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Unique Handmade Cake Toppers

These handmade cake toppers by Madeline Trait are made from laser cut plywood and hand painted. Colors and sayings are customizable. If you're not the best cake decorator, these are sure to dress up the simplest cake!

*All photos are owned by Madeline Trait

Garden Party Baby Shower

Check out this gorgeous garden party baby shower. This shower was styled by 3's A Party & there isn't a thing I don't like about it...it's all perfection! Love the vintage feel and the bright florals.

For more photos from this shower, head over to Sweet Designs blog.

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Watercolor Themed Event Ideas & DIYs

Here are 10 decorating ideas for a watercolor themed birthday party, baby shower or wedding.

1.  DIY Paper Cone Garland - Jacks & Kate  

2. Pastel Layered Cake - Eye Heart Pretty Things

 

3. DIY Watercolor Save the Date Postcards - Project Wedding

4. DIY Watercolor Gift Tags - eat drink chic

5. DIY Watercolor Party Streamers - dandee

6. DIY Watercolor Confetti (Invitations) - One Charming Party

7. DIY Watercolor Favor Boxes - julep

8. DIY Watercolor Napkins - Paper & Stitch

9. Watercolor Wine Glass Tags - stephmodo

10. Watercolor Cup Wrapper Printables - vixenMade

 

This post was inspired by this amazing watercolor themed birthday party by The Handmade Home:

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Retro Flamingo Adult Pool Party

Wow, it's already August 1st! For some of you that means the fall air will start blowing in, for others it just means it's a little bit hotter. Here are some ideas for an end-of-summer, flamingo-themed, adult pool party. This theme would also be great for a poolside baby shower, bridal shower, engagement party, or just a girls' night.

 

Party Decor:

1. Flamingo Yard Decorations found at Oriental Trading
2. Mini Kettle Grill found on Ebay
3. Inflatable Floating Flamingo Coasters found at Wally's Party Factory
4. Inflatable Portable Beer Pong Table found at portOpong
5. Flamingo Picks found at PartyCheap
6. Paper Pinwheel Tissue Fans found at Koyal Wholesale
7. Parasol Beach Umbrella found at Walmart
8. Flamingo Wine Glass found at Wally's Party Factory
9. Mini Pink Polka Dot Beach Balls found at Oriental Trading

 

Invitations:

Retro Flamingo Pool Party Invitation from Sendo Online Invitations.

 

Party Treats:

• Flamingo Cake Pops - Flamingo Picks can be purchased here. Photo via LittleBigCo

• Pink Margarita Recipe: 1 1/2 oz. tequila, 1/4 oz. Campari, 1/2 oz. fresh lemon juice, and 1/2 oz. honey. Add all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Serve on the rocks and garnish with a lemon slice and mint leaf. Recipe via Cosmopolitan

• Watermelon Pops via Real Simple

 

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Edible Flower Chart, Recipes and Tips

Edible flowers can be a beautiful addition, but make sure they are super fresh and not wilted or they can be unpleasant. Here is a simple, yet helpful chart, a few recipes and other useful information on adding edible flowers to your food.

Edible Flower Chart by Sugar and Charm

Edible Flower Angel Food Cake with Sour Cream Glaze Recipe from Good Housekeeping. This link also includes tips on finding and buying, cleaning and storing & how to use edible flowers.

Lillet Spring Rose Cocktail Recipe from Martha Stewart

Edible Flower Spring Roll Recipe from Once Upon a Plate

Edible Flower Ice Cubes, photo from Lucy Says I Do

Herb and Cheese Canapés w/ Edible Flowers Recipe from Vegetable Gardener

 

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Cakes Filled with Secret Surprises

Who doesn't love a piñata? Here are some photo ideas of piñata cakes, a unique twist on a traditional dessert that will surprise your guests. Love the gender reveal cake, what a great idea!

