Obsession Confession…

Ok…I have a weird obsession! I am obsessed with products that are made to look like food items or our packaged to look like food items. Thus my business name “The Party Bakery”. The plan is to package my products in bakery boxes and exploit the whole “bakery” concept as much as I can! I have had this obsession for quite a long time!! Soooo, you’ve probably figured out already that these delicious cupcakes below are not really cupcakes at all but ……wait for it…..SOAP!  Yep that’s right they are bath bombs. How fun to drop one of these into your bath!! This is the Happy Birthday Cupcake Bath Bomb by Soapy Love. Apparently they smell as yummy as they look!

I stumbled across this company several years ago when she was first getting started and have had them bookmarked ever since! I just love looking at her products. They are eye candy for my sweet obsession!

I’m thinking these are going to have to be included in my next party shoot! What fun favors these would make for an ice cream party or a summer splash party!

So if you share my crazy obsession or are looking for a fun gift idea check out www.soapylove.com  They even package their items beautifully!

Tell them The Party Bakery sent you!

Teacher Appreciation Week!

In honor of the many teachers that have touched my life over the years we are giving away some FREE printable note cards. It's simple...just Download, Print, write a special message and Share with your favorite teachers. Take a minute and let them know you appreciate all of their hard work!

Click here to Download the Polka Dot Design
Click here to Download the Blue and Green Design

Enjoy!

Its your day!! Your on your way!!

It’s spring time and that can only mean one thing….its GRADUATION season!! Woot woot to all of the 2011 Graduates! You have worked so hard to get were you are and you should be very proud of yourselves. Graduation day is one of those monumental day’s in our lives that deserves to be celebrated BIG! We have whipped up the some adorable custom made candy bar wrappers to help you celebrate the big day. These are great for party favors at the graduation party or print a bunch with all of the graduation party information printed on the back and let your kiddos pass them out to all of their friends and family as their graduation invitation. Either way they are sure to leave a lasting impression! We will work with you to create the perfect recipe for your wrapper.  Your wrappers will be perfectly baked every time!

Fully wrapped Hershey’s candy bar with foil underlay $3.00

Fully wrapped Hershey’s candy bar NO FOIL underlay $2.50

Because chocolate is prone to melting. We are offering the printed wrappers with full instructions for you to assemble yourself for $1.00 each. YOU provide the chocolate

Check out some of the samples we have put together.

Celebrate Life…BIG and LITTLE!

It seems like every time I turn around lately I am confronted with families struggling through either the loss of a child or walking hand in hand with a child in illness as they are encamped in the battle of their life. Social media has made the struggles of total strangers available for the entire world to see. I have stumbled upon blogs, I have been directed to caring bridge sites through facebook friends, people are tweeting about very hard topics. I read bits and pieces into perfect strangers lives feeling almost like somehow I am violating them by peering into their lives like someone walking past the Macy’s store front at Christmas time and stopping just briefly to watch the elaborate moving display in front of me, only to leave and walk away and continue on with my day leaving them behind. My mother’s heart aches and cries for children I do not know, for mothers I have never met. I carry a piece of them with me but all too soon they are forgotten until I receive yet another reminder of their pain. I can’t help but wonder what is God trying to teach me through all of this. I have come to the realization that the old cliché “life is short” is oh sooo true. We are only given one chance at this life; all of our earthly days are numbered. One of the above referenced mom’s, of whom I have never met, stated it perfectly. She said “please don’t refer to my child as terminal…. because we all are”. Amen to that! Life is a precious gift!! Every minute of every day is a precious gift that should be celebrated and lived to it’s fullest. Life is stressful and it is so easy to get caught up in the grind of life that we forget to enjoy and celebrate the little things. So as I begin this new journey I have a mission in mind. I want to remind you and help you to Celebrate LIFE!! Throw a party…a BIG party!!! Decorate your dining room for a Valentines Day dinner! Who cares if it’s only your kids and you there? This is their moment in time do it for them!! Celebrate what we have been given! And yes even when we are engulfed in so much turmoil and strife we need to learn to seek out and celebrate the LITTLE things! Sorry for the heavy post right out of the gate…lol. I promise they won’t all be like this. That just needed to be said. Thanks for listening and joining me on this journey of Celebration! …. now who’s ready to party?