What a better way to celebrate Halloween than look back at all the great years of Halloween past? I decided to create a yearly photo banner that you can add to each year and pull out with your Halloween decorations and enjoy for the Fall season. My boys loved seeing themselves in all their ‘spooktacular’ glory! Please download and enjoy!
I also added a few ‘BOO’ banners for fun too!
Download your 2015 Halloween Freebie here…
My husband is always very thoughtful and sweet, but this Valentine’s Day morning was over the top in cuteness! As I got ready for the morning, I heard that he had made his way downstairs to start breakfast. Such a nice gesture as we had a busy day of hockey and other activities planned.
When I finally made it to the kitchen with our three boys in tow, I found that he had been busy making us all some delicious cinnamon French toast. However, what was most sweet…they were all cut into heart shapes which just put big smiles on the boy’s faces and mine too! What I didn’t know was that the night before he had spent a good amount of time looking for my heart shaped cookie cutter to no avail! So he decided to improvise and got really creative, he made it out of a beer can and some tape :)
No flowers, jewelry or other cliché gifts could have brought me more happiness. It was such a sweet little touch that really shows he cares!
We finished off breakfast with some of my yummy homemade chocolate dipped strawberries. It was a Valentine’s Day from our hearts, ten years married and three kids to boot…we are blessed and lucky in love!
I hope you spent your Valentine’s Day with those you love!
xo
Tania
Happy Valentine’s Day!
I really do like this day and I know many are not so enthusiastic, but really how could you not make this Love day just that. L O V E, spend time today with those that make this day just a bit brighter!
Here are some of my favorite pictures of the ‘hello love’ photo shoot I had mentioned in the previous blog post. This party was feature on Hostess with the Mostess, here.
This theme was named, ‘hello love’ because the talk bubbles…do all the talking. Sayings like ‘xoxo,’ ‘be mine,’ and other sweet nothings are on cupcake toppers and are things you just might whisper to your love on this very special day. As always, I do like to add some sparkle to things so this party table was no exception. I found these cute clothespins at Micheal’s and decided to string the banner with them and add some bling!
The cupcakes were baked in cute paper wrappers. I picked them up at Homegoods as well as the old fashioned sugar heart decorations! I love shopping there because you really never know what treasure you will find!
A few of you may know that marshmallows dipped in chocolate are a staple for my party tables. I will have a tutorial on how to make these soon as I think they are so yummy and so easy!
This cake just makes me smile :) I really did not know what to expect when I read the tutorial on how to create it and I just went for it. I know it is hard to tell, but is meant to show ombre pink. Even thought that did not show as well as I had hoped, this is my favorite cake I have created so far.
I ‘mustache’… will you be mine?
In my opinion, this is the best kind of mustache. When no longer wanted, it is gone in minutes!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Full package is available in the Etsy shop, click here for details.
xo
It has been a while since I last posted, so I thought it would be nice to stay in season and discuss Valentine’s Day party ideas!
I recently styled this ‘Hello Love’ Valentine party and as I like to think that I am totally creative and original, I would like to mention the amount of inspiration I see and incorporate into my parties. Putting my own stamp on the final product is my very favorite part of party planning and styling!
Pinterest is probably my favorite place to see and gather inspiration for a party. There are so many creative people and Pinterest helps me collect fabulous ideas. Let’s start with cake! The cake I chose to create for this years Valentine party is called a petal cake. I have been seeing it all over the place and thought I just might try my hand at it. Well, I feel my first attempt was quite a success and it has a lot to do with this great tutorial I found online. Even though the blog post and recipe are in Spanish, I still understood the steps through pictures! Find the tutorial here at la receta de la felicidad.
Another cute Valentine dessert I found on Pinterest were these Oreo Cakester heart cookies by Bakerella. I was first attracted to this treat because they looked so simple…and yes, they really were very easy and tasty! I am all for small simple treats to fill a party table because the kids love the bit size and really who wants to spend endless hours prepping…not me!
I am always thinking and looking for cute backdrop ideas. I spotted this adorable floating hearts idea on Pinterest by Hank & Home Party Crafts. I had to improvise a bit because I couldn’t make holes or tape the ceiling so I used an umbrella and hung various lengths of paper punched hearts taped to bakers twine. I really liked the way it showed up on camera!
I will share the full party feature in my next blog post but for now I hope you can see a bit into my party planning mind!
xo
I do hope that everyone had a very happy holidays and those who celebrate Christmas, enjoyed their day with family and friends! Decorating a gingerbread house is a staple holiday activity for me and my boys and so I decided to make a little party of it, I know…so unlike me! I like to take every opportunity to celebrate and make memories. This party was recently featured on the Amy Atlas Sweet Designs Blog, insert little happy dance, as it is always an honor for my work to be acknowledged with a party feature~
The focus for this party was on the kiddies so I kept the treats simple and I will share my tips and tricks!
The marshmallow snowmen were put together in minutes…just two large marshmallows, a mini Oreo Cakester, some edible ink and a little ribbon! Inspiration for the snowmen can be found here.
Peppermint and white chocolate is a match made in heaven! These are so yummy and too easy to make. Just take two mini candy canes and join them to make a heart, then zap some white chocolate wafers in the microwave 30 seconds at a time and when just warm enough to melt all the wafers, pour with a spoon to fill the heart centers. I like to put these on wax or parchment paper so they can peel off nice and easy.
I found the adorable reindeer cupcake holder at Winners, HomeGoods for my American friends.
