{Sugar Bee} Mother's Day Cookies

This year for Mother's Day  I wanted to make sweet little treats for the wonderful women and mother's that I know. So I figured that butterflies and flowers would make nice sugar cookies for the occassion. I love the contrast of the light pink and bright green...but I could have chosen from many different colors. Next time I think I will try making daisies and ladybugs!

{Sugar Bee} ASU Graduation Cookies

With my cousin graduating from ASU this past May, I thought what a great time to try out my graduation cap cookie cutter! The cookie was a little more fragile than others that I previously made due to the cap's tassel. Also, because the university's colors are maroon and gold the colors were a little more difficult to achieve. But overall I thought that the cookies turned out very cute. Next time I may add writing on the caps; like the year or the school or graduate's name.

{Party Bee} Molly's Ducky Baby Shower

This past Spring I had the pleasure of co-hosting a baby shower for my friend Molly who was having a baby a month after I was due. As you can see from the picture we both had our big bellies and were anxiously awaiting our little boys! Right away I knew I wanted the theme to be Rubber Duckies because there was so much fun stuff to do with duckies. The color scheme I chose was yellow (for the duckies of course) and two shades of blue because Molly was having a boy and because the colors work so well together. So I searched online for inspiration and came across so many great things. Etsy (one of my favorite sites) had an amazing diaper cake, which I just had to replicate with my own personal touches. I also found Wilton ducky candy molds that I used to create yellow and blue duckies for some more dashes color. For even more color and in place of flowers, I used white floral vases to hold napkins that I rolled up to somewhat resemble calla lilies and tied with various shades of blue ribbon. The swag of paper duckies finished the table setting nicely adding some contrast against the white tablecloth.The table turned out so nicely and looked so festive!

 

The cupcakes I made were decorated very simply. I colored the frosting blue and topped the cupcake with candy duckies and coordinating paper toppers.

I probably had some of the most fun making these ducky sugar cookies decorated with royal icing. I packaged them in a treat bag and tied a ribbon and tag around each one.

As a thank you to all of Molly's guests, I packaged yellow ducky cookie cutters with Jordan Almonds to look like eggs. The tags on each package list the date of the shower and gives a nice little thank you to the guests for attending.

What is a party without candy? I filled three apothecary glass jars with coordinating candies; blue M&M's, Dove milk chocolates wrapped in royal blue foil, and yellow lemonheads. Yum!

 With all of these fun and delicious treats I had to create pretty takeout boxes for the guests to fill up before they left! What a great way to end a party!

{Baby Bee} Animal Silhouette Painting

After months and months of staring at a blank canvas that I had originally planned to paint for our living room and then for our guest room, I decided that I would create a work of art to hang in the nursery. I was inspired by Dwell Studio's artwork that I had seen online, which I simply could not afford nor did I want to just buy something for my baby when I could make him something special. Therefore, because the nursery theme was "animals", I wanted to feature different animal silhouettes. I also included clovers because my husband is very proud of his Irish heritage and now my baby can also share that same Irish pride. The colors I chose are nice, vibrant and child friendly that coordinate well with the color scheme throughout the nursery. I think the painting will be eye catching and fun for him to look at as he gets older and can be used as an educational tool as well! Hopefully he will cherish this painting for years to come!

Photograph taken by Joyce Day from On This Day Photography. onthisdayphotography.com