Dinosaur Birthday Party

On June 27, I hosted about 40 people for my son Jackson’s 3rd Birthday. I created this green, orange and blue dinosaur themed party complete with a dessert table that had a homemade dinosaur cake, cookies, candy dipped cake pops (Fun Fetti and Devil’s Food), candy dipped marshmallows and a full candy buffet (3 colors of Sixlets, 3 flavors of Twizzlers, 2 flavors of gummy bears, M&Ms, jelly beans, peach slices, candy dinosaur suckers). Thanks to Jerri at Sweet Treats & Designs for the candy and the amazing Dinosaur lollipops. For décor, I hung fishing line and attached small pom poms. For favors, guests received a pail (for digging up dinosaurs) that included a sucker, cookie, dinosaur information card and a pack of dinosaurs.

Children's Parties

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From helping to create a theme and/or color scheme, we can do it all and within a budget of any size. We create extravagant parties on small budgets. From birthday banners to party decor to creating favors to baking and creating tasty goodies. We will come to you home or party venue to set-up and clean-up. We will even help to entertain your party guests if needed.

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Black and Yellow Graduation Party

To honor my younger sister graduating with her Masters in Education from Pacific Lutheran University, we decided to host a party along with my mom and my sister's boyfriend.

The theme of our event was an ode to Black and Yellow, PLU's colors. I created a dessert buffet table complete with black and yellow sixlets from Sweet Treats & Designs, yellow licorice and I made candy coated cake balls and marshmallows topped off with devil’s food cake cupcakes with homemade yellow buttercream frosting with a black sixlet on top.

As for the décor of the table I used yellow and black tablecloths and I made the tissue paper pom poms.

Channeling my inner Martha Stewart

To prepare for upcoming weddings and parties this season, I have been doing a lot of research about dessert table set-ups and I came across two imaginative ideas for great-looking and tasty treats: cake pops and chocolate dipped marshmallows pops. During my weekly trip to JoAnn Fabrics, I found Wilton Candy melts, paper lollipop sticks and other decorating tools and I decided I couldn't wait to try out one of the new ideas so I went with the dipped marshmallow pops since it was late and I didn't want to start a big project at bedtime. To my surprise they were so easy and fun to make. My boys even wanted to make their own it was such a creative project with very little mess. I had so much fun making them, that I decided to make enough for my son's preschool class as today was his last day of school, marking his three-year end to preschool and is now an official kindergartner. To make the presentation a little more artistic then just placed in a styrofoam block, I used a tin container lined with red tissue paper, it also made transporting the 30 pops a lot easier.

Spotlight: Christopher Flowers

This past weekend, I had the immense pleasure to work with Christopher from Christopher Flowers at an amazing wedding at the Alderbrook Resort. I was so impressed with his work, I wanted to feature him here.

Why did your start your company?
"I started Christopher Flowers after working for another florist for just over a year. I wanted to develop my own style and concentrate on events and weddings. It was scary at first, but I started out small and have been able to let the business grow naturally. "

What is your favorite part working with brides?:
"My favorite part of working with a bride is taking all her ideas and inspirations (sometimes vague and sometimes very specific!) and then adapting them into a unique design that reflects her personality and also complements the setting. When clients trust me to create something for them it always turns out great."

What makes Christopher Flowers stand out from the rest?:
"I think some of the things that make me stand out are my natural, balanced design style and harmonious sense of color. I'm also very organized, and work hard to keep each event on track so that everything turns out the best it possibly can."

Advice you would give a bride in selecting a florist.
"It's a very personal decision, and each bride is looking for something different. I recommend looking for a Floral Designer with a portfolio that displays a wide variety of styles; an experienced florist who has created a diverse range of designs will be able to take your vision and make it happen. Pick your favorite two or three florists to meet with, and be candid with them about your budget. If they know how much you want to spend, they can suggest options that will work for you."

What are the new trends you're seeing?
"I'm seeing a resurgence of very romantic, lush arrangements with a wonderful mixture of botanical textures! I love this style, and it can be adapted to many venues through the use of different color palettes. Colorful, multi-cultural influences, and garden-inspired designs are also very popular, along with the use of unusual, homegrown flowers and foliage. "

Christopher Flowers
www.christopherflowers.biz
info@christopherflowers.biz
206.619.5337
Blog: web.me.com/smith4flowers


All photos by Barbie Hull Photography (http://www.barbiehull.com/)