{Party Bee} Itsy Bitsy Harrison Turns One!

This Halloween was so eventful for me! It started with the most wonderful 1st birthday celebration for a little guy named Harrison! I was so honored to be a part of this sweet boy's special day and I hope he enjoyed his very first birthday party!

His mom came to me with such a brilliant idea to combine Harrison's favorite song (Itsy Bitsy Spider) with Halloween, since he was born just a few days shy of the holiday. I thought that was such a fun idea so away I went designing a collection that was child friendly, playful, and still fit for a spooktacular Halloween!

I used many different kinds of spiders as accents to the table and goodies to keep with the theme. The spider web pull-apart cupcake cake was adorned with a handful of spider rings so that the kids could get a little toy along with their sweet treat. Even the plastic utensils rolled in spiderweb napkins had spider rings!

 

Harrison's mom cutely packaged the party favors in coordinating green bags with thank you tags attached.

Tinsel spiders were also fun and cute, so I placed them on the tables as if they were just roaming around the spiderweb patterned tablecloth!

The water bottle labels  and cupcake paper toppers added some color along with personalizing the decor with the birthday boy's name and age!

Even the sugar cookies had spiders on them...friendly ones of course! I didn't want the kids to be afraid of any of the treats so it was important that they be colorful and have silly bulging eyes and smiley faces.

When the children got to the party, they were able to find their seat by locating their name on a Spider Tootsie Pop! I especially loved the plastic tablecloths that Harrison's mom found. They were perfect for the theme and the Spider Tootsie Pops really looked cute sitting on top.

 The birthday boy was just the cutest! Look at that sweet smile!

 Every child needs to have a party hat!

 As he got ready for cake, his face was just lit up....it was so adorable!

 Smash cake time was fun....making messes always is!

 The aftermath of the smash cake....well done Harrison.

 Such a cute family! Harrison is very loved!

Hope you had a very happy birthday, Harrison!

Thank you so much for letting me be a part of your family's special day!

{Party Bee} Itsy Bitsy Spider Birthday Party Printable Collection

Is your "itsy bitsy" having a birthday? Well try this collection for a perfect party to celebrate your little one's big day!

The whole collection is $20 and comes with the following:

* 5x7 invitation (envelope not included)
* "age of child" banner
* "name of child" banner
* Circle tags (these are perfect for cupcake toppers, cookie tags, treat bag tags/labels, confetti, the uses are endless!)
* Circle tags with names of the children attending the party
* Water bottle labels
* Juice box labels
* Thank you labels

To order this collection just send me an email with the party information (i.e. date, time, place, RSVP, etc.), receive the files electronically, print out what you need, then cut and assemble!

Have questions? Refer to my FAQs page or send me an email!

{Queen Bee} Disneyland Surprise!

A couple weeks ago, my husband and I surprised our little ones with a trip to Disneyland. I did this in part because telling them any earlier would result in being asked if we are going to Disney everyday (perhaps every hour) until the day we left.....but mostly because I love surprises and this would be so special! So I thought the best way to surprise my son and daughter would be to just let them get into the car and have it decorated with Mickey Mouse related decorations and little activities and things just for them.

So I created a banner using construction paper and twine. I also transformed a wooden photo box (found at Michael's Craft Store) into Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse boxes and filled them with small Mickey and Minnie themed toys, DVDs, stickers, notepads, t-shirts, and other activities to help keep them occupied during our long ride to California. The best part was that the box was their own souvenir to fill with odds and ends they collected during their vacation! Last but not least, I made Mickey Mouse Clubhouse sugar cookies for all of us to enjoy during our trip. Those were gobbled up!

Once they got into the car they immediately found their boxes and when they asked why the car was decorated with Mickey and Minnie decorations, their faces filled with excitement!

Though it was super tough keeping this trip a secret, these smiles made all of our hard work and secrecy so worth it!

 Disneyland was so much fun and I look forward to surprising them the next time we go to Disneyland!

It was happiest place on earth because it made my kids the happiest little boy and girl!

To download the templates I used to trace onto the construction paper click HERE!

{Sugar Bee} Witches Fingers

Last month my older brother saw some really cool and nasty looking finger cookies on Facebook and asked me if I could make them for him. I said sure! They couldn't be that difficult, right? Plus, they are pretty creepy and fun and I always love a challenge. Well, they were slightly more challenging than I thought. Not because it is hard to roll and shape them, but trying to find a recipe that won't expand and flatten so much that they look like giant ogre sausage fingers. But in the end, I think they turned out pretty well....well enough that even I have trouble stomaching the thought of biting into one! My daughter won't even go near them!

If you are looking to give them a try, I suggest the following: I found Giada's recipe for these cookies to be the best as far as keeping its shape. When you roll them into approximately 5 inch "ropes"/fingers, make sure you roll them pretty thin as they will expand (no wider than 1/2 inch). If you use too much dough, they will be too wide and will lose the finger shape....that is when you get into ogre sausage finger territory. Lastly, if you plan on creating a "dirty" finger look, brush on the cinnamon after the cookies have baked and cooled slightly.

Halloween is drawing near, so these are perfect to make for your family, friends, co-workers, or at your next party! They will certainly turn heads...and maybe stomachs!

{Sugar Bee} Cookies that "Vant to Suck Your Blood"!

It is Halloween time and in our household we celebrate with fun, silly and not so spooky decor and goodies. So after seeing The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle create the most adorable mustache vampire fang cookies a couple years back, I thought what a perfect way to add to the playfulness of the holiday and I had to make them. Not only are these yummy to eat, but they are so much fun to play with as well....just look at the smile on my son's face (well it is behind those silly vampire fangs)!

My son had a blast with his mustache vampire fangs and my daughter thought her fangs were funny, but mostly just wanted to eat them!

 I just love to watch the smiles on their faces as they eat their treats!

What are you making for Halloween this year?!

{Sugar Bee} He's ALIVE!

 

He's ALIVE! And I have created these Frankenstein chocolate covered Oreos to help me Boo this year! These delicious treats will hopefully fright and delight!

Check out my FREE downloads so that you can join the fun and start Booing!

{Party Bee} Pumpkin Carving Party Printable Collection

It is time to start finding pumpkins and carving them into fun Jack O'Lanterns and amazing works of art to light up your yard! This year how fun would it be to have a party with friends and family and enjoy carving pumpkins together. Well now you can with my new printable collection! Eat, Drink, & Carve! Then at the end of the night, light them all up and have a little contest to see whose is the best-carved, scariest, funniest, silliest, etc!

The entire collection is $20 and comes with the following:

- 4x9 Invitation (envelope not included)
- "Eat, Drink, & Carve" banner
-" Happy Carving" banner
- Circle tags
- Blank square tags (but can be punched with a circle punch)
- Welcome door sign
- Water bottle labels in 3 designs
- Blank tent cards
- 4x6 signs in 2 designs
- Straw flags

To order this collection, just send me an email with the party information (i.e. date, time, place, RSVP, etc.), receive the files electronically, print out what you need, then cut and assemble!

Have questions? Refer to my FAQ's page or send me an email!