Superior Nut Company Product Review

I had the pleasure of receiving some great items from Mary and the Superior Nut Company. I was able to pick any item I wanted, so I chose candy for the Candy Buffet I was doing. It's always great to find new vendors and this one is fantastic. The shipping is super quick also.

It's all about presentation with me. When I received my package for the Superior Nut Company, I was very impressed. Check it out below.

Below are pictures of the candy buffet. The candy from the Superior Nut Company was simple perfection. I loved the pearl powder blue sixlets. Besides the beautiful colors, they were super delicious and a great price.

So check out the Superior Nut Company here. Now is a great time to get some great father's day gifts!

Bee's & Bears Baby Shower-Brown & Yellow

Theme: Bees, Bears & Baby -Sweet as Honey

With some doubt-due to color combination(not my favorite if I failed to mention-lol), I think the shower turned out pretty spectacular.

This was a budget friendly shower with a lot of dollar store finds. I get so excited when I find the perfect items at a great price!

Here goes the details

Dessert Table

The backdrop was made of 3 foam boards on sell at Micheal's for .99 a piece. I just hot glued them together and added some scotch tape. Then I wrapped it with the perfect light yellow wrapping paper from the dollar tree. I made the banner with polka dot paper found at Hobby Lobby for .59 with 50% off. I used about 4 12x12 sheets. The brown ribbon was found at Micheal's for 1.99 with 50 % off. The the bonus of planning early, you get to take advantage of all the sales.

My first attempt at making poms. They were pretty easy & inexpensive

I made all the signage myself to cute down on cost. I used the scrap paper from the banner and used sticker paper from Staples. Then cut it out with a circle hole puncher. Less expensive than buying the circle labels.
My 1.99(for 5) bees from Hobby Lobby was placed throughout the shower.
Candy was purchased at Bulkfoods.com. I like them because different sizes are available and the price is great. Plus you can't beat the $5 shipping. My delightful friend Heather made the perfect and adorable Bee and Bear cookies. I'm trying to get her to open up an etsy shop. She is a fabulous baker. They were so Yummy! That's right I tried one.

Who doesn't love Teddy Grahams. They were perfect for the theme. I also found these polka dot yellow favor boxes at the dollar tree-8 for a dollar. Super cute! Spring time Oreos(brown & yellow)-Perfect touch. They even had a bee on some of them.

Cake and Cupcakes from Cakes Plus (of course). To save on the budget I suggested to the host to get a smaller cake and then the rest of the party received cupcakes. Same great taste with variety in flavors. Can't beat that!

Another look at the Centerpieces. I did add a sign that brought an additional personal touch to the shower. For the budget friendly prices read my previous post here.

The location had bare white walls. If I had more of a budget I would have definitely filled this space with more decorations. But, the simplicity of the white table clothes, brown chairs, yellow poms and cute centerpieces did just fine on their own.

Off to the side was the food table with brown linen clothes and yellow overlays(I left before this was completely set with food-remember I don't do food-lol). All linens were from my collection. But they were purchased at my go to spot- efavormart.com

Hope you enjoyed!

Sneak Peek-Bears & Bees Baby Shower

The shower was such a cute delight. I really enjoyed putting this dessert table together. The colors worked perfectly and the Bees and Bears were such a cute touch.

Just a little snippet. I'll post the rest of the pictures soon.

Featured

Enchanted Expectations was featured on Chic to the Nines. What a lovely site with a lot of Chic inspiration and I am honored to be a part. See the full posting here.

OMG! Lindsay also has a fabulous Etsy shop full of vintage inspired jewelry. I am dying over this piece below . Check out her etsy shop here.

Girl Nautical Baby Shower-Pink and Navy

Somehow, I have been deemed the Office Baby Shower Girl. The next one is for a male(who by the way requested a shower-Is that against man law?) and is having a girl. I decided on a Navy(for him) and Pink(for her) shower. His wife will of course be in attendance :-).

I also love these invitations from Ink Obsession Designs & Party Box Design.

