Cupcake Saturday!

Here it is, Saturday morning and Cinco de Mayo, and it's time for another Cupcake Saturday post. Going along with our fiesta theme for this week, we have a Mexican Hot Chocolate cupcake for you. It is a chocolate cupcake with a kick. Using chili powder, we gave these a little spice to them. They are topped with a cream cheese frosting to tone them down a little, but since they still needed some heat, the cupcakes are sprinkled with some more chili powder. They're perfect for tonight's fiesta celebration!

 

We'll have more pictures up from tonight's fiesta later on!

Fiesta Decor- Part 4

Good morning! I hope everyone is having an excellent week so far. Only one more day till the weekend. Here is today's project:

It's a small scrapbook layout I designed. It's a little different than all of the decorations and such, but now there's a place to put some of the pictures from our fiesta on Saturday. It's a cute little 8x8" page, with space for two pictures. And, it's not a fiesta unless there are some margaritas! The picture holders perform double-duty. Not only are they a place for pictures, but they are also little pockets. I plan on writing some recipes down and putting them in the pockets. So, I guess it's like a cookbook-scrapbook! Maybe I'll do one for the other holidays, too...And the little white square?? It's a spot to do some journaling. Hopefully it will stick out less once I write in it.
That's all for today. Come back tomorrow for some sweet treats!!

Fiesta Decor- Part 3

Happy Wednesday! Hope everyone is having a good week so far! After a few days of showers, it looks like it's clear skies here, for a while, at least! Maybe spring will be here any day now! Today's post is a little picture-heavy. It is some of the decorations we've made for our fiesta.

This is a shot of some of the decorations. The pictures below are their close-ups! This first one is of the menu we're planning. If you look closely, you can tell we're big fans of drinks and desserts, but we do get those veggies in!

The next two are of our little centerpiece. It needs a little help, but it looks cute! There are festive-looking flowers. It could use a few more flowers, so maybe I'll add more over the course of the next few days. The two little black things in the middle?? Mustaches! Every party needs some fun favors! And to top it all off, another little banner that says "OLE!". That could have used a little help, too, especially for the first exclamation point...

 

 The one below is a drink charm for our drinks! I know, you're thinking, "There are only two of you, how do you get confused?" The answer is not that we can't tell whose is who's, it's that one (or both) tend to take the glass that's most full. Not that the drink charms will stop that, but they can be deterrents.

This is only the beginning of the decorations. There are a few more projects that will grace the table. I don't want to show everything now because there won't be any surprises for Saturday. So, with that, I think that's all for today's post. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have. Designing this little shin-dig has been so much fun and I can't wait to see it all come together on Saturday.

Fiesta Decor- Part 2

Happy Tuesday! And, Happy May! We have another project to share with you for our fun fiesta for Saturday.These are just some of the decorations we've been working on for it. They are medallions/rosettes for the wall. They definitely help brighten up our bare walls. Maybe we'll have to keep them up for other holidays... As you can tell, there are three of them. I think these are more the colors you think of when you think "fiesta". The "ole!" one is probably my favorite!

 

 

Here they are, up close. The shadow on the "ole" is brown, to bring in the background color of the invitations. Don't you just hate when everything is going right, and then at the last minute, bam! Your project gets ruined? Luckily I was able to fix it, and it turned out well. The chili is all hand-cut. You can't really tell, except in a few spots. The cactus is a super-close second for my favorite (I'm aware, that out of three, there aren't too many choices, but oh well!) The shadowed look on the cactus really adds a nice touch to it, in my opinion! It looks really nice, until you see the teeth mark in it... I think they'll add a nice touch once everything is together.

Fiesta Decor- Part 1

Welcome to another Monday! It's looking a little gloomy this morning, but hopefully it will clear up later on. It's looking nice for our fiesta on Saturday, but we'll see how many times the weather forecast changes between now and then. The Weather Channel is always changing the 10-day and most of the time, it turns to rain. *Crossing our fingers!!* Anyway, today's post is the first of our decorations. We made this cute little banner to hang up. It was a snap to whip up! It matches the invitations, to bring it all together. I was told that our colors may be too bright, and maybe we should have used more primary colors. You can't really tell, but the ribbon that's holding it up is orange. It (slightly) matches some of our other decorations. 

So, the cut in the top of the banner was from a new cartridge we got the other day. Actually, we got three new cartridges!! And, before we hear "Oh my goodness, you have rent to pay! You can't be spending money on unnecessary things!!" I assure you, we didn't spend anything on them! We were able to use a gift card for them!! Alright, well, the cut reminded me of "papel picado", which is paper cut into super elaborate designs. Kind of like the paper snowflakes everyone makes during the winter. If you ever look it up, some of them are truly impressive! Anyway, that's today's project. Hope everyone has a great day!!

You're Invited!

Since Cinco de Mayo is coming up on Saturday, we decided that we wanted a fiesta this weekend. So we thought, what better way to get ready for a party than to gradually post everything up till our fiesta on Saturday! So we start today with our invitation. It's pretty simple, but it captures the theme of the party. As you can tell, there ill be lots of bright colors (and food!!) Maybe we'll be able to find sombreros some place around here.

It's an open invitation! Let us know if you can come!

Come back tomorrow for some more fiesta fun!