This sweet "Bubbles & Brunch" celebration for adorable Ellison is a guest post. This busy DIY mommy made almost everything seen in the photos for her precious little girl's big day! Thank you for inviting us to take photographs of your special memories......

I LOVE cakes! And, so do my children! I find it so easy to locate amazing cakes on Pinterest, only to be shocked once I find out how much it costs to have them recreated by local bakeries. In many cases, you can create your own one-of-a-kind party cakes using grocery store cakes as a base.

I recently had the pleasure of styling 2 different princess parties, both of which who used my cake idea in a slightly different way.

To create these simple cakes, start with an 8-10" textured white cake from any grocery store. Both cakes used a textured, vertical ribbon design in buttercream frosting. For the topper, simple tiaras were used. My favorite sources for tiaras include Target, Dollar Tree, Oriental Trading and Birthday Express. Generally speaking, you can purchase a tiara for under $4. To finish the cake, simply wrap the base with 1 1/2-2 inch grosgrain ribbon and secure it using a straight pin in the back (just remember to remove when serving :)).  For an added touch, lay a princess wand in front of the cake made from the same material as the topper.

To recreate a cake like this, expect to spend about $30.

Bubbles are such a popular theme for young kiddos! After all, what toddler doesn’t love bubbles!? These adorable twins celebrated their 1st birthday surrounded by family, friends & loads of bubble themed party decorations. It was such a joy to plan and we hope that you enjoy the photos!

Some details to look for include: 
-Bubble theme party printables 
-Bubble theme smash cakes for each of the twins 
-Bubble themed activities: bubble wands, bubble machines and a bubble inspired ball pit

Main Dessert Table 
The centerpieces to this fun bubble themed table included the tower of cupcakes with personalized toppers and the adorable bubble theme smash cakes for each of the twins. To satisfy snacking cravings, we served a variety of breakfast items, including mini muffins, mini donut holes, blueberries, grapes and bright blue jello cups. To pull the concept and color scheme together, we used blue and white gift wrap as a table runner, a bubble theme banner and 2 balloon bouquets which anchored the ends of the table.

Children’s Tables 
We kept these tables clean and modern in design, using navy linens and orange personalized paper placemats. On each of the tables were crayons to keep tiny hands busy and buckets of bubble wands.

Party Activities 
The party’s hit was definitely the pool, particularly in the Houston heat! But, guests also enjoyed bubble wands, bubble machines, and the bubble ball pool for the tiniest guests.

Party Favors 
In keeping with the party theme, each guest went home with personalized bubbles and a sweet favor tag reading, “Thanks for Popping By Our Party!”

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Summer is HERE! 

And, what better way to cool yourself or your guests off than with delicious ice cream.

Add a bit of personality to your ice cream service with decorated cream cones. Use our FREE cone wrapper template to create one-of-a-kind decorations at your next backyard picnic, pool party or birthday bash.

We recently created watermelon themed ice cream cones for our dessert bar for Madeleine's Sweet Seventh pool party. 

Simply trace our template onto patterned card stock, trim and wrap cones of any shape and size. Secure with tape, monogrammed stickers or simple dot stickers.

Enjoy!

Some of the highlights of this 3rd birthday party included the pirate gear dress up station greeting guests upon their arrival, the "Dig for Buried Treasure" stations where guests could fill their Loot buckets with treasure buried in sand and the "Fairyed Treasure at Mermaid Lagoon" sensory pool for the littlest guests.