I have never cooked for this many people at once. However, I was really excited at the thought of playing “caterer” at this event. I knew I was an amateur, and I’d make mistakes, but that means I’d learn a lot too! So I made my plans, made my stands and made a spreadsheet and […]
Ashleigh hand painted all of those darling cake stands Pool blue, since the spray paint color wasn’t the exact shade of turquoise we wanted. So there was no way we could have a random color drink. We needed some turquoise punch of course! Wait, is there turquoise punch? Ash found a recipe for turquoise punch […]
You already know that I’m obsessed with sugar cookies. Frosting them is therapeutic and relaxing to me. So of course, they needed to be at the wedding. And they needed to match the little “logo” I made for the cupcake toppers. I made them pretty small, as there were other desserts there to try. The […]
wOne of the first things that got our creative juices flowing for this shindig was when our cute bride told us she liked paper lanterns. Then, I had a crazy wild idea to string lighted lanterns across the backyard. Some people (I’m not saying who but it starts with A and ends with shleigh) looked […]
The bride and groom had a traditional wedding cake at the reception. But here at the open house, we had some casual desserts, and some cupcakes. (photo by shandimariephotography) The internet is such a huge resource for recipes, so I browsed around, bookmarking cupcake recipes. I was on the hunt for a fabulous tasting chocolate […]
