Very Hungry Caterpillar 3rd Birthday Party

Isabella's favorite book The Very Hungry Caterpillar was a must for her 3rd birthday and it was also such a success on a savvy budget! 

I purchased this fabulous VHC tutu and matching headband from TulleMeAboutIt. And let me say she did not only do an awesome job but she did it in a timely manner. I think I only paid about $25 and thats with shipping included!

 I hand made each and every invitation using ribbon, construction paper and glue stick 

           VHC Marshmallow pops centerpieces!  

These were made with marshmallows and candy melts. To hold them up I used gum balls which were purchased at the dollar tree. I figured the gum balls can also work as a favor. So I put a little scooper in each center piece so guest can scoop their gum balls into a baggie. I had my friend Roxy from MKR make the VHC thank you labels.

 The banner was made out of paper plates purchased from oriental trading after christmas sale items (hence the colors) which worked out perfect for the theme. The letters were made on the computer and simply glued on to each plate. After trial and error, I hole punched the side of each plate to put the string through. And Viola!

 My large caterpillar was also made out of construction paper.

 Of course I had to have fruit as part of the decor/food. MKR made my lovely labels, which I just added  parts of the book to them. This allowed guests and kids to feel like the caterpillar =)

 I had an arts and crafts table for the kids. My sister had the genius idea to add brown lunch paper bags to the table so the kids can decorate their own baggie for the pinata candy. For the pinata, I had a giant butterfly. I don't have a picture of the pinata.

 Since I was on a budget, I went to costco and asked for cake with "happy birthday isabella" to left side of it and to leave it blank on the other side ($17). Took Bella's picture to Standlee's bake shop and had them print out an edible photo ($10). I used leftover gum balls ($1) to put around the cake to give it extra color. I paid a total of $28 for a cake that fed 48 people!!

Happy 3rd Birthday my Isabella!

Shoe Love Cake Balls and Pops

I found this fun shoe candy mold at a local bake shop and I had to absolutely buy it. I only had pink and brown candy melts at the time so I decided to make cake balls with a pink shoe. I added an edible pearl to the shoes to give it a little extra love. With the extra cake balls, I added nuts and coconut. You can never go wrong with those. 

Safari Cake Pop Centerpieces

Zebra, Lion, Giraffe cake pops




My dear friend Ronalyn was having a safari themed baby shower. She asked me to bake something fun for the shower. What can be more fun than cakepops?! I opted for giraffes, lions and zebras. Found some flower pots at Target, used leftover lilac easter grass and purchased some fun ribbons at Michaels. I had left over cake balls left so i dipped them in chocolate, some in nuts and others in coconut. I placed the cake balls in the mini cupcake wrappers.
Thanks Ronalyn for having me bake something as fun as this! And congrats on your beautiful little Elyana!