Down to the wire!

Do you need some last minute ideas for what to serve to your guests at your Halloween Party?  This article is from 2010, but I LOVE the recipe ideas:

10 Last-Minute Halloween Party Ideas

 

Also, some tent cards labeling the treats is always a fun and attractive addition to your buffet.  You don't want your guests to miss out on some of the clever titles on Halloween recipes!  I have some printable tent cards in my Etsy shop right now which are customizeable to whatever item names you want, up to 12 items!  Please order ASAP so that I can email them out to you in time for your party!

 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/113110349/custom-printable-menu-tent-cards-diy

Fun Halloween Recipes

I saw this today on Facebook.  It's so seriously disgusting, but also awesome.  How often do you say that?  Only around Halloween, my friends.
 

BRAINS IN A JAR

 

 

 
I also found some Candy Corn Cupcake Trifles on Tablespoon, which are somewhat similarly made, but I must say, a lot more appetizing.  So for those of you not wishing to gross out your guests, here is the recipe:
 

Candy Corn Cupcake Trifles

 

 

 

Finally, I saw these seriously cute cupcakes the other day on Skinnytaste, another favorite food blog.  So if you're looking for a cute Halloween treat that isn't so bad on the waistline, check out these:

 

Spooky Spider Cupcakes

 

 

Enjoy!

 



Cupcakes!!!

Just wanted to share some cupcake ideas that I found while wandering around the internet.  These would all make great birthday cake alternatives for your child's party.  Cupcakes are so much easier to serve and clean up after.  They might even inspire a theme for you!  

Dr Seuss Cupcakes

Farm Animal Cupcakes

Cowboy Cupcakes

Robot Cupcakes

Jungle Safari Cupcakes

Paris Party Cupcakes

Garden Flower Cupcakes

Owl Cupcakes

Hawaiian Luau Cupcakes

Circus Cupcakes

Halloween Pumpkin Cupcakes

Of course, if you don't have the time or inclination to make or purchase these kind of cupcakes, cupcake toppers are always a great option!  They are easy to use, and although I love the look of the cupcakes I posted above, a lot of them use fondant and I'm not a big fan of the taste of fondant.

Happy partying!

Halloween Party Ideas

Halloween is almost upon us! I've been seeing a lot of cool ideas for Halloween party recipes on the internet lately, and I'd like to share a few of them with you. The first one has a certain WOW factor going for it. Your guests will most certainly be impressed by these Glowing Eyeball Jelly Shots!! (I would be anyway)

 

Recipe and directions are here on "Rock UR Party", a division of Tablespoon, which is one of my favorite food/recipe sites: Glowing Eyeball Jelly Shot Recipe
 
Apparently, they glow under blacklight due to the use of tonic water. Who knew?
 
Here is another take on glow in the dark party food: Glow In The Dark Cupcakes.  These look like they are a little more difficult to make, but what fun!
 

 

 

And here is one more recipe, which is slightly less difficult: Halloween Chex® Mix.  Forgive me, dear reader, but I have always loved Chex® Mix. I don't care how pedestrian that makes me sound, I LOVE IT.  I also love candy corn, so create a sweet Chex® Mix, then throw in some candy corn?  You can count me in!  I also like how it uses those little Halloween candy decors.  I have a jar of little pumpkin and bat decors that I haven't figured out what to do with yet (but they were too cute not to buy), so I think I'll be using them for this!

 

 

Anyway, here is the recipe: http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/halloween-chex-mix/1/

 

And finally, this is not a recipe, but on King Arthur Flour, I found these awesome beaker cookie cutters. 

 

 

 

You could get really creative with these, I'm sure!

 

And just to keep you updated, there are several Halloween invitations and cupcake toppers in my Pixels and Posies Etsy shop right now.  Please feel free to take a look around!

Wonderland Tea Party Invitation

A friend of mine attended a Wonderland tea party themed bridal shower a few weeks ago. They served tea in china tea cups and the guests kept the cups as parting gifts. What a great idea! It sounded like so much fun, I was inspired to make my own Wonderland tea party themed invite. And here it is!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/101803204/custom-printable-party-invitation-print

 I also made some matching custom cupcake toppers to go with it:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/101813857/custom-cupcake-toppers-print-your-own

And non-custom cupcake toppers

https://www.etsy.com/listing/101812428/tea-party-cupcake-toppers-print-your-own

Not into cupcakes?  Well, apparently, "Mad Hatter cakes", also called topsy-turvy cakes, are very popular right now, and would be a great addition to your Wonderland tea party.

These whimsical, gravity defying cakes are not only delicious, but also bring creativity and fun to your party!  They're perfect for weddings and bridal showers, but also for birthdays and other celebrations.

And this one would go great with our Hippie Chick themed party invitations!

All this talk about cake and cupcakes makes me want some cake!  I better stop typing and go work on something else.  Happy Sunday everyone!

Free 4th of July Cupcake Toppers

Wow, time sure flies!  I don't want to scare anybody, but do you realize that it's already HALFWAY TO CHRISTMAS???


OK, enough of that, right?  We have another holiday right around the corner.  Are you planning a 4th of July picnic or BBQ? As my way of apologizing for not blogging enough (will try to do better in the future), I'd like to offer you some free 4th of July cupcake toppers you can use for your 4th of July party!

Download the jpg here: https://www.box.com/s/a1079c179efa1cca8acc

Or the pdf here: https://www.box.com/s/9d0bf3a3d3df23235189

(To open a PDF file, you will need Adobe Reader, which is a FREE download at http://www.adobe.com/)

ITEMS YOU WILL NEED TO CREATE THE CUPCAKE TOPPERS:

Paper or cardstock for printing
Scissors or a 2” round or scalloped paper punch (for perfect round circles).
Food picks or lollipop sticks
Glue (hot glue or craft glue, not school glue)


Here is a tutorial for making cupcake toppers: http://cakejournal.com/tutorials/how-to-make-cupcake-paper-toppers/

Or make tags!  For tags, you will need:

Hole punch
Ribbon, twine or raffia to attach the tag to the gift

Handy but not necessary:  decorative craft scissors.

Optional: embellishments such as rhinestones, glitter, etc. Foam pop dots for scrapboooking, lollipop sticks or food picks for cupcake toppers.

You get to choose what to use and how you want to embellish! Use your imagination and have fun!

Feel free to check out my Etsy shop for more 4th of July items, like invitations, party packs, cupcake toppers and wrappers.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pixelsandposies

Feel free to leave me some comments below.

Welcome to Candy Cane Lane!

So, my boss challenged us this year to come up with some new holiday decor for the office.  The kicker was that we had NO budget.  So we decided on a theme - initially it was "Candyland", but then we settled on "Candy Cane Lane".  We gave all the corridors created in the cube farm candy themed street names, and decided on some directional arrows that we wanted to do.  Then I created them at home.  I have them printed out and we will be decorating on Monday.  I'll take some pics!

In the meantime, I created a listing on Etsy so that you can decorate your office, home or event with these signs too!  I think they're super cute, if I do say so myself.  Additionally, if you want different street names, directional arrows or welcome sign, I can customize it!  Just convo me on Etsy (or email me at pixelsandposies@gmail.com) and I'll create a special listing for you!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/87750686/candy-cane-lane-diy-printable-pdf

PS: the "Elf Workshop" arrow will be pointing in our direction!