"for the love of" photo shoot

I met with Miss Bliss at Jam to connect about her upcoming photo shoot. If I can remember all her fun descriptions it went something like-I want fun, whimsical, bright, cupcakes, turquoise wall, pennant banner, lollipops. And my mind was going-call Casey for cupcakes check, banner got the paper check, already have pinwheels check, bright bring lemons and strawberries check. Whew!! I think I got the vision she was after.

I admire Miss Bliss' work in such a different way now. We went from kids that acted like a deer in headlights, to happy smiley got every perfect pic in 1 minute, to missing their nap and crying and back to happy. That is a challenging job! But the end result is so many sessions of beautiful children so go check out her site and see these tikes in action.


Pennant banner all paper from Scrapbooks Etc. As is the ribbon. That was the simplest project I've done in a while!


I love using mason jars. In fact, I carry one around all the time to drink my water in. On this day I made some quick pinwheels, poked a green brad in them and stuck the pinwheels with a few glue dots on to the jars. I added some twine and a paper straw for more fun and color.

Real lemonade here! My son didn't want to put his down for his shoot ;)

More things I love! Wood berry baskets and crates. They give such an organic and cozy feeling to things. Then add beautiful fruit and the colors look so alive.

Ahhh the cupcakes. Check out the disco glitter on these babies! Again, Casey had to deal with my specifics. I asked for 'tilt-a-whirl' cupcake liners and very turquoise frosting. Yes, I know the names of cupcake liners! And she was spot on, they came out perfectly. No child complained about having to eat one!



I hope you enjoyed these pretty pics, I know I have!

xox Ricki

link love:
scrapbook paper-Scrapbooks Etc
paper straws & cupcake liners-Bake it Pretty
wood crates-Poole and Sons
berry baskets-Garden Time
Casey's Confections-Caseys Confections
Miss Bliss Photography-Bliss Boutique Photography
SAS-phoenix location

emerson's 3rd birthday

a lovely friend asked for a little help at her daughter's birthday party.  having it hosted at a restaurant made my job super-easy!  i arranged a cute tablescape of pink, yellow & turquoise to go with an adorably fashionable little girl.  

i took two cylinder vases, wrapped them in burlap, filled them with lemons to keep all my branches in place.  then, i made several small tissue paper poms and wrapped them on the branches.  i also made a sign with some circle punch crafts and tied them to some teal divine twine.  a few of my friends can confirm that i am obsessed with using twine.  i love it and covet all the colors.  cute, i tried to rhyme!

for the treats, i purchased pink cupcake liners from my local baking shop, ABC baking.  i could spend a lot of time in there debating on the many shades of sanding sugar, edible glitter, gel pastes, and then what to bake!!  vanilla cupcakes, simple and easy for kids to like and caramel dipped, chocolate covered marshmallows for everyone to nibble.  

lastly, the children's party favors were slinkies, a pencil & stamp topper, twistie crayons and a few silly bandz.  they were packaged in white paper sacks, sealed with washi paper masking tape and, of course, divine twine. 

i was also able to print the kiddos initials and add those on the favors to make them a little bit more personal. 

and here's the cute b-day girl herself.  look at those beautiful curls!!