{Party Bee} We Wish You A Merry Christmas!

The weekend was such a crazy one for me as I was trying to finish making all of my Christmas goodies...and I was able to complete everything in the St. Nick of time! I am sure am tired, but I am so happy with how everything turned out. From the printables to the chocolates, everything was merry and bright! Now it is time to relax....that is until New Year's Eve!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope your family had a wonderful and blessed Christmas!

{Party Bee} The Penguin Holiday Collection

So you may be asking yourself why penguins this holiday season? Well just this past month when my son and I were shopping at Target, my son found a little stuffed penguin toy in the dollar section. He and his penguin haven't separated since and the little penguin has even been with him to the many places we have visited over the holidays...a few being Chicago, visiting Santa, The Polar Express...the North Pole! Because of his adorable friendship with his little penguin, I of course couldn't help myself and I had to create the Penguin Holiday Collection.You may also notice a little bit of inspiration from my peppermint cookies...penguins and peppermints are definitely my theme this year!

The entire collection is $10 and comes with the following:

- "Happy Holidays" and "Merry Christmas" pennant banner
- 3 circle designs with 6 different phrases. These are perfect for gift tags, cookie tags, cupcake toppers, decorations, the uses are almost endless!
- Treat bag labels
- Water bottle labels
- Decorative penguin pennant banner
- Water bottle labels
- Straw flags
- Large decorative penguin

Receive your order electronically and print out as many as you would like! Just send me an email requesting the Penguin Holiday Collection!

{Sugar Bee} Peppermint Candy Sugar Cookies

Earlier this month my husband stumbled upon Bakerella's tutorial for Peppermint Candy Sugar Cookies and instantly asked if I could make them just for him for Christmas. Well of course I thought they were super cute and very clever, but if you notice Bakerella makes hers adorably bite sized, however mini cookies would disappear too quickly in my household so I thought a large peppermint candy cookie would be fun and my husband could savor it a little longer! The best part about these cookies is that by adding a little peppermint extract, not only do they look like peppermint candies, but they taste like them too!

{Sugar Bee} The Start of a Beary Merry Christmas!

I don't know what happened but November somehow flew by and now it is December! Oh what fun it is now that the holidays have approached, but what a super busy time of the year...especially because I want to make sure that I remember to give small gifts to all of those people that I am so thankful to know. Among those people are my son's teachers. Three times a week my son is so excited to go to pre-school and see his teachers and instructional aides. I know that he is learning so much and that they really care about him, his education and total well being. As a parent, I am so grateful to know that my son is in good hands and that he is growing and learning so much in part because of them.

So this year I created little thank you totes that had a few goodies....

Inside they got a "beary" special Christmas sugar cookie....

...Peppermint bark in a snowflake cookie cutter, and some mint truffle Hershey kisses!

In case you were wondering where the adorable felt totes were from, I got them from the dollar section of Target! I love that section!

A BIG thank you to all of Jake's teachers!

What a wonderful start to what I know will be a "Beary" Merry Christmas!

{Party Bee} Witching Anne a Boo-tiful Retirement!

This Halloween was a little bittersweet as my colleagues and I had to say farewell to a co-worker and friend as her last day of work was October 31st and she entered into a most "boo-tiful" retirement!

Not only was Anne my supervisor but she had become such a dear friend and she will be missed tremendously. But we are very excited for her to start this next chapter of her life, so we wanted to send her off into retirement with a Spooktacular party!

It only seemed fitting that we throw her a Halloween themed party seeing that her last day was actually on Halloween...but this time I thought it would be fun to add a little "trick to my treats" by making it a surprise party! So with some help from my friends and co-workers we managed to brew an enchanting celebration!

Because Halloween is traditionally known for its orange and black color palette, and the Museum's logo shares the same color palette, it only seemed fitting that the decorations be orange and black.
The centerpiece of the table was a painted paper mache witches hat in honor of "witching Anne" a Boo-tiful retirement!

There was an array of sweets for the guests to choose from! The table had cupcakes with both chocolate and butter cream frosting topped with customized cupcake toppers.....