Gender Reveal Piñata Cake from Betty Crocker

Pink Piñata Cake from Ni Blog, Ni Bloga

Berry Filled Piñata Cake from Healthfully Ever After

Stacked Donut Piñata Cake from Corner Blog

Round Piñata Cake from A Subtle Revelry

Chocolate Piñata Cake from The Crafting Foodie

 

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Cloud Parade Wedding/Event Marketplace & Planning Inspiration

Cloud Parade is the first ever online marketplace to shop and design your own event. You can filter by categories, colors or styles to navigate around the site and find items or inspiration for your dream wedding or other event. If you find items you like, put them in your own 'Cloud' & purchase them directly from the Cloud Parade site. You can also view other brides/vendors 'Clouds' and if you want to purchase everything in their 'Cloud', there is an "I want it all" option and every item in that 'Cloud' will be placed in your cart. Sounds easy enough....now, happy Cloud hunting!

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Meri Meri : Award-Winning Party Supplies, Baking Products & Stationary

Meri Meri carries boutique-style, high quality, award-winning, party supplies, baking products, stationary, and gift packaging.

In 1985 Meri Meri started creating cards from her kitchen table in Los Angeles, CA. By 1987 she had a network of moms working from home & they began selling their stationary in stores like Bergdorf Goodman. This creative network of moms working from home grew to 20 designers and artworkers now based out of England & selling all over the world.

I love their unique, boutique-style supplies that you won't find anywhere else. Here are some examples of a few of their collections:

1. Toot Sweet - Mix it & Match it Party Supplies

2. Fundamental Party Supplies

3. Dinosaur Party Supplies

4. Princess Party Supplies

5. Flower Fairy Party Supplies

Their party collections include: Boy, Girl, Baby, First Birthday, Bridal Shower, Tea Party, and General party supplies.

 

Visit us at Sendo if you would like to design and create custom online invitations for your party, like this Fairy party invitation. You can send us custom logos or graphics to add to one of our existing designs, send us your HTML or graphic files or we can create a custom design for you.

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Geometric Party or Wedding - DIY Inspiration

1. DIY Fondant Edible Geometric Cake Toppers: These don't look too difficult to make. You can buy pre-made fondant at a craft store (like Michaels) and color it with food coloring, then cut out the shapes with cookie cutters.
2. DIY Geometric Piñata Tutorial: Made from cardboard boxes, masking tape & tissue or crepe paper. 
3. DIY Faceted Geometric Drink Stirrers: With just a few small supplies you can create these drink stirrers and paint them any color you like.
4. Rockpool Jewel Soap $10.67 USD: I love these little jewel soaps. They would make the perfect party/wedding favor.
5. Minimal Geometric Ombré Cake: These geometric pieces look like they are made out of fondant. As I mentioned above with the Geometric cake toppers... you can buy white fondant, roll, cut out the shapes & brush stroke edible coloring to give it the painted look.
6. DIY Geometric Tissue Paper Lanterns: Inexpensive to make and great event decór addition.
7. Geometric Napkin Inspiration: I did not find a DIY on this exact photo, but I did find this tutorial with printable geometric shapes. After they are folded & glued/taped, you could paint them or cover them with glue and glitter.
8. Custom Printed Geometric Faceted Wedding Favor Envelopes: Available in multiple colors. Fill these little envelopes with flower seeds and they make a great wedding/party favor.
9. DIY Wood Geometric Cake Toppers: Simple, inexpensive to make & customizable.

 

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Pineapple Party? Yes, Please!

When is an apple not an apple? When it's a pineapple!

I ran across these modern, Andy Warhol-ish, pineapple party supplies by SKOT and I couldn't help but share them with you! Now you can "Party like a Pineapple".

This pineapple cake is by Coco Cake Land. They have some amazing cakes, but you could DIY this as well.

 

NEED INVITATIONS?

To create custom online party invitations for your pineapple party visit us at www.sendomatic.com. When customizing with Sendomatic you can:

• Add a logo or graphic to one of our exsiting designs
• Send us your HTML or graphic files
• Have us create a design for you