Pretzel Treat Favors & Baby Shower Games

Before I get too wrapped up in preparing for a second baby shower for my brother and his girlfriend (they are having twin girls), I wanted to share some detail photos of the favors and games I designed for the rainbow unicorn theme shower I hosted for them a few weeks ago.

For favors, my mom and I made pretzel treats! They were super easy and fun to make. Plus I love the sweet and salty combination. 

Pretzel Treats:

• Pretzel sticks

• White chocolate chips

• Sprinkles

Simply melt the white chocolate using a double broiler. Dip the pretzel stick in. I used a spatula to help evenly coat the pretzel. Give it a good shake to allow extra chocolate to drip off. Next, dust your choice of sprinkles over the chocolate coated pretzel until evenly covered. It's best to do this over a pan or plate to catch falling sprinkles. Place pretzel treat on a pan lined with parchment paper to harden and dry.

Allow to dry completely. You can pop it into the refrigerator to speed up the process. The chocolate needs to be completely hardened before packaging. Stored in an air tight container, these treats will stay fresh for up to one week.

I also had a lot of fun designing the games and other details for the party including diaper raffle tickets, baby scramble & twin trivia game sheets, thank you cards, and more...

The party was a great success! We made food and punch and everyone had fun playing games, watching Rachelle open gifts, and eating cake.

Halloween Costume!

Hi! I thought I'd share photos of my halloween costume! It was super fun to wear and now I am obsessed with the color red! I could wear that cape EVERY day!

This was the first time I've ever tried styling a 1940's hairstyle. I followed this tutorial. My mom ended up helping me with it. I think it turned out great!

Dress- reconstructed vintage

Cape- vintage

Shoes- Nordstrom Rack

Basket- vintage

See the inspiration for this costume here.

Luau Birthday

Hello! With today being my 'official' birthday (I've been celebrating for a few weeks now!), I thought I'd share some photos from my Luau I hosted last Sunday. The weather was perfect, the backyard was beautiful, and the food and drinks turned out delicious!

Here is James and I kicking off the party, relaxing and sipping on mai tai's ♥

James set up a bar outside and made everyone cocktails!

With the help of my mom and sister, we served some delicious pupu's

(recipes from this book)

 Jalapeno Cheese Balls & Crab Rangoon. Yum!

I love sipping cocktails from tiki mugs! So fun!

 Hula girl decoration (a goodwill find!)

No party is complete without a craft activity. We had fun making our own tiki masks!

Even our cat JoJo was enjoying the party ;)

All-in-all I'd say turning 27 has been the most fun ever!

Busy As A Bee!

Please excuse my absence here today! I've had quite a busy week. Lots of freelance projects going on right now. I thought I'd share with you a little sneak peek of my latest project for My Own Labels. I've been working on a little photoshoot today for an "Alice in Wonderland" inspired tea party!

I'm going to love going home today and have James ask me, "How was work today?" and I can say, "Well, first I hot-glued googley eyes to some cute gerber daisies and then I made cupcakes!" Not bad for a day's work, I must say :)

Halloween Party!

I thought I'd share with you some photos from our Halloween party on Sunday.
I made some creepy appetizers...
Gator Bites

Eye of Newt Deviled Eggs


My friend Robert cooked a delicious meal for 10. Butternut squash soup, salad, roasted winter root vegetables, and chicken mole! Yum!



And the photobooth...

BBQ + Birthday + Vacation

It's been way too long since my last post and I have some fun things to tell you about! Lets see, first off, here are some photos from the backyard bbq I had about a week ago. It was so fun! We made god's eyes and ate bbq chicken and corn on the cob. I absolutely love my mom's backyard in the summer time :)






Last weekend I headed up to Seattle to visit friends and see my favorite band, TacocaT play at Pizzafest. After a three days of fun I headed back to Portland, but didn't stay home for long. James and I left late Sunday night for my family's beach cabin in Pacific City, OR. We spent 3 days lounging, cooking great food (well, James did), and catching up on Glee episodes. We took a trip into Tillamook to go to the store and stopped at a few antique/thrift stores. I love weird small town thrift stores! Here were some of my finds...

These books were 10 for $1 or $1 each! I originally walked up to the counter with 2 books, and had to go back and find 8 more. And I of course, chose all children's books because what's the use of a book without pictures or conversations?

My last find may be a little ridiculous. But what 26-year-old wouldn't want sunshine barbie for their birthday!? Her dress reminded me of my favorite artist, Peter Max.

Which also reminds me to tell you that yesterday I got a new tattoo! I absolutely love it and will have pictures to show you soon :)