rose Themed Valentine's Party

I hope everyone had a wonderful Monday! I just had to share this lovely ROSE THEMED VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY submitted by Virginie Marchi of That Cute Little Cake this evening. I hope you enjoy!

Here's what Virginie said about her party- 

“Creating this party table was the perfect excuse to throw a party ! I chose to keep it small and went for the traditional red and white colours. I added dark brown to the palette as chocolate treats where in my opinion a must have for Valentine's day. 

The theme was to be roses so I made two cakes: a chocolate mud cake covered in glittery roses, and a red velvet cake with piped white buttercream roses.
Other treats included vanilla panna cotta with rasberry coulis, chocolate brownies, red velvet cake pops and Bailey's cheesecakes. Decorations were all homemade too including the paper roses hanging ball.”