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My friend Richelle is just one of those people that is a ray of sunshine wherever she goes and lights up the lives of those around her. I’m guessing it’s all the sun and water she got growing up in the Florida Keys. The minute she let us know she was expecting another little one, I got excited to start planning out her baby shower. Richelle thought the whole idea of these mustache parties was a real hoot, so it was the hands-down choice for a theme. You can see the party in the Summer 2013 issue of Festivities Magazine. 

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When you’re throwing a mustache bash, it’s really {really!} difficult to not slap a mustache on everything in the house that doesn’t move. I did it anyway, because I am not going to get another opportunity like this again!


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For favors, we made mustached pint glasses. I totally love mine! They are made with vinyl mustache cut-outs and blank pint glasses. I made a chalkboard tray for them to sit it with some mustache witticisms.


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Remember what I said about putting a mustache on anything that stood still long enough? Babies, buck (the deer head my husband loathes), signs, cookies, cupcakes…you name it!


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Even the floral arrangements got ‘stashed! Florals by Buds, Etc. here in Melbourne, FL.

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Instead of one giant dessert/food table, I used some shelving from my family room to set out treats. I was inspired to cook for this party and make all the food really memorable–so more time was devoted to the savory items than the desserts. In the next post, I’ll start going over the menu for this event! For now, enjoy the food porn.


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This is the butter crunch cake that almost didn’t make it. The tea cart toppled right before the party and I had to do emergency surgery to save part of it!

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This was such a fun party to be at–the mom to be was thrilled, and the participants enthusiastic about tattooing on finger-staches and playing silly baby games.
The printables for this party are available in the shop here and are perfect for a mustache bash baby shower or mustache bash birthday!
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There is a big football game coming this weekend, one for which I always seem to have the driving need to make lots of game day food. As luck would have it, about the time I started thinking about the big game, CampbellsKitchen.com sent me a few coupons and asked me to make something from their (very extensive) recipe site. They've come out with this really neat new product called "Flavor Boost" { Read More! }

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Last week, I posted over at Project Nursery about some healthier alternatives to the overwhelming number of sweets Valentines Day seems to bring on. And the kids won't miss the sugar--my two were more excited about hitting this particular dessert table than any I can think of recently. And they see a LOT of dessert tables. Maybe it was that I told them they could have as much as they want, and { Read More! }

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There is one DIY party planner that never fails to impress me - Nicole of Tradewind Tiaras. The handcrafted touches she creates for her parties are always beyond gorgeous! A few days ago, she threw her annual gingerbread house decorating party and chose a Scandinavian theme. With the amount of sugar going into little mouths with the decorating alone, she opted not to have a dessert bar, and { Read More! }

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The appetizers for this table look much more fussy than they are - all were made ahead of time then popped into their little pretty dishes right before serving. The oysters I let my husband shuck; I don't eat them (traumatic early childhood oyster experience - thanks, Dad!) so I don't cook or otherwise prepare them. We had actually planned for Oysters Rockafeller as an appetizer, but prep work for { Read More! }

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Holidays around here are very much about roots and tradition. And an obsession with really good food. I recently came up with an explanation why we are all so crazy about eating at our gatherings when, of all things, I was reading a Rachel Ray magazine where she equated her recipe stash as a scrapbook of memories and adventures. I think this is why food is so important to us; as a military family, { Read More! }

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I adore Amy Atlas and her gorgeous dessert tables. I love the artfully arranged sweets and beautifully labeled and jarred confections. But sometimes you want something a little different--savory and filling, maybe? This whole post started because I stopped into Pier 1 the other day and immediately felt a large hole in my wallet appear when I saw they have started to carry a line of tiny dishes { Read More! }