First up, one of the CUTEST parties every, a Beach Baby Birthday party, featured on Kara’s Party Ideas:

And from Paisley Petal Events, another sweet beach party theme… with BARBIE!  Read through her post to be ‘in the know’ as to how to recreate it!

From the Hostess blog, a PREPPY beach party theme…once again, make sure you read through her post to be ‘in the know’ on how to create this fab party!  Sailboat cookie cutters and crab cookie cutters are easy to find and decorate!  Need a good glazed sugar cookie recipe – Click Here (it’s awesome -the best I’ve ever made!)

Click through to check out several Beach Party food ideas.. from chickabug.  She offers links to tutorials and recipes too!  These are FABULOUS!

And from my favorite cookie maker/blogger, Sweet Sugar Belle, check out the adorable Seahorse Cookie tutorial:

Will you be heading to the beach to party this summer?  Tell us all about it!

And don’t forget to enter our Book Giveaway!!  Click HERE for details!

We’ve made it super simple for you to have FOUR chances to win… and we have a FAB prize!

See?!  I told you it was fab!  You can click HERE to read more about this book… and then…

You will want to enter to win!  How do you do that?  SIMPLE!

1. Sign up for our once-a-week blog recap email list HERE and then leave us a comment ON THIS POST letting us know.

2. Write a facebook post about our giveaway, and then leave us a comment ON THIS POST letting us know.

3. Post on twitter about our giveaway, and then leave us a comment ON THIS POST letting us know.

4. And finally… post about it on YOUR blog, and then leave a comment ON THIS POST letting us know.

SO, to recap… you can enter our blog giveaway up to FOUR times.  Do any or all of the above four things, and leave a comment EACH TIME on THIS POST. 

We will choose a winner using random.org in two weeks.

And the winner gets the fabulous “Art & Soul of Baking”.

Aren’t you excited??

I made three different graduation tag (or topper) designs, in two different color schemes.  These are simple to print, cut, and use.

These free printable tags are 2 inches round, and come 12 to a sheet.  The download is in a PDF format file.  Just download, print, and then cut.  (We recommend a circle punch, like THIS ONE, but scissors work too!  Punches are lost cost and once you have one you’ll find zillions of reasons to use it)

You can punch a hole and add tags to your party favors with string or ribbon… or use the design as a cupcake topper.  If you decide to print them on STICKER paper, these will make great seals for favor bags or boxes!

DOWNLOAD THE BLUE AND GOLD SET HERE

DOWNLOAD THE BLACK AND RED SET HERE

Happy Friday!

Check out these super-fun super-bling wedding shoes, found on Style Me Pretty:

And this stunning wedding cake bling!  From a gallery on onewed.com…

You just can’t get MORE FAB than crystal encrusted bottles at your wedding… can you?  Check out the inspiration photo from Nancy Swiezy’s Events Weddings and Flowers  (with a great little tip on how to make these affordably!)

And of course we have BLING in the Diva Entertains shop.  Have you seen our crystal cake toppers?

Will YOU be adding bling to YOUR wedding?  If so, how?  We’d love to hear about it!

First, from Skip to My Lou, an absolutely adorable (AND YUMMY) Candy Graduation Cap Pop.  The post has easy, step-by-step instructions for making these cake pops.  The graduation caps would be perfect as cupcake toppers as well!

For a DIFFERENT, but just as FAB cake “pop” idea… check out these cake push pops from Frog Prince Paperie.  You can see the original post (with simply stunning ideas for a grad party), AND you can also check out the tutorial post for making the Graduation Hats on these cake push pops.

The incredible Push Pops can be found HERE at CupKate’s Event Design:

For a slightly fancier addition to your graduation party, check out this napkin folding video from BHG.com.  You really can fold a napkin into a Graduation Cap!

We have some great favor ideas for you in the Diva Entertains shop too.  Check out the Graduation Cookie Pops…. our BRAND NEW Graduation Favor Boxes… and our popular Graduation Oreo Cookies:

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First up, check out this FAB DIY Activity Book (and free printable!) from Lovely Indeed created especially to keep the little one’s attending the wedding busy

I saw this Art Nouveau wedding post from Ruffled, and just KNEW I needed to share it with you.  It’s so fresh and fun and unique!  Be sure to click over and check out all the fun inspiration for this wedding theme!

