Posted on July 19, 2012 by Kara

$100 Cupcake & Cake Topper GIVEAWAY from Sweeten Your Day Cakes!

UPDATE: This giveaway has ended. Congratulations to the winner, Julia, comment #119!! Thank you to everyone who entered!

This weeks fantabulous giveaway comes from Sweeten Your Day Cakes!

Win a $100 gift certificate to Sweeten Your Day Cakes’ Etsy Store!!

Sweeten Your Day is a custom cake and cupcake topper business. They started out as a local specialty cake shop over 5 years ago and business was great, but they found less and less time with family. Sweeten Your Day Cakes wanted to stay in the business, so last year they decided to branch out and start an online business and do less cakes.

Sweeten Your Day loves parties just as much as all of you. They want each party to be special, but also know that custom cakes can cost a fortune. The solution- make your own cake, cupcakes, or special treats and top them off with the handmade designs from Sweeten Your Day! So easy and at a fraction of the cost you can still get something that will taste great and amaze your guests!

Sweeten Your Day has been featured here on Kara’s Party Ideas, Amy Atlas, Hostess with the Mostess, TLC Parentables, and more. With a wide variety in their shop there is something for everyone. If you don’t see what you want, or need something special, just let them know because they love doing custom orders!

Scroll to the bottom of the post to enter the giveaway!

ENTER TO WIN A $100 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO SWEETEN YOUR DAY CAKES:

Each person can leave up to two comments. One comment per task completed.

1- Like Sweeten Your Day Cakes on Facebook and come back here and leave a comment saying you did so.

2- Check out Sweeten Your Day Cakes on Etsy and come back and leave a comment saying what you liked.

Good luck! Giveaway ends Tuesday, July 24th at 11:59 pm. This giveaway is not affiliated with Facebook.

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Kara

PINTEREST “TOP 12″ Board + Popsicle Cupcakes! Cupcake Decorating

I made these adorable POPSICLE CUPCAKES after finding the idea on Pinterest. They were originally created by the blog, Party Pinching. Aren’t they THE cutest?! Simply make them with Mike & Ike candies and toothpicks!

In conjunction with the darling cupcakes I just made, I am SO excited to share my latest Blog Land adventure with all of my FABULOUS readers! It combines two of my FAVORITE things – creative blogs & PINTEREST! Who out there is a Pinterest-aholic like I am? Whew! Glad to see so many admitting it! That’s the first step! Well, I am going to help you become even more of a Pinterest fan! You are DYING to know more, huh!

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Posted on November 25, 2011 by Kara

Circus Centerpieces and Snow Cone Cupcakes!

I made one of my centerpieces today (I’m going to try and finish the rest tomorrow..minus the circus peanuts that is). I thought it turned out pretty cute. I used a plastic pop corn container (obviously) and filled it with tissue paper to start off…I found these cute batons that looked circus-y last month that I wanted to incorporate..so I just stuck ‘em in the middle! I then stuck some candy balloon suckers & a swirly sucker into the tissue paper. Next came the circus peanuts. What do you think?

Yes folks, these are actual cupcakes..not snow cones made out of ice! So the other day I was thinking about snow cones. I thought they would be fun for the whole event but didn’t know if I wanted to stand behind a snow cone machine making them throughout the whole party. I sat there thinking for a bit, and suddenly came up with the idea of ‘snow cone cupcakes’!!! I don’t know why I didn’t think of them earlier! Just use snow cone papers as cupcake liners and there ya have it! I made some tester ones tonight :). I want the final ones to be more rounded on top but here’s my quick go at ‘em. Cute, huh?! I just filled the snow cone papers with batter..baked them (now that was the tricky part..how to bake them in a vertical position) and covered the tops with frosting and bright colored sprinkles! I’m so excited about them! I’ve never seen anything like them. I’m patting myself on the back right now..hehe.

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Kara

Real Party: Woodland Fairy Birthday!

My next winning party feature goes to this gorgeous

Woodland Fairy Birthday Party

submitted by Gwynn Wasson Designs.

Such a beautiful Party!

I HEART the edible toadstools! {Gwynn is putting up a tutorial on her site on how to make them soon.}

Gwynn said, “I used the invitation as the jumping off point for all the other elements that were incorporated into in the tablescape…And I do mean “tablescape”. For this party, I mulled over the word “tablescape” a lot. I wanted the table to feel like a landscape. Like a forest floor. Like the birch forest we were using for inspiration.”

And the best part…most of these party goods and more can be purchased in Gwynn’s shop here!

Amazing job, Gwynn.

Thanks for your submission.

Congrats on being the winning party feature of the day!

Gwynn knew that she wouldn’t have any of the sparkling yellow sunbeams to highlight her table. So as a substitute, she created a forsythia tree (tutorial here!) to add a bright, golden cheeriness to the “landscape”.