Remember the newlywed years?

Life before kids?

No?

Me neither.
(I’m kidding.  I totally remember they years when I thought I was in charge).

Luckily I have some darling newlywed friends who remind me to be blissfully in love, super snuggly, and incredibly thoughtful of my spouse.  I recently got to be a part of one of these sweet moments.

Elease messaged me a month before her husband’s birthday, saying she wanted to plan a special surprise for Joel’s birthday.  She wanted to bring a treat into his work, but wanted it to be something unique, something he could easily share with his co-workers and of course, something he’d like.

We decided on cake pops.
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Adorable, right?  How sweet are they?
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So instead of having a cake to write happy birthday on, I decided to make a custom cake pop stand to write happy birthday on.  I pretty much did the same thing as I did on my halloween stands, but used a wider board so I could fit 3 rows.
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The cake pops cover it up a little, but as they get eaten, the birthday message is clear!
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I wanted this pop stand to be manly, rustic and beachy.  Totally different than my polkadot ones.
And for the pops, I went with an ombre look.  I used blue candy melts, then for the next batch, mixed blue and white, then for the next batch used even more white.  We made the stand fit 40+ pops because that is the number of coworkers she wanted to “treat.”
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After the embarrassing sweet surprise, complete with pomp and circumstance,  the pops went in the break room for all to enjoy.  And I’m told, they did enjoy them!
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Isn’t this just a sweet story?

Doesn’t it make you want to go spoil/surprise your spouse?

Elease and Joel are some of my favorite people!  You can get to know them on their adorable blog: http://www.thelittlelovebirds.blogspot.com/  Their blog inspires me to treasure life and most of all, love.

{Boom}