{Madelynn's 3rd Birthday Party} The Princess & The Pony Party

Our sweet little girl turned three a few weeks ago and we celebrated with a Princess Pony party with all her friends.  We went with both light and hot pink, yellow and hints of white as the color scheme.  Sivan from Sivan Ravit Photography was on hand to capture all the details.  When thinking about the birthday girls attire, I immediately thought of a pettiskirt from Pink Taffy Designs with a shirt by Modern Frills.  I contacted Kristina of Modern Frills and asked if she could create a custom shirt with a pony on a carousel wearing a tiara.  She made the most adorable top that carried the color scheme and fit the party perfectly.

The paper goods were designed by the fabulous Kori of Paper & Pigtails.  I simply love working with Kori.  Her designs always are fabulous and she is such a delight to work with.  I could not have been happier with the invitation and how she pulled all the colors together. 

Upon arrival, each guest checked out the Princess & Pony dessert table which carried the pink, yellow and white color scheme.  The printables were designed by the one and only Kori with Paper & Pigtails.

One of my favorite elements to this dessert table was the pony and tiara aspect throughout.  The design created by Paper & Pigtails was used on the cookies and cupcakes.  I worked with Angela of Queen of Tarts Cakes and immediatly fell in love with her work.  She created edible cookies using the pony & tiara image and they turned out beautiful!  Angela also made some gorgeous cupcake toppers to include the pony theme!

The cupcakes and whoopie pies were a hit at the party and these were made by the premier dessert shop Cupcake Couture

Some additional aspects to the dessert table included

Each guest was asked to assemble their own dessert favor bag to include all these darling items.

The guests were treated to pony rides, face painting, a princess, bouncy house, bubbles, snowcones and coloring activities.  Guests could not get enough of the pink pony!  The birthday girl loved very moment spent with this beautiful pony.

pony provided by Cock A Doodle Doo

face painting provided by Miss Debbie with Fun 4 Kids

Each guest was given a favor to go along with the Princess & The Pony theme.  Each girl was given a princess package that included a pink tutu, a tiara and a necklace.  Each boy was given a pony stick from Stateline Track

After all the fun, guests gathered to sing happy birthday to sweet Madelynn. She simply enjoyed it all and this picture captures her excitement! 

It was such a fun party and I thank all the fabulous venders who were involved with making this party happen.

Up, up and away

It has been entirly too long since our last post but Yarah Designs has been so busy with party styling and design.  So here goes with more party inspiration for our followers.  Yarah Designs came accross the most amazing cake for an "Up, Up and Away" Birthday theme party.  How beautiful is this sweet cake from Ma Nouvelle Maison! 

Cake Decorating with Paper

Jessica Kirkland from Pen and Paper Flowers shared this incredibly creative tutorial on how to decorate a simple cake with paper.  This is a must read!  Jessica shows you a number of ways to decorate and the budget is close to nothing.  It is simply amazing what can be done with paper!  All you need to purchase is an $8.00 grocery store bakery cake and paper!  You will be "wowed" over the masterpiece you can create.

Check out the DIY Tutorial by Jessica Kirkland via HWTM

Cupcake Pedestal Candy Jars

Yarah Designs came across these Cupcake Pedestal Candy Jars and they are simply gorgeous!  These will certainly will add flair to any dessert or sweet display.  The pastel colors are perfect for the upcoming Easter holiday and can be used for so many occasions thereafter.  Love these!

White Chocolate Dippers

Yarah Designs just stummbled upon this delicious treat at I am Baker with a step by step tutorial of how to make.  These are fabulous for Valentines Day!  You can dip them in a mug of warm milk or hot cocoa.  Yummy!

•  Melt a bag of white chocolate chips
• Put them into a small cup (you can use mini plastic cups)
• Insert popsicle stick
• Place in refrigerator for about one hour 
• Remove from cup

 

You can add strawberry extract, almond, vanilla, coconut or whatever extract you can fine.  Thanks I am Baker! 

Sweet Cookie Necklaces

How adorable are these cookie necklaces?!  What a fun project to do with the kiddos.  These are sure to make the children in your life smile.  You can find a step by step tutorial on how to make these sweet necklaces on the Daily Mixer.  Enjoy!

Caramel pull-apart biscuits

Yarah Designs came across this irresistible recipe on Eat Drink Pretty.  This is such a treat and great for the holidays!

Caramel pull-apart biscuits

• 2 tubes Pillsbury biscuits (20 total biscuits)
• 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preparation

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Generously grease a bundt cake pan. In a small saucepan, heat the butter, water and brown sugar until melted.

Separate the biscuits and cut each into four pieces. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl. Dredge the biscuit pieces in the cinnamon sugar mixture and then put the biscuits into the bundt pan, spread around evenly. Pour the caramel mixture (the butter, water and brown sugar) over the biscuits.

Bake for about 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Let stand for 3 minutes then invert onto a serving plate

Homemade Turtles!

Here is a recipe Yarah Designs found on Twig & Thistle and it is simply fabulous and so easy for an impromptu gathering.  All you need is Mini pretzels, Pecan Halfs and Rolos! 

1) On a cookies sheet, arrange the pretzels then place a Rolo on top of each one. Bake at 220 F. for 2 minutes.


2) Remove from the oven and immediately start placing the Pecans on top and pushing them down, squishing the Rolos.  Enjoy!

How easy is that!

Strawberries Filled With Cream

This is the perfect combination an not very difficult to pull together for any type of event.  These delicious strawberries look like flowers will add to the beauty of any dessert table.  You can find the step by step instructions on Joy of Baking. Happy making!