Toy Story Party Muses

Madison is obsessed with Toy Story. I mean OBSESSED!! She carries Jessie, Woody, Buzz everywhere she goes!! It has been this way for at least 4 months. So at Christmas, Santa added many new toys to her Toy Story addiction! Maddycakes has a custom snowman dinner birthday party next Friday then the family is off to Disney World for a few days!! Yippee!! Here Here are some "muses" in case you are planning a Toy Story theme party for your little ones. I love the cowboy aspect of this party but you can go so many ways with this theme. I just LOVE this cake from Beth Kruse! I love it's simplistic charm. (I may have to copy this one Beth)

I just love these bandanna skirts. Click here for the tutorial.

Evil Doctor Porkchop...Hamm and Mr. Potato Head from Bakerella.

Family Fun has many cute food items for the Toy Story theme. Jessie's Cowboy Hat Cookies

Woody's Sheriff Badge Cookies

Green Alien cupcakes

Last Minute Easy New Year's Eve Decor

I just love this easy and quick decor idea for New Year's Eve from Fiskars. I'm not a big fan of going out on NYE. I just don't like the mass crowds and the crazy prices for the night. So I like to stay home and celebrate with my family. So sorry for the lack of posts on NYE ideas for parties. I am doing a family game night so Wii for me and a brunch on New Year's Day. Tell me what you do on NYE??

I've changed my mind on what I am doing for the 12th day Christmas giveaway...it is cool (if I have to say so myself) so stay tuned... will announce on January 1st!

Good Morning Arizona

You cannot predict what is going to happen on live TV!! Here is the link to my taping this morning on Good Morning Arizona. Be honest....your thoughts???
www.azfamily.com/good-morning-arizona/112507174.html

Merry Christmas

Maddy's new Christmas PJ's that one of Santa's elves left her.

Looks like Santa already ate the cookies and drank the chocolate milk.

Santa has left the presents for Madison...wow...she must have been a very good girl this year! I hope you all have a Merry Christmas!! I will not be blogging for a few days to enjoy the holidays with my family. But before I go~ the winner of the Spa Princess Cookbook is LaToya! Congrats my friend! Email me your mailing address. I realize I didn't post the 12th day...upon my return on Monday I will let you know who is the winner and of what???

Many blessings!

Maddycakes featured on Channel 11

Maddycakes has been so blessed with all of the television press that we have been getting. We have been on 4 stations now and I am going back to Good Morning Arizona this Monday, December 27 ~live at 9:40 to do New Year's Eve kids crafts. I thank God everyday for my many blessings.

12 Days of Christmas~11th Day of Christmas

On the 11th day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me, a Spa Princess Cookbook. Do you know of these series of books written by Barbara Beery? I LOVE them! Of course I would ~I have a daughter plus own a children's theme party business. Any little girl or big girl for that matter will love it. Spa Princess Cookbook has all the recipes you need for sensational spa treatments and delicious edible treats. Create the fun and magic of spa at home.
The 10th day of Christmas of the Paper & Cake printables goes to AprilNowell! Congrats April!Only one more giveaway left. Then CHRISTMAS!! I just love this season! I have been off from Maddycakes all week and catching up on personal stuff. It feels great to be able to be home for a change.

12 Days of Christmas~10th Day of Christmas

On the 10th day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me, a printable from Paper & Cake. You know I love my girls Kira and Abigail from Paper & Cake. They are so talented and the sweetest ever!! I love there stuff so please check out their ETSY shop and let me know what you want and how you are going to use it!

The winner from the 9th day of Christmas video camera is Priscilla. Yes, she won before but that is how the random select went. I told you to keep commenting because you could win more than one gift!

Here are some pics from my cookie exchange party. I have this party every year and it's my one party a year where there is no fuss!! I actually relax and have fun at this party. I don't care if everything isn't in place!! So since it's a sugar fest with all of the cookies, I provide a few savory snacks to balance it. Here is the savory buffet. Simple-no fuss!Here is a picture of the gingerbread martini minus the martini part!
I hung personalized ornament cookies from a red tinsel tree...kind of hard to see the tree. Even though it's a no fuss party you still have to display your cookies with flair, right?

12 Days of Christmas~9th Day of Christmas

On the 9th day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me a digital video camera. It is a Sylvania DV-2100. Takes still photos as well as video. Let me tell you the real deal with this camera. I bought two of them a while back~ one for me and one for a gift. The camera is super easy to use but the picture quality was not what I had expected. So you are asking why am I giving it away? I still use mine and it works great outdoors but not in poor lighting situations. It is small and easy to tote around and use. Madison loves my IPhone and is always using my video on it. I don't mind her using this instead of my IPhone! It is great when we go on our outings and she can document things that she is seeing. I love viewing how she sees things. I especially love her narrations. So maybe you want it to use with your kiddos?? Leave me a comment to enter to win. Remember you must be a follower to win.
The winner of the Godiva chocolate is SJA. Please email me your address to contact@gmail.com.
3 more days until Christmas!!

12 Days of Christmas ~ 8th Day of Christmas

Sorry for the late post my peeps. As many of you know, I'm the "party expert" for a few organizations/websites so I had a article due and was working on it. Nothing like waiting until the last minute but somehow I always get it done JUST in time.

