Position the large cake on the small cake, then spread pink butter cream over toadstool cap. Split the spearmint leaves in half through the centre then slice the halves into three pieces. Note
Yes it's true, last weekend we celebrated my little Sophia's 2nd birthday party! Saying that "time flies" is a bit redundant for me now, but the fact is, it is so true! I am both happy and sad that she is growing up so fast and I know you know what I mean since I have been sharing her with you ever since she was inside my belly (Sniff, sniff)! Anyway, since I finished with her Flamingle Birthday Party last year (which you can btw, check out HERE), I have already decided on this year's theme. I know you must be thinking, 'why must mommy decide?'. Well, I know that somehow I can only get to decide the first 2 or 3 years of her birthday themes and then SHE will be making the decisions, so why not right?! And as with any party, it all starts with the right invitation, which I am happy to find again on ETSY! Creative Lime from ETSY I edited the photo thru Picmonkey and added all the roses, since I thought the white was just too plain. Ok, so on with the show! Let's start with the BEVERAGE STATION.. Since the weather was sunny and warm, I thought a SLUSHIE MACHINE & lots of water was perfect for the day, and I was right since it was a Huge hit! Got the water bottle labels form etsy too I also had a red cooler filled with soda at the bottom of the table and coffee for the grown-ups (who made up majority of the guests). And now for the TENT.. We bought this tent last year and knew it was more practical to buy than rent since we were gonna use it at least once a year ! I added the window walls on one side to block out the sun and hung inflatable teddy bear heads, Gingham flower fans, string lights and gingham pennants all around . Red Gingham Table Covers are a must! Table centerpiece that doubles as giveaways to the kiddos I filled the basket with a Bear M&M apple, a sunflower and of course, a small Teddy Bear! Cake Table minus the cake on this shot I decided to have a TRAILER MIX BAR for the party! I think it was a cute and perfect idea instead of the usual candies only on the cake table, and I am glad I did this! The kids went crazy for them! My helper Teddy held out the sign for the Trailer Mix Bar I had bear M & M's and butterfly stickers all around as well as real apples to add for the festive display... oh, and Pinwheels too! Got the Chalkboard Banner from Walmart and I just wrote away! The Celebrant with her cake - my friends made and gave this beautiful and yummy cake I also added this "welcome committee"... Bears on a picnic! Welcome poster from Printaposters on ETSY about our celebrant I also rented a huge inflatable double slide! Sophia loves slides and absolutely had a blast, with or without us on this one! Gift table And for the Food. We had a small separate Dessert Table .... Notice my food labels? Chalkboard too from Party City Aside from the Strawberry Shortcakes, and Watermelon Macaroons, we also had Watermelon pops, leche flan and Buko Pandan ( A sweet Filipino coconut salad with jelly) The main food table was on the outside of the tent ... We had Siopao ( Dumplings inside white fluffy bread), Beef & Chicken Wanton Soup, Baked Spaghetti, Mashed potatoes, Buttered Corn, Fried Chicken, Palabok (Filipino-style thin noodles in mushroom sauce), Honey bakers Hot rolls and a lot more brought in by my friends! And in the midst of all these details we prepared for, is this sweet little girls who had fun with the bubbles and the slides. We hope she will know how much we love her! Happy 2nd birthday little one! VEL Would love to hear your thoughts! Please share away... As featured in... Linking back to... Tuesdays at our home, Show & Share, Julie's creative lifestyle
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Phoebe love Dorothy so I made her a Dorothy cake with wiggles cupcakes. This cake can be adapted colour wise to suit boys or girls. I love the handmade Dorothy on top , I didn't want to part with her she was too cute!!
Birthday cake for a little boy’s 2nd Birthday . . . Team Umizoomi is his favorite cartoon (personally, I’d never heard of these characters before so there was a bunch of research and a lot of time spent on Nick Jr. lol). Characters (Geo, Bot and Milli
Wiggles in the big red car! Dorothy the dinosaur, Waggs the dog, Henry the octopus and Captain Feathersword. Made of fondant.
The No-Thumb-Sucking Glove! Fluffy 1 has been a thumb sucker from the time she was a baby. We tried to stop it by stuffing Nukkies in her mouth every time we saw her doing it, but she wasn't interested in Nukkies and promptly spit them out. Her sister was the same way about the Nukkies, and sucked her two middle fingers. Fortunately, she quit that before she turned two. Fast forward six years, and in that time we've tried EVERYTHING. Fluffy 1 is an EXTREME thumb sucker. She had two adorable little bunny teeth and a huge callous on her thumb to show for it. But now we're down to one tooth... (Oh yes, my sweet little waif! Haha!) And it's a much bigger priority to get her to stop sucking that little thumb now that her big teeth are on the way in. I went searching online yet again. I remember once seeing a plastic device that prevented thumb sucking. It cost almost $100, but given the cost of orthodontics, I'm sure it's worth the price. It was a lucky search, though, because I saw an interesting little glove developed by another parent to help their kids conquer thumb sucking. They were selling it for a very reasonable price, and I was seconds from pulling out the credit card myself. Then I stopped and really looked at that glove. And I had a "well DUH!!!" moment! I could MAKE one pretty much like it. And I did while my kids ate lunch. I referred to the picture for the general shape, but I started by tracing my Little Fluffy's thumb on a piece of paper. I smoothed out the tracing, added tabs off the wrist for a closure, and added about 1/4" seam allowance around all but the knuckle side of the thumb. Then I folded the paper in half and cut out the pattern. This awesome material is some scrap that my mom gave me from one of the bathing suits she made me when I wasn't much older than my Fluffies! Still nice and stretchy all these years later! I pinned it out and cut two. I pinned them wrong sides together and sewed the edges using a zigzag stitch, leaving a 3/4" opening for turning. (Yes, you probably COULD do this on a serger with the wrong sides together and completely skip turning your glove while still achieving a nice edge. I'm still not fantastic at serging curves on my machine, though, so I went this route.) I then turned the glove right side out and held it on Little Fluffy's hand to see where the thumb curve should end. I put a pin there, just until I had it lined up under my needle, then sewed it with a straight stitch toward the end of the thumb. I used a zipper foot to keep the stitching as close to the edges as possible. With the thickness of the two seams and four layers, I did have to wrangle it a little bit to keep it straight and the two edges lined up. I tried it on Little Fluffy once more to make sure the thumb wasn't too long or two short (which it wasn't, but it's good to check these things!), then carefully topstitched with a zigzag around the rest of the glove, starting at the base of the thumb on one side and finishing at the base of the thumb on the other side. Then I added Velcro. And TAH-DAH!!! I've made two so far (this tutorial is the second time around!), though I would definitely recommend more. With the bathing suit material it's a good idea to hand wash them and let them air dry, and that takes a little time. I can't honestly say, yet, how well this will work. The reviews on the website I saw were really good and parents with kids who used theirs reported success, so I'm confident in this working! But I'll update whenever it does. Certainly worth a shot, am I right, fellow parents of thumb suckers? ***UPDATE*** It worked!!! My little Fluff has been a non-thumb sucker for a good month and a half now! She quit wearing the gloves over a month ago, and we still can't believe that she's actually STOPPED sucking her thumb! I am so happy for her and for the fact that this little experiment was successful... and cheap!
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