Hello hello!  My it's been some time since I've posted.  And for good reason, PARTY PARTY PARTY! : )  So if you follow us on Facebook you know that for the last three weeks I've been immersed in planning decor details for a huge party.  There were 4500 tickets given out and they anticipated 3500.  It was certainly the largest party I've had the pleasure of being a part of.  The party was this past Saturday and it was great! Yippie!!!!

Well, with that corporate party, parties coming up and conversations about more parties it got me thinking.  When I started Inspiring Giggles last year I really wanted to focus on children's birthday parties but I'm thrilled to share that we will now be expanding our services.  : ) Inspiring Giggles will remain our children's birthday party planning company and SHAH HOUSE will be our Event Styling and Planning company.  Thank you to all of you who have been so incredibly supportive!  I truly appreciate it!

Jenn

Easter Carrot Candy Holders

I LOVE these Carrot Candy holder DIY from OhHappyDay.com.  Jordan has the DIY tutorial here but all you need to put these together is orange paper, green paper, tape, scissors and the treats.

I think this is an Easter craft we'll do with the kids tonight!  They'll make great gifts for Sunday!

Enjoy!

Jenn

The EASIEST craft and my daughter loves it!

So my little girl (Ella) and I have our "craft time".  We string beads on ribbon, or paint, or do the foam sticker art, etc.  The other day she was playing with Dora dance stickers and so I said lets "let's go make her dance"... I asked Ella to pick out her favorite and put it on card stock.  There's more than one of each design so we put the another of the same on card stock.  I cut them out and hot glued both onto a popsicle stick back to back.  Here's what it looks like...

Then I put the stick between my hands and rubbed back and forth (as though I was warming up my hands on a cold day) and it looked like she was spinning.  It was the easiest thing we've done and she love'd it.

Enjoy!

Jenn

Have you heard of...

The Oreo Puddin' Poke Cake? I hadn't either! But thank God I found it, it looks delicious and so I of course wanted to share...

This comes from Brandie,  The Country Cook.  It looks easy and delish!!!

For all the baking details, visit The Oreo Puddin Poke Cake - The Country Cook

Enjoy!

Jenn

Some cute things I've found for parties...

So in my quest to find things for upcoming parties, I've of course stumbled upon a ton of things I adore.  Here are a few...

I'm using these wooden spoons for a Surf Party in a few weeks, too cute!

Sucre and Spice 

I will be using these in a princess party, how cute are these???

Cakeadoodledoo

Don't know what party to put this one in, but I adore it, so you'll see it somewhere!

Cakeadoodledoo

I love the bright colors Nina uses, it's absolutely adorable!

The Paper Kingdom

Enjoy!

Jenn

Using Food as Decor...love!

So I've recently come across a few ideas that I think are adorable and so I wanted to share...

I am currently working on a "Surf" themed party and when I came across this watermelon, I loved it!  So did my client.  : )  I found the tutorial on Creative Party Ideas by Cheryl.

creativepartyideasbycheryl.blogspot.com

I absolutely LOVE the use of this baked pineapple slice as a flower on a cupcake!!!  Gorgeous (and yummy)!

http://www.duitang.com/people/mblog/20209417/detail/

I love the use of Cotton Candy for these Dr. Suess inspired cupcakes.  Too cute!

creativepartyideasbycheryl.blogspot.com

With Spring and Summer coming around these fruit in ice cubes are fun and cute!

culinarytribune.com

Enjoy!

Jenn

Use what you've got...

When I saw the "Showered with Love" baby shower in Scrapbooks etc. I thought all the details were absolutely adorable, but I LOVE how Lisa Storms used a heart shaped punch to make rain!

Why bother cutting out drops by hand when you have a perfectly good punch willing to help!  I love these kinds of ideas!  Gotta use what we've got for tons of different things!  I have used my heart shaped punch to make flowers but this hadn't occurred to me.  How did I miss that? Very clever!

Read about all of Lisa's details... http://www2.fiskars.com/Activities/Crafting/Articles/Baby-Shower

Enjoy!

Jenn