Nothing says “Summer” more than burgers on the grill, and I a “build your own burger bar” would be a fun idea for a small backyard barbeque wedding.  Check it out on Homemade Simple.com:

And the last one for today… another post from Ruffled.  This time, an eco-friendly, natural wedding decor and inspiration post.  I just love the clean look of these photos, and I can imagine all kinds of different parties using this kind of theme.

After making these naan pizzas I may never again order “delivery” pizza.  Because not only did these taste far better than delivery (heck – they tasted better than most pizzas I’ve had in a restaurant), they were embarrassingly easy to make. (Don’t let your guests know – they’ll think you slaved over the dough!)

Naan is a delicious Indian bread that resembles a flatbread.  It is now readily available in most supermarkets.  If you don’t know where to find it in your store (it is in the deli in one of the stores I shop in, in the bread section in another, and in the international aisle in yet another), just ask a salesperson for help finding it.

Below isn’t so much of a naan bread pizza recipe as much as a ‘how to’ guide.  I’m giving general ‘amounts’ of toppings per pizza.  However it is up to you as to how much sauce or cheese or toppings you like on yours (I’m an ‘extra cheese’ kinda gal).  When ready to serve, simply use a pizza cutter to cut into quarters.  These make great appetizers or can be served as the entree.

       Print This!    

Diva Entertains offers fun and stylish party favors.  You have to see her Zebra and Leopard Favors and Peacock Favors!

These free printable tags are 2 inches round, and come 20 to a sheet.  The download is in a PDF format file.  Just download, print, and then cut.  (We recommend a circle punch, like THIS ONE, but scissors work too!  Punches are low cost and once you have one you’ll find zillions of reasons to use it)

You can punch a hole and add tags to your a gift or favors with string or ribbon… or use the design as a cupcake topper.  If you decide to print them on STICKER paper, these will make great seals for favor bags or boxes too!

DOWNLOAD THE TAGS HERE

Happy Friday!

First up, fun Cinco De Mayo cupcakes from the HostessBlog – Margarita Cupcakes!!  Along with the recipe she shares 4 easy ways to decorate these yummy cupcakes!

Now a Cinco de Mayo craft for kids and adults; one that is super fun and delicious!  Seriously one of the coolest ideas ever… Cinco de Mayo pinata cookies!  Watch a video and read the tutorial on SheKnows.com:

And since we’re talking about pinatas, how about mini pinatas as favors, from One Charming Party: This is a Cinco De Mayo craft perfect for kids!

And finally, I have to share THIS next recipe, because… well, I just have to!  I LOVE Sopapillas… and I love cheesecake.  And I’m so, SO happy to have found a Sopapilla Cheesecake recipe!  Ridiculously EASY, ridiculously *delicious*! Click on over to Chef-in-Training to get the recipe for this easy, DELISH dessert!

Are YOU celebrating Cinco de Mayo?  If you are, please feel free to share your recipes and ideas with us!  We’d love to hear them!

So, to start us off, here is an incredibly simple way to decorate a dessert table by using peacock-colored cupcakes, like these from RoseBakes.com.  You could add simple toppers, and even peacock feathers as toppers (as mentioned in her post).  You can also wrap your cupcakes with our Peacock Cupcake Wrappers.

From Giggles Galore, comes an INCREDIBLE Peacock Party post with lots of inspiration.  The party was actually a Peacock Princess party, but I think the ideas could easily be adapted for a bridal shower.  My favorite?  The peacock cups!  You can check out the TUTORIAL HERE.

I found a Pretty Peacock “real party” post on The Hostess Blog, with tons of incredible inspiration.  I could not get over how gorgeous this next photo was… just had to share!  What a great idea for the drinks and dessert table:

Also, we are sharing another customer photo today!  Bonnie sent us a photo of some FAB Bridesmaid gift bags she put together, using our Peacock Favor Bags.

Here is a photo of the Favor Bags from our Diva Entertains shop:

And here is how Bonnie dressed them up… gold tissue paper, a peacock feather.  Did I say FAB??!

 We also have an article that can help you Plan a Peacock Bridal Shower!

We also carry the largest selection of quality Peacock Wedding Favors.