Whimsical Garden Cake

Make a delicious and beautiful Whimsical Garden Cake to celebrate Spring!! (or the lack of it here in NJ LOL)

I made this cake for my mother in law this past weekend...she loves gardening, flowers and we celebrated her bday!♥

Your need:


♥ A birthday cake (I made a vanilla shortcake with strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream)
♥ Decorated sugar cookies (1 dozen mini cookies aprox.)
♥ Fondant
♥ Edible Markers
♥ Disco Dust {Lots!}

What to do:


♥ Ice your mini sugar cookies with flowers, mushrooms, clouds, butterflies...etc.
♥ Add Disco Dust to as many mini cookies as you want! (as you can see I almost did it in all of them!)
♥ Ice your cake with your homemade buttercream recipe. Let set for at least 30 minutes inside the fridge.
♥ Decorate your cake placing the decorated cookies (when they are compatibly dried) around the cake as you go!
♥ Add personalization with a little fondant, using edible markers. I made some mini flowers and a mini banner, as you can see I wrote my mother in law's name on it :) and done!
♥ You can place the cake back into the fridge until you're ready to share it!

on both sides

On the back...

And the final look!

Enjoy!!
xoxo

3 DIY Spring Crafts

I'm so excited Spring is officially here! ...well NJ is taking it's time LOL but we'll get there :)

I found 3 great DIY Spring Crafts that you can use to decor a beautiful Garden Party and the best part you can use them after wards to decorate your own home.

First DIY Craft: Create a Hankie Table Runner

How:

To make a table runner, measure the length of your table (plus overhang) to determine how many hankies you'll need (we used ten 12-inch squares for an 82-inch-long table). To connect the first two, flip them pattern side down, overlapping the edges by about ⅜ inch; pin, then stitch together. Continue attaching handkerchiefs in this manner until the runner is complete.

Second DIY Craft: Vintage Flower Vase

  

How:

Simply line up nine same-size vessels in three rows of three. Then wrap gardener's twine around the grouping twice and tie the ends. Finish the blooming display by placing two to three stems in each container.

and

Third DIY Craft: Rose Napkin Rings

How:

Brighten up your table for entertaining with these floral napkin rings. Buy faux roses in your favorite hues at a crafts store, then sew them, singly or in pairs, onto regular hair elastics with a few stitches.

 Easy! and beautiful details...for more DIY projects like these ones go to Country Living.com

Enjoy!!

xoxo

Spring Cookie Bouquet

Spring is almost here! Can you feel it?

Beautiful flowers, fresh fruits and sunny days will be here in no time...have a Picnic party! and make this beautiful Spring Cookie Bouquet.

You will need:

Pretty Spring ribbon

 

I used 3 different ribbons. One with roses, one with strawberries and another one with polka dots.

Get inspired

Bake a couple of sugar cookies with lolli sticks inspired in the patterns of the ribbons you picked, The lolli sticks will help you to insert them inside the bouquet.

Put it together

 

1 metal bucket or box

Wrapping tissue paper

Small stereo foam piece

Spring ribbons

Clear tape

Clean your metal container. Place your stereo foam piece inside and cover with wrapping tissue paper, just as shown in the picture above.

Insert the lolli cookies one by one and be careful! don't try to force it into the stereo foam, sometimes you just have to look for another spot :) or your lolli cookie will brake.

Another option

If you don't have a metal bucket, you can use a pretty mason jar...they are easy to find at your grocery store.

Enjoy!!

xoxo