Photo Credits

Cake: Bear heart Baking

Dress: Pinky Scout

Table Setting: Over Cocktails

Invitation: Red Stamp

Candy Buffet: Hostess with the Mostess

Boat Favors: Baby Shower Bliss

Centerpiece: Couture Parties

Invitation 2: Ink Obsession Designs

Invitation 3: Party Box Design

Bees & Bears Baby Shower

I wanted to share what I have been doing this last week. The Bees & Bears Baby Shower is coming up soon and I was initially only doing a dessert table, but now I'm styling the entire event. The client however is on a tight budget, but I believe that I came up with some budget friendly centerpieces. Check them out below.

Centerpiece 1

Can you believe that they have these cute little brown bears at the dollar store..perfect. The boxes I got from Michael's for a previous party. Small box is 1.29 and large is 1.59. Ribbon from Micheal's at 50% off this week plus an extra 15% with a coupon. The flowers are from Micheal's at 60% off this week. The bees are from Hobby Lobby 1.99 for 5 bees.

Centerpiece 2

The polka dot container I have had for about a year and never got to use it. Perfect chance! 5.99 from Home Goods. Just added some flowers, bees and a yellow ribbon.

So what do you think?

I've been nominated!

How exciting! Someone has nominated me for Top 25 Party Planning Moms. I'm am just honored to be in the company of the other nominees. So if you would like please vote for me. Only one vote per day and voting closes on April 11th. Vote Here

Yellow and Brown Baby Shower "Bees and Bears"

I call this one Bees and Bears Baby Shower. I was contacted to complete a Brown and Yellow baby shower dessert buffet. This was not one of my favorite color pallets, but after searching the web for inspiration, I became very excited and love the colors. It is some great parties out here, so be sure to go to the credit links below and check them out.

So with the Dessert buffet I plan on using flower cookies, several different candy, pretzel sticks, caramel popcorn and cupcakes. I will incorporate the bees and bears in the signage and in the other decor. I love the pennant banner so this will definitely be a party of the backdrop with some possible poms. Very Simple but Beautiful

Credits:
Pretzel Sticks: babushka bakery's
Table setting, poms and penant sign: Shower by chelle paperie features on the Sweetest Occassion Blog
Invitation: My Good Greetings
Candy: Candy Warhouse
Flower cookies: Bubble and Sweet
Bear cupcakes: The Art of Being Perfect
Cones & popcorn:Yellow Birthday Party by Imprintables
Pennant banner and dessert buffet: 1st Birthday Party Photos by Kelly Chau

Discount linens

It's nothing like having the perfect linens to match your party decor. Once a year, two of my favorite party rental locations offer up some great gently used items for sale. I have listed the details below. Happy Shopping!

Gala Cloths Sidewalk Sale
You're Invited to Shop our 20th Anniversary Sidewalk Sale at our Maryland Showroom!
Friday & Saturday April 1 & 2, 2011 10AM-4PM Both Days Rain or Shine

New ... Nearly-New ... & Gently-Used Table Linens and Napkins Rounds, Squares, Banquets * Sheers, Solids, Prints, Taffeta's, Damasks Prices Start at $8(Sorry, no previews!)

Directions located at GalaCloths.com

Select Event Rentals Sidewalk Sale
Save the Date
Time to Shop and Save
They are making room
Rain or Shine
Visit the King of Prussia warehouse
Saturday March 26, 2011
9am to 4pm
450 S Henderson Rd King of Prussia, PA

Summer Joy Bridal Shower

I am throwing a summer bridal shower. I love the summer time! When I started to think of colors, I remembered that my best friend sorority colors are salmon pink and apple green. She loves these colors and even has a room in her house in the colors. I also remembered that when we were going over colors for her wedding, she fell in love with pink and grey.

So what's a girl to do? Well if you know me, you know that I am not afraid of mixing colors. So I'm going with all of them. The color pallet will be Apple green, Salmon pink and Grey. After I did the inspiration board, I knew it was perfect.

I just love the design on the cake. I'm thinking of incorporating this in the shower.

Photo Credits:
Green Cupcake: Wedding Obsession
Invitation: Honey and Bloom
Pink Shoes: Christian Lacroix
Cake: The Sweet and Saucy Shop
Dress: Amsale
Table Setting: In Style
Macaroons: Chelsea Victoria Art
Cupcakes: Blisstree