Mini Cupcake Carousel...

Last week in Joanns Fabrics I spotted this adorable Egg Carousel in the Easter section. It is of course meant to hold eggs however I thought it would be a super cute way to hold mini cupcakes! Thus I purchased it at its 40% discount price (still going on, on all their holiday themed items) and happily brought it home. I think it looks super adorable with the cupcakes in it and probably looks equally adorable with colored eggs in it for Easter as well. I used it for my Welcome Little Sweetie party.
I am LOVING Joanns holiday themed items. They are super precious and pretty much never full priced.

You can check out the banner I made for my Welcome Little Sweetie Party.

XoXo.

Sweet Shoppe Series Part 1: The Idea

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Baby Z has her first birthday party coming up here soon too soon. I originally planned to have her party in June (her birthday is May 27th) but due to family schedules I found out sort of last minute that I will be needing to host this party in just a few short weeks. With working full time and not having very many creative bones in my body I happily turned to the parties of those before me for inspiration. I knew I wanted to throw a Sweet Shoppe/Shop (not sure what is up with the spelling differences here) themed birthday complete with candy decor, candy decor and more candy decor. Thanks to good ole Pinterest my visual desires were met. Here is a list of the decadent pictures I have taken my inspiration and ideas from. I am in awe at the women behind these parties and their creative minds!

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Original source unknown; I found it on Pinterest.

www.thecakeblog.com

www.HowDoesShe.com

www.glorioustreats.com

Stay tuned for more Sweet Shoppe Series to see how the crafts, decor, DIY and other inspiration I utilize for the 1st birthday of Baby Z!

Be My Valentine: Baby Photo Shoot Ideas Part 2

                                                 Photo found here.
                                           

The Valentine's themed outfit that I ordered off of Etsy arrived yesterday. I'm in love with it! It came out better than I expected. Soon as I am able to take some pictures of it I will post them on here for you guys to see. In the meantime I have still be scouring different sources to come up with ideas for little photo session. I have so much fun planning out these little photo shoots. Here are some more pictures that I have found inspiring.

I love the look and concept of this photo. It could easily be adapted by a mom of 2 little ones or for two little friend, cousins, daddy and daughter etc... Don't know if this one will work for me but I wanted to share regardless because I found it to be so charming.

I'm a sucker for balloons. Make them red shiny heart balloons and i'm sold.

Massively puffy tutu....Valentines perfection for a little girl.

This concept would be cute for a little boy or girl. Put them in a cute neutral outfit and hand them bright colored sweets. Voila.

xoxo.

1st photo from here.
2nd photo from here.
3rd photo from here.
4th photo from here.