"Little Man" Party!

I was so excited when I got a message from Gretchen, the owner of 3 Little Monkeys Studio saying that Amy Atlas featured her boy's "Little Man" party on her blog! Especially since my stamps were used to help in decoration for her party!! :D Take a look at the blog post below! I just simply copied and pasted from Amy's blog, but the link to the original is below as well : )) Eek!! How exciting!!

Original post from Sweet Designs: A blog by Amy Atlas

When this featured submission popped up in our inbox, it put a huge smile on my face. As a mother to two boys, I’m always referring to them as “My Little Men”.  Although I’m not the biggest fan of the “moustache trend” that we saw in 2011, this table by Gretchen from Three Little Monkeys Studio was done just right! Ever since her son was born, Gretchen and her husband have always called their son “our little man.” So it seemed fitting to design a Little Man Bash to celebrate his second birthday. Sweet treats included homemade whoopie pies, brownies, caramel cheesecake shooters {scroll down for the recipe below!}, moustache cookies, those amazing cake pops (half of which were created to look just like Gretchen’s son), doughnuts, cake and cupcakes. Moustache crayon favors and lollipops were given out to the lil guests, while adults took home gourmet chocolate bars covered in wrappers that matched the theme. Moustache stamps designed by The Skill Collector were used to give a personal touch to napkins, favor bags, invitation envelopes and bamboo utensils.  Scroll down below to see the vendor credits and to see Gretchen’s recipe for her Caramel Pretzel Crunch Cheescake Shooters!

To see some more party inspiration for your little man, click here and here.

Caramel Pretzel Crunch Cheescake Shooters

Makes 12 shooters.

24 pretzels, roughly broken into small pieces

2-8oz. pkg. of cream cheese, softened
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. vanilla
Cool Whip, thawed
Jar of caramel sauce

Fill shooter glasses with 1/2″ of pretzel bits. Reserve some pieces for granish.

Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth, and then fold in 1/2 a container of thawed Cool Whip.

Fill shooter glasses with cream cheese mixture until they are filled halfway. Drizzle caramel sauce over cream cheese mixture, then repeat with another layer of cream cheese mixture. Top with a dollop of Cool Whip, then drizzle more caramel sauce and garnish with a few pretzel bits.

Vendor Credits:

Printables: Three Little Monkeys Studio
Baker’s twine, plates, napkins, milk bottles and paper straws: Shop Sweet Lulu

Cake and cupcakes: Sugar and Spice Bakery

Cookies: Pastry Tart Bakery
Custom stamps: The Skill Collector
Fondant brownie and cake toppers: Edible Details
Mustache crayon favors: Rainbow Star Designs
Cake Pops: Mom’s Killer Cakes
Doughnuts: Dough a Deer
Pomettes: Pom Flair 

You Spook Me

Thanks to Pinterest, I've been able to find all kinds of goodies for Halloween this year! Especially because my mother decided she is going to host a Halloween party... which means I will be doing most of the work! ;) Hehe, just kidding mom! <3

Things I've decided are a must have for the party!

Screaming Red Punch With a Creepy Hand - A recipe for a (what i assume to be) delicious punch. The best part is (and you can add it to any punch) is the clever idea to have a icy hand floating in the juice! All you need to do is fill a powder-free latex glove with water... let it freeze... and voila! A spooky hand that keeps your punch cold ;)

Ghost Poop - Doesn't that just make you giggle?! Hehe! I definitely think this is a must have for the party seeing as it is super easy, cost-efficent, and will give everyone a good laugh! Click through for a free printable as well : )

P.S. I've also discovered the Witch Warts by the same blog! Hehe. And if you don't get to use the ghost poop this halloween, be sure to use snowman poop for x-mas! hah! I'm having too much fun with this...

Painted bottles with Halloween clip-art - Love these simple decorations! They look fun to make too! I also found a good site to get some awesome clip-art with the same style as the ones above : ) Clipart here!

Check out my Halloween Pinterest Board for more Halloween ideas!!!

And I would love to hear your ideas / plans as well! <3

Last Halloween Party!

It was two years ago when my mom started an annual Halloween party... that soon turned into a semi-annual :P . And, I am glad to say that it was way more than successful! A couple highlights from last party:

My favorite room... the Ouija board room! We lit a bunch of candles throughout the room that gave it a really fun feel to it. The room later in the night turned into a fairy card fortune reading room :)

Another huge event we had during the party was a pumpkin carving contest! I teamed up with my friend, Ryan, to make the most epic pumpkins ever! And we won! It would have been first and second place if it wasn't for the prizes being alcohol... lol. I'm still too young x_x Another 8 months!

Now, this year, i'm gonna have to top it! I have NO idea how! Haha But I can't wait!