For the 8th day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me, Godiva chocolate. To know me is to know I have 2 vices Coke and chocolate. I always have a Coke in hand or nearby....I know horrible but everybody has something, right? Chocolate is not far behind. I think Madison is getting this addiction as well. I really put a limit on hers and try to sneak mine now so not to set a bad example. So maybe some of you love my love....Godiva!! Delish!! So leave me a comment to be entered to win.

7th Day of Christmas Hello Cupcake books winner is Priscilla. Congrats and I KNOW you will love these books. Email me your mailing address to contact@maddycakes.com.

I can't believe we only have 4 more days until Christmas! I'm done with Madison but can't even think of what to get the hubby. He is IMPOSSIBLE to buy for! Plus his birthday is December 26th. Double Whammy! I think I will have to be creative this year and think of stuff Maddy and I can create! Any ideas???? HELP????

12 Days of Christmas ~ 7th Day of Christmas

On the 7th day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me, Hello Cupcake books. I love these books!!I KNOW you all know about the most fabulous Hello Cupcake books, right?? I never knew you could do so many cool things to cupcakes! These books are amazing and a must if you don't want the standard cupcake! I've always loved their corn cupcakes....just so cute but the books are jammed packed full of cupcakes ideas that I would have NEVER thought of. Perfect for all types of parties! So if you would like to own these wonderful books or if you already own them and want to regift...then leave a comment. What is your favorite Hello Cupcake theme cupcake?

The winner of the 6th day of Christmas is Amy. Congrats and please email contact@maddycakes.com your mailing address.

Christmas is less than a week away~are you ready??? I am dreading wrapping all of gifts. I better start wrapping tonight or I'll be up all night on Christmas Eve..like I was last year wrapping all of Maddy's stuff!

12 Days of Christmas ~ 6th Day of Christmas

Sorry for the delayed post today....I had my cookie exchange party last night (hung out quite late!)

On the 6th day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me, a gift from Kylie Michelle. Maddycakes had to have full time help and found the perfect fit with Kylie Michelle. She is wonderful and Maddycakes is blessed to have her. Kylie has an Etsy shop Royal Bowtique and I have been buying so many cute things for Maddy. I never was the type of mom to put a lot of bows/headbands in Maddy's hair~ but now I'm addicted. Maddy looks so adorable~now I regret not doing it while she was a baby! She was called a boy for over a year ~a cute big flower headband could have cured that!

So in honor of my new chica, go to her ETSY shop and leave a comment on what you would like to have. Can you believe Christmas is a week away!! YIKES!

The winner of the custom cookies is mom22. Congrats and Enjoy...I know you will! Just email me your theme and when you need them to contact@maddycakes.com.

Don't be discouraged if you haven't won yet. Keep those comments coming and you never know what may happen if you keep commenting everyday (hint....hint)

12 Days of Christmas ~ 5th Day of Christmas

On the 5th day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me, a dozen custom cookies. Here is my wonderful Mario themed cookies from my so ever talented baker Shelley from Shelley's Speciality Desserts. She can do any theme! Trust me I challenge her weekly! To win a dozen of custom theme cookies, tell me when and what theme is your party or event. Remember you must be a follower~tonight someone else initially won but when I checked, they weren't a follower :( so I had to redraw.

The winner of 4th day of Christmas Sprinkles cupcakes is katie/tulsadetails. Congrats and enjoy. Please email me your mailing address to contact@maddycakes.com. I wanted to post some pics from Christmas parties I have done recently, but for some reason I cannot access photos from my disc. Hopefully, I can find out what the problem is and post. So here is a picture I bookmarked from Preston Bailey. I love this Christmas card tree. What a great idea for decor and showcasing all of the cards you receive. Plus I love the color combo used. My cookie & ornament exchange party is today (Friday) so I'm looking forward to a relaxing night of eating and being with a few of my girlfriends. See you tomorrow for the 6th day of Christmas, 5th day of Christmas winner and I will do my best to post some pics from exchange party or at least one of my Christmas parties :)!!

12 Days of Christmas ~ 4th Day of Christmas

On the 4th day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me, Sprinkles Cupcakes. I have one of the very best bakers in town who does all of my cakes and cookies for my parties. (love you Shelly) However, I have a huge secret.... I LOVE Sprinkles cupcakes...it's an addiction really. When my office was in Scottsdale, it was 1 mile from Sprinkles. Try as I may, I could not resist popping over there to have my FAV~ red velvet cupcakes!! Oh, I love them so. Plus they have Coke in the glass bottles...a match made in heaven I tell you! Now that my store is in Glendale, I don't get to Sprinkles every day... I mean as often as I would like to. So just in case you don't have Sprinkles in your city~ I will send you the Sprinkles mix. It makes 12 cupcakes in flavors red velvet, dark chocolate, vanilla, lemon, banana, pumpkin, spice and chocolate peppermint. Include in your comment the flavor you want.

Don't forget extra entries for blogging, FB, twittering giveaway! You must be a follower as well.

The winner of the 3rd day of Christmas cakepops is Susan Crabtree. You will be gifted the dice cakepops for your bunco party!! BTW, you must check out Susan's blog Poca Cosas. Susan finds the most unique things!! LOVE!! Even though the picks are totally random...I was happy to see it was you Susan...especially since it's your birthday!!

I am having my own annual Cookie & Ornament exchange party on Friday. I love this party because it