Special Delivery: Sweet & Easy Party Favors

ANOTHER sweet baby boy is on the way next month! Which means another reason to eat delicious desserts and giggle with the gals. I was in charge of putting together party favors. I know I have done it once already, but these lemon cookies really are irresistible....and easy. So. Easy. 

Did I mention delicious?

You can find the original recipe here. All you need is a box of lemon cake mix, 8 oz of whiped cream, an egg and powdered sugar for coating. I made the cookies smaller (1 tsp) so that they would fit in the favor boxes. It also makes them a little less cake-y.

Other supplies:

- Favor boxes (I used 2x2" boxes)

-Washi tape 

- Kraft Tags

- Parchment for wrapping cookies (for these boxes I cut 2x9" strips)

Place parchment in the box along with four cookies.

Decorate in washi tape. The theme of this shower was Special Delivery/airplanes but this would be fun in some bright neon colors or even your basic baby blues and pinks. 

For the tags I created vintage style cargo tags with Kraft tags, washi tape and a Sharpie pen. I used the airport code for our city along with the ETA/due date.  

 

 I really love the way they turned out and the fact that I was able to get it all done while the toddler napped.

Snips & Snails

Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE being the mom of a boy?

I do not just love him, I truly like him. He makes me laugh. For 2.5 he has quite the sense of humor. He thinks he is a lion...or a train...sometimes both. Soon he will be graduating from my one and only Duke to my Big Duke. A big brother. I think he is going to be great.

Hombrecito.

Today I put together a handsome little treasury for those little men out there. I am loving grey and red right now!

Find treasury Here

Custom Orders Done!

Shew! The last of the custom orders were delivered today and let me say I feel relieved! I was getting down to the wire with Baby on the way. I had a lot of fun creating these dolls for all of my LOVELY customers!

I am a little bit sad to be putting the sewing machine in the closet for awhile but I am looking forward to starting a new adventure with my growing family. I am also excited about reopening the shop late this Summer or early in the Fall with some fresh ideas!

Totally 80s Baby Shower!

Earlier this month my girlfriends threw the most perfect baby shower for me and my Little Duke.  Since Little Duke is going to be my second boy and Big Duke is only 2, I did not expect too much. But let me tell you, it was perfect, is was amazing. It was RADICAL!

I cannot tell you how excited I was when I received my invite:

A ransom note? 80s wear? A surprise? It was just right. 

After driving around a little town we arrived at an old school Town theater. I really wish I would have taken the time to take some pictures outside of the theater but I was too excited to think about that. We were having my baby shower at a movie theater! Who knew you could rent out a movie theater?!

  

We got to act like goof balls, watch Breakfast Club, eat unlimited amounts of popcorn and soda followed by the most delicious cake (that looked like popcorn!) 

It has been a couple of weeks since the shower but I am still so excited that this actually happened. It was SO much fun and SO perfect.