Army Ranger Party

Here is the final result of my efforts for Drew's Army Ranger Party...

He really wasn't interested in doing anything accept opening presents and eating cupcakes, so I put less time in the smaller details. here are a few pics...

New Cupcake!

Alyssa and I made Cupcakes for Mrs. Lindy's birthday this weekend! They looked so neat! I think they are called Mini Oreo Suprise Cupcakes on the recipe. They are chocolate with a cream cheese filling and Alyssa placed a mini Oreo on top of the filling before I added more batter!

Cupcakes...need I say more?

One of my newest obsessions is cupcakes. I have attempted a few types and am not completely pleased with how they turned out, but and tweaking my ideas a bit from there. Here are a few pics of some I have done so far.

Butterfly cupcakes for my Granny on Mother's Day!

I like to call the Spiderweb cupcakes...


I'm not telling you what I called the other cupcakes next to the spiderweb ones...

Black-bottom cupcakes...these were the most moist and delicious cupcakes I have ever had!

I will definately keep this recipe!
That's cream cheese and chocolate chips in the center!

And of course I made the flower ones in the first post...

Party Planning Obsession

I have discovered that I have a real obsession with planning parties. Recently with the "decline of the economy" someone mentioned the idea of doing this on the side for a little extra spending money. After not so much thought I decided why not...I LOVE doing this, and I am sure there are those of you out there that do not enjoy it so much. Also I am sure there are some of you that don't have the time to spend on such tedious things as the perfect accents to go on a table for a 2 year olds birthday party.

My head is filled with ideas about all kinds of themes and as time progresses I will try my hardest to get everything on here. For right now I am going to share some of the things that I have done for my own children. If I can help you out in any way for your onw occassions, please don't hesitate to ask!!

If you would like for me to help you...let me know your theme and what you have in mind and I will be happy to give you an estimate!

This was a first birthday cake I designed and had done. The center tower was removable for the Birthday Girl.
These were the labels on the favor jars, made to resemble the baby food jar labels. I filled the jars with red, white and pink candy coated hershey kisses miniatures.

This was a second birthday party. The theme was flowers. I hand-made the invitations, this one is a sample, the final ones were done with white paint pen rather than gold.

The invitation says:


A wee bit of heaven drifted down from above, a handful of happiness, a heart full of love. Precious and Priceless, so loveable, too- Alyssa Brianne soon will be 2!

Tissue paper flowers and flower suckers in a vase were used for decoration.
Cupcakes that I made to go with the flower theme.
Chinese takeout boxes filled with goodies for favors.

This is what I have so far for my son's 6th Birthday Party:

Theme: Army Ranger

Goody Bags:

Invitations: Drafting Orders...