Parties by Sarah

My parents have an annual backyard party by their pool every year. This year I decided to take charge and give it that Sarah swirl... here are some photos from the set-up!

This is the food table inside. Complete with tissue paper lanterns I learned from my friend Martha and a cupcake tower in the far right.


I purchased these bouquets of roses from Target and arranged them myself!

A close up of the flowers


A view of the backyard

I learned this from Martha herself... she made a chiller for around the vodka bottle for the bar. I put limes and flowers in mine here
You know who to call if you need your party planned!

My Newest Hobby ... Cupcakes!

Shawn bought me a book all about cupcakes and how to decorate them so I'm officially obsessed. Thankfully, there have been many birthdays so I have been able to try out my new cupcake decorating skills for well deserved occasions!

Here are a few of my creations:


This was for Melissa's birthday and it's supposed to look like her dog Ruby. As you can see - it didn't turn out so well...

So I scrapped the dogs and just made some other pretty cupcakes for her. Happy Birthday Melissa!

Then came Misty's birthday and Misty LOVES penguins. Of course there were penguin cupcakes I just had to try and make for her! They came out with a little character as you can see... definitely homemade and not quite Martha pristine perfect - but oh well! (*note - there were more, but a few had some casualties on the way into work...)

And then Misty took one of me with the cupcakes! Happy Birthday, Misty!