This was the table setup for the little elf decorators! They each had a house (assembled ahead of time), candies to decorate and a favor pillow with treats!
This cute wish list and letter to Santa is included in the party package as well!
Nimble little fingers were hard at work!
My youngest Karlo would frost, place the candy and then immediately proceed to eating the candy! He’s a sugar junkie…like his momma!!
I hope you enjoyed our little gingerbread party and I have left you with some cut photo prop pics! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
The full party package is available in my Etsy shop, click here for details~
xo
I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween. We are from Westcoast Canada and well, it was a very wet Halloween, but fun nonetheless. I wanted to setup a small sweets table (and display my free 2012 Halloween banner) for the kiddos before their trick or treating. I chose to stay with a black and white color scheme with pops of color here and there.
I found these really cute spider cupcake holders at HomeSense (HomeGoods). They were just too cute to pass up!
I also found these sparkly Halloween themed stickers at Michael’s just a few days before the big day and decided to make them the cupcake toppers.
The one treat that I did get around to making were these mummy pretzel sticks. They were so easy…these mummies were yummy!
You can download this banner in the freebie section, just right click and save to your computer and you can have a head start to next years decorations.
All the best!
xo
tania
Last year’s Trick or Treat Halloween Party was so fun and cute that I thought it would be great to share! It was bright and friendly for all our pint sized guests and they could not be happier with the sweet feast provided.
My sister made these cute mummy cupcakes and she said they were fairly easy too! I think they are just too cute!
The party package is full of so many great printables to make your party that little bit more special!
Happy Halloween!
With Halloween around the corner, I wanted to share these really great sweets recipes that I have been collecting and planning to create this year, I hope you can find one or two things to inspire you to get baking! 
So tonight, our family went together to pick out the boys Halloween costumes. I would have loved to have done this sooner in the season because, as most last minute people know, it is slim pickings! However, it is not procrastination on my part, rather my boys change their minds so many times before Halloween that I have in the past, bought up to three costumes each before the big day. I am getting smarter each year and have outwitted them this time…hopefully, but only time will tell!
As the header of this post reads, “Halloween Sweets…and Treat,” I want to share my Friday Freebie as the treat! It is a Happy Halloween Banner and Party Sign along with a Neighbourhood “BOO-ed” activity. To download the printables, go to my “freebies” tab on my top menu bar.
Please share this post with your friends or Pin It to help spread the word!
Happy Trick or Treating!
xo
tania
To credit the talented bakers and crafters, find links to the recipes below…
Candy Corn Krispie Treats and Gourmet Caramel Apples by Glorious Treats
Back to School…this phrase has been a constant for me for most of my life. Many may not know, but I am was an elementary school teacher. I do take a few substitute days here and there as I still enjoy the bustle of classroom life and I am not quite ready to give it up entirely. With my own son entering Kindergarten this year, I have a whole new perspective and feel like the nervous momma bear letting her little cub venture off on his own for the first time. I know he is excited and eager and well, I am too…just a little sad that he won’t be tugging at my arm at any point in the day to let me know he loves me or that his brother ‘touched him.’
When I created this party package, I was inspired by bright bold colors and cute craft projects. This theme is young at heart, but it can still please an adult eye with its clean graphic patterns. It is the ‘I heart School’ Back to school pack, and pardon my pun but it is ‘chalk’ full of fun ideas!
I had some super cute apple cake pops made up by Carmen of Carmen’s Sweet Creations. They tasted as yummy as they looked!
C is for Cookies and wow did Evon of Cookievonster create some beautiful back to school edible cookie-art! There were so many wonderful details to the designs that I just couldn’t bring myself to eat any…well, maybe just one…ok, ok two!
There are some cute take to school printables; ‘you are so sharp’ would be a great holiday gift for the teacher and/or boys and girls in the class, ‘you are one smart cookie’ is nice to send off in your kiddos lunch kit for the first day of school!
Two bookplate designs are great to make sure your child comes home with their books each day, but they can also be used at home for books in the family library too!
The party package has A-Z and 1-10 Flashcards, Preschool to Grade 12 mini pennants, toppers, tags, mini notes to teacher and friends and so much more. It will have more uses than just the decor for the party you will have, possibilities are as endless as your imagination. Have fun with it and make it your own!
Taking pictures of the kids after they have enjoyed the party can be challenging at best. They are on a blissful sugar high and have no desire to sit and pose, but yes we try anyway. Here are some funny snapshots of what would seem to be a simple picture!
I hope all of you and your lil kiddies have a great back to school start to the year ahead. Be sure to pick up this fun and sweet I heart School package to celebrate this special time!
all the best ~
Full party package is available in my Etsy shop, click here to view.
xo
tania
Easter is right around the corner! I designed a NEW Easter Printable Party Collection that is so bright and cute, it is hard not to smile when you see it! I started the design process by thinking of the color combo and I wanted it to incorporate a rainbow of bight pastels…pinks, yellows, greens and blues.
These bunny cupcakes are so easy to assemble and full instructions are provided with the party package. I even added some extra cuteness with the cotton tail!
Somebunny got an invitation to an Egg Hunt!
Pom poms on party hats always make for a nice finish, but it is even more sweet with the Easter package as it echoes the cotton tail! I also think the burlap and twine are a great neutral base for all the happy spring colors.
This party package comes with so many more items, I just can’t fit it all in this post.
Are you planning on celebrating Easter with a beautiful gathering with family and friends?
The full party package is available in the Etsy shop!
www.taniasdesignstudio.etsy.com
xo
tania
