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If you haven’t already heard, I just had my first post as an official Guest Contributor to Hostess Blog!\u00a0 (The site that ignited my passion for parties!)\u00a0 I wrote up the details and shared photos of our SWEET SHOPPE Valentine\u2019s Day Party<\/a> that we styled with our new printable collection.\u00a0 This party was all about confection perfection!<\/p>\n

The eye candy follows… and the cute kids!\u00a0 We had the most precious models.\u00a0 Morgan’s son, Ari (of Made by Morgan) and his little friend, Bella, were the best!<\/p>\n

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TABLE DECOR<\/strong>
\nWith our fresh new\u00a0printable collection<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> being \u201csweet\u201d themed, we immediately knew that we had to set up a mock parlor for the styled photo shoot.\u00a0 I had been wanting to use a parlor awning for a long time.\u00a0 Morgan (Made by Morgan<\/a>) is our seamstress for many of of our shoots, and sewed up the perfect combo of pink stripes for the awning over the dessert table.<\/p>\n

To give the table a parlor \/ boutique feel, we displayed all of our desserts on upside down hat boxes on top of red cake stands (remember these from our Christmas Cookie Exchange <\/a>shoot?).\u00a0 To make it even more appealing to the eyes, we lined the trim of each of the hat boxes with light pink rik rak to give the illusion of cupcake wrappers.<\/p>\n

The focal point was the fabulous and whimsical over-sized cupcake cake (courtesy of\u00a0Got What It Cakes)<\/a>, which is an exact replica of our graphics\u00a0\u00a0 The cupcake cake was placed on a tiered stack of the red hat boxes with the rik rak trim (which gave the illusion of a massive cake).\u00a0 Parlor glassware (various sizes), and ice cream\/waffle cones were used to hold sweets and kept with the sweet shoppe parlor feel.\u00a0 We used floral Styrofoam inside the hat boxes as an anchor to stick the treats into.\u00a0 The vessels were then filled with floral foam balls that are decorative and gave the feel of\u00a0 a pool of sprinkles. Chocolate bars were wrapped in pink tissue (instead of being kept in their dark brown wrapper) and then adorned with our printable chocolate bar wrapper.\u00a0 Our flat party labels adorned the fronts of the hat boxes with custom text to denote the sweet.\u00a0 The front of the table rocked a \u201cSweet Love\u201d banner in a scallop shape from the printable collection.<\/p>\n

The children\u2019s table was a vintage bistro table with heart backed parlor chairs that we refurbished (spray painted)<\/em>.\u00a0 The parlor table was embellished with many printable graphics which included: printable coloring page placemats, cootie-catchers, soda pops with label and paper straw, cupcake sundaes with label and wooden spoon, and bowls of various chocolate (M&M\u2019S, Hershey\u2019s KISSES and mini candy bars).\u00a0 The parlor table had a centerpiece of cupcakes and favors.\u00a0 Mini cupcakes (Cupcrazed Cakery<\/a>) were displayed along with the printable heart favor box in the center.<\/p>\n

The children wrote out their valentines using the printables from the collection and colored their placemats.\u00a0 They had a blast playing with the cootie catcher (a hit from last year\u2019s \u201cI Heart Valentine\u2019s Day\u201d<\/a> collection).\u00a0 An ice cream container favor box (Polka Dot Market<\/a>) was dressed up with a tissue pom (Nashville Wraps<\/a>), printable label and rik rak scallopy trim.\u00a0 Again, we kept the major elements consistent throughout the entire party.<\/p>\n

FASHION<\/strong>
\nFashion was a must and Made by Morgan<\/a> rocked our vision by creating an over sized tie and seersucker pans for her son, Ari, and an adorable dress with over sized bow for Bella.\u00a0 Bella wore a bracelet from Maggie Kate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DESSERTS<\/strong>
\nWe wanted the desserts to still look like parlor treats while being seasonally appropriate.\u00a0 What better way than to mock them up using other confections?!<\/p>\n

Got What it Cakes made ice cream cake balls displayed in both ice cream cones and waffle bowls.\u00a0 Cupcrazed Cakery<\/a> created layered giant cupcake milkshakes in parlor glasses with fondant hearts and sprinkles. Chocolate heart shaped custom lollipops (Firefly Confections<\/a>) with printable labels were stuck into red hat boxes along with cupcake pops in the shape of cupcakes from (Pop-a-razzi).\u00a0 All of our treats were embellished with printable logos, labels and tags to dress them up and keep with the theme.<\/p>\n

The cupcake cookies were custom designed to match our printable graphics perfectly (Firefly Confections). They were too pretty to just set on a plate so we displayed then sticking out of ice cream parlor glassware with a cotton candy or M&M base to keep them upright for the perfect viewing.<\/p>\n

We created the illusion of double scoop mock ice cream cones by using cotton candy in waffle cones.\u00a0 Fondant hearts finished off the top of the \u201cice cream\u201d and ribbon with printable party logo on front of cone.<\/p>\n

Regular candy bars were wrapped in pink tissue paper (Nashville Wraps<\/a>), and then with our printable wrapper.\u00a0 Rewrapping the chocolate bars in pink tissue helped keep the colors consistent instead of using the dark brown chocolate bar wrapper that comes standard.\u00a0 The chocolate bars were lined up on table on either side of the cake (tip: we used meringue cookies behind each chocolate bar to prop them up for better angles)<\/p>\n

On the bistro table, we layered M&M\u2019S in a glass sundae bowl and topped it off with Hershey\u2019s KISSES (labeled with circular labels at the bottom) and \u00a0Hershey\u2019s mini chocolate bars (with printable candy bar wrappers).\u00a0 Drink wraps were used to embellish vintage soda bottles\u00a0(My Little Love<\/a>) filled with red soda pop.\u00a0 Red\/white striped paper straws (My Little Love<\/a>) were stuck into the red soda bottles and cupcake milkshakes with a printable flag embellishment and rik rak decor to hold the spoon beside the glass.<\/p>\n

The children had a blast and were interested in every little detail of the party.\u00a0 Our printable collection shown is available in our shop here<\/a>.\u00a0 The collection includes Valentine\u2019s specific graphics as well as more general designs so that they could be used year round.\u00a0 Stay tuned for the birthday \u201csweet shop\u201d version of this sweet collection.<\/p>\n

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Credits and Sources:<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Production & Event Styling: Anders Ruff<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Printable Graphic Decor Collection: Anders Ruff<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Photography: Becca Bond Photography<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Handmade Dress, Pants & Tie: Made by Morgan<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Bracelet: Maggie Kate<\/strong>
\n<\/a> \u2013 Ice Cream Containers: Polka Dot Market<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Glass Beverage Bottles: Shop Sweet Lulu<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Red & White Paper Straws: <\/strong>My Little Love<\/strong>
\n<\/a> \u2013 Label Material for Printables: OnlineLabels.com<\/strong>
\n<\/a>\u2013 Tissue Paper and Trims: Nashville Wraps<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Cake, Ice Cream Cone Cake Pops, Cruffles: Got What It Cakes<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Cupcake Sundaes & Mini Cupcakes: Cupcrazed Cakery<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Cupcake Cake Pops: Pop-a-razzi<\/strong>
\n<\/a> \u2013 Sugar Cookies & Chocolate Heart Lollis: Firefly Confections<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Lollipops: Candy Warehouse<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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