 ....There was also sugar cookies decorated as witches hats and boiling cauldrons...

 ....Hershey candy bars wrapped with customized wrappers sat in skeleton hands...mini gable boxes with Skittles and Starbursts inside flanked each end of the table....

 ...Water bottles with "Witches Brew" pouches (Crystal Light flavor packets) and striped straws topped with festive flags were aligned in rows next to the mini gable boxes...

 ....Mummy and Frankenstein Marshmallow Pop bouquets made by my good friend Vanessa and I sat inside jars of candy corn, as did "Witches Fingers" (chocolate covered pretzels) made by my wonderful intern, Teresa....also on the table were chocolate covered Oreos with bats adorning the top as well as some in the shapes of skulls...

 

 

Everywhere you looked there was candy and fun decorations! Even the place settings had Reese's Pieces candy in treat bags! If there ever was a day to have lots and lots of candy, Halloween is the perfect time!

 With all of the decorations and goodies in place, all that was needed was the guest of honor!

 And boy was she surprised!!!

 

Even my husband and kids (dressed in their costumes) were there to surprise her...they wouldn't have missed it for the world! It was their last day to visit Anne at the Museum.

 Here's to "Witching Anne a Boo-tiful Retirement"! Nobody deserves it more!

{Party Bee} Client Feature: Jessica's Bridal Shower

Once again I had the pleasure of working with a friend of mine on designing a printable collection for a bridal shower she was throwing for her soon to-be sister-in-law, Jessica. I was told that the wedding was to take place in Maui overlooking the beach (what a great location!) so the theme of the shower was a little beachy with a modern twist. Thus, my Modern Starfish Bridal Shower Collection was created! 

Well I was so happy when she shared her photographs with me because from the food to the decorations, everything looked fantastic and she did a beautiful job! 

The dessert table looked great with the apothecary jars filled with candies and starfish (I love the addition of the aqua into the color palette). I especially loved the initials of the happy couple placed on the center of the table followed by the word LOVE. 

The cupcakes looked yummy...also did you notice how excellently neat her handwriting is? The handwritten menu tent cards are awesome!

 She laid out the mini candy bars so nicely...they added a lovely pop of color to the table.

The food table not only looked like it was full of delicious food and drinks, but it looked gorgeous! Everything was placed so nicely! Also, as you may have noticed, I am a fan of poms hanging from the ceiling...they add such fun to a party but are still festive and elegant, and are surprisingly easy to make.

I love the look of the tin holding the napkins. I also love the charming little jars wrapped with ribbon and topped with the cutest little wooden spoons. It really is the little touches that add so much to a table.

Thank you so much for sharing your photos! Well done, the party looked fabulous and I am sure the Bride-to-be had a wonderful time!

Happy Bridal Shower Jessica!

{Party Bee} Candy Corn Birthday Collection

After designing the Boo-tiful Birthday Halloween Collection I thought perhaps I needed a birthday collection that didn't have such scary content, but instead was a happier, kid friendly theme that could also be used for those children who were born in the Fall. So I thought what was happier and kid friendly than CANDY CORN! The colors are bright and colorful and totally indicative of Fall, not to mention most kids love the taste of candy corn. Thus the Candy Corn Birthday Collection was created!

The entire collection is $30 and comes with the following:

- 5 x 7" invitation (envelope is not included)
- Circle tags in 4 designs (these are great as cupcake toppers, cookie tags, bag decorations, etc., the uses are endless)
- "Happy 3rd Birthday Jake" pennant banner (with personalized child's name and age)
- Decorative mini pennant banner
- Treat bag labels in 2 designs
- Water bottle labels in 2 designs
- Juice box label
- Candy bar wrappers (designed to fit standard size Hershey bars)
- Mini candy wrappers (designed to fit Ghirardelli squares)
- Nugget wrappers (designed to fit Hershey nuggets)
- Flags for straws
- Menu tent cards
- Large Decorative Circles in 4 designs
- Coordinating Patterned Paper

Just send me an email with the party information, receive the files electronically, print out what you need, then cut and assemble!