{Real Party} Sparkes Family Easter Egg Hunt

Happy Easter Monday!

Whew, what a weekend!  We held our annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday and it was so much fun! We had a great turn out and my girls thoroughly enjoyed themselves.  If you remember the invitation, I kept the food sweet and simple.  On the menu; chocolate dipped marshmallows, red velvet truffles (my daughter called them trump-a-lump-akins), pineapple upside-down angel food cake, peeps, and of course.... CUPCAKES!  For this event I was determined to make my own cake icing.  I've been wanting to learn how to make buttercream icing for a sometime now. Well, Jess from Party Box Design shared her recipe on her blog a little while ago and I decided to try it!  It was YUMMY!!!!  (Thank you Jess!)  I even dyed the icing pink.  :)  I was so proud of myself.  My cupcake decorating skills still need much improvement, however, I'm making baby steps!  Here are a few pictures from the egg hunt!

"Sweets" Table

My pretty cake stand!  I love it! 

Cupcake Toppers!

Mini gumball machines! 

Yummy Peeps!

Chocolate Covered Marshmallows!

Take Home Boxes!

My daughter hunting for eggs... 

Here I am, Ebony "Stuart" as I was affectionately named on Saturday!  It is very rare to get me in a picture these days, but since I have a 6 month old, I still get the wave the "it's baby weight" flag! :)

Have a Happy Easter Monday!
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Aqua & Red Snowflake Birthday Party

Yesterday we talked about the Pantone Color of the Year - Turquoise.  Today I wanted to highlight one of the cutest birthday parties that I've seen in a long time. While this color is more aqua (which is in the same family as turquoise), I think it was just absolutely fabulous.  It didn't hurt that the little girl shares the same name as my own 4th month old daughter Marley.  This party comes from the oh so fabulous Kim at TheTomKatStudio.  I love her work and go to the website to see all of the beautiful details.

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