Piggie Party!!

Finally I can share with you mi favorite photos from my daughter's birthday party!
She's a piggie lover and this is all she's been wanting since last years Charlie and Lola's classroom party!

I've been preparing for some time, even had an all nighter creating and designing... but it was worth it!
I truly loved the end result, but I wish I had more time or more helping hands... not all of my ideas could be executed because people began to arrive to the party!!!  I vowed not to do another party away from my home because I was only allowed to do so much in the neighborhood clubhouse and to arrive there to decorate  3hrs. before the party, so all future parties will be held at home!!

Por fin puedo compartir con ustedes mis fotos favoritas de la fiesta de mi hija, ella es amante de los cochitos y esto es lo que me ha pedido desde su ultima fiesta!!!
Me prepare con bastante tiempo, hasta pase una noche sin dormir creando y disenando... pero valio la pena!  Realmente estoy contenta con el resultado final,  si me hubiera gustado tener mas tiempo y mas ayuda...  de hecho, no todas mis ideas puedieron realizarse porque la gente comenzo a llegar a la fiesta!! He prometido no volver a hacer una fiesta fuera de casa porque en nuestra casa club solo nos permitieron hacer algunas cosas y ademas solo decorar el salon 3 hrs antes del evento, asi es que el proximo festejo y todo las futuras fiestas seran en casa!!

StarWars dessert table (bar)

A few days ago I shared that I was preparting to set a Starwars dessert bar for my nephew's birthday party, as I told you before... I am new to the boy scene.  All my experience has been with girl parties, i've done rockstar, alice in wonderland, build a bear, minnie mouse, dumbo's circus, wizard of oz and lady bugs....   StarWars is my very first boy themed dessert table, and to be my first I thought it went pretty good... what do you think?

Pretzel Stick light saber dipped in chocolate and in colored candy coating.

Marshmallow Stormtrooper with chocolate pipped masks!

Yoda Yummies.... a variety of chocolates in silver and blue.

Clear cups with "Tostitos" and "churritos" filled the levels of the Dark Force Tower!

DeathStar Pops were cake balls on a stick!

These gumball skewers were one of my favorite... green/brown for Yoda and red/black for Vader!

Brownies with chocolate ganache coating in star shaped pans with hand made toppers!

...here's a detail of the pipping for the DeathStar pops!

Oreo pops w/sprinkles resembled Chubacca's fur!

my signature caramel/chocolate dipped granny smith apples in Yoda and Dath colors!

more apples to add some color into the tower.

                                                     

to top off the dark force tower I used tamarind rods as Darth Vader's red lightsaber!

other quotes from the movie were used throughout the party,

Jedi Juice was used at the beverage stand,

and "StarWars Coffee" was cleverly used by the cofffee machine!

Cards are here...

my cards are here finally!  They look good but with one huge problem : my name is not on them... I don't know what happened, was it my mistake or theirs... but the companies name IS on it, aswell as all the contact information so I will hand them out and hope for the best!


por fin llegaron mis tarjetas!  Se ven bien pero tienen un gran error:  no tienen mi nombre!!!   No se que sucedio... si fue mi error o de ellos, pero el nombre de la compania si esta bien asi como toda la informacion de contacto, telefonos y correos electronicos...   asi que las repartire, y esperare lo mejor!

still no business cards...

monday monday......
and still no delivery... no business cards; had to come up with something last minute with some colorful cardstock and colored sharpies to hand out on Saturdays birthday party!


But thank God the candy/tostitos bar was a success! Everything turned out perfect, well almost, once again I had no time to put on the hanging banner of silver stars (was suppose to hang on the skirt of the table) and the background was not added to this table because of the way the back wall and window were....  oh well, all in all it turned out good and most of the guests were impressed and asked me about my work!!!


Im still working on gathering all the photos we took so I can post them and share with you...




Lunes...
y aun sin mi pedido...  sin tarjetas de presentacion;  tuve que improvisar unas con carton de colores y unos  plumones para repartir el Sabado en la fiesta de cumpleanos!


Pero, gracias a Dios la mesa de tostitos/postres fue un exito!  Todo salio perfecto, bueno casi, una vez mas no tuve tiempo para colgar un adorno de estrellas,  ni el fondo;  la pared de atras tenia una ventana que no coopero conmigo, ademas la textura de la pared hizo que el fondo no funcionara... en fin,  (casi) todo salio como planeado o mejor y la mayoria de la gente estuvo impresionada con mi trabajo y lo mejor, insinuaron futuras fiestas en las que podre asistirles!!!!

Overnight prints NOT really over night!!!!!!!

So I have a very big event this Saturday and I purposely ordered my business cards with this company named after their promise to send them while you sleep, and I ordered with them because they would get here on time, even dough you pay extra for the overnight or express delivery... and dont have as many design options as other companies, they do have good prices and discounts; but NOT to my surprise I just received an email saying how sorry they are but do to production problems my order will not get to me by the schedule date.....  AARGGGHH!!!!!

I've should've know.  I will try to cancel my order and order the Moo! ones I LOVED, and print some computer made ones or have my daughter draw a picture of a dessert table and print that to use this Saturday!

I've should've known!


Tengo un evento algo grande este Sabado y con el proposito de llevar algo de publicidad decidi ordenar unas tarjetas de presentacion en una compania que promete (como su nombre lo dice) mandarte tu pedido mientras duermes, las ordene con ellos precisamente para tenerlas a tiempo para mi gran evento.  Aun cuando tuve que pagar extra por el pronto envio y no tienen muchos disenos de donde escoger, decidi con ellos por su buen precio y porque tenian una promocion, pero NO para mi sorpresa acabo de recibir un correo electronico donde me dicen que lo sienten pero por problemas de produccion mi orden no llegara el dia previsto.....   QUEEEEEEEE!!!!!!


Lo devi de haber imaginado!  Tratare de cancelar mi orden y hacer otro pedido con Moo!!!, esas si me fascinaron!  Aparte tendre que imprimir o hacer a mano unas provisionales para el Sabado!

My baby girl is 6 today.....

Dear Lord,
 Thank you for the blessing of sending me my Isabella.... in times when I was surrounded by confusion and sadness you sent me a little angel to bring a smile to my face and fill my heart with pure, innocent love.
My baby girl was a sign from You so I could turn my life around and follow my hearts desire, thank you oh so much for your forgiveness and for your guidance! Isabella has been the bridge and glue for a happy ending,  I love you baby, happy birthday!


Thank you Father,
Amen!!!!


Senor,
Gracias la bendicion de haberme mandado a mi Isabella... en tiempos cuando estuve rodeada de tristeza y confucion Tu me mandaste un pequeno angelito para traer a mi vida una sonrisa y llenar mi corazon con un amor puro e inocente.
Mi pequena hija fue para mi una senal Tuya para que yo pudiera cambiar un giro a mi vida y seguir los deseos y peticiones de mi corazon, cuantas gracias te doy por tu perdon y por tu guianza! Isabella ha sido el puente y la goma para un final feliz, te amo bebita, feliz cumpleanos!


Gracias Padre, 
Amen!!!!

Isa and Nina

Isabella and me, 6 years ago!

Isa and "hermana", her big sister Ana Paula.

Isa and Daddy!

No ID.. no problem!

you don't need to be of a certain age to enjoy these...  kids and kids at heart will be tickled pink when they catch a glance of my newest product line: BARS!


Take a peek, all these bars have been featured in weddings and birthday parties alike....  even dough I've only done the sundae one it was a long long time ago and unfortunately I don't have any pics to share with you, but these inspiration photos will give you an idea of what can be created and customized!


no necesitas ser mayor de edad para disfrutar de estas barras...  jovenes y jovenes de corazon pueden saborear las delicias de estas barras tipo buffet.


mira estas fotos, todas estas barras tematicas has sido creadas para bodas y fiestas de cumpleanos.... yo solo he hecho la de la nieve pero fue hace bastante tiempo y desgraciadamente no tengo fotos para compartir con ustedes, pero estas fotos de inspiracion para mi te dan una idea de lo que puede ser recreado y personalizado para tu evento!

 Marshmallows, graham crackers, chocolate, nuts, nutella, Mm!

Bagels, cream cheese, prosciutto, salmon, lemon, red onions, capers, Mm!

Cupcakes, frosting and toppings, Mm!

Cones, ice cream, fudge, toppings, cherries,  Mm!

Nachos, cheese, jalapenos, sour cream, guacamole, salsa, etc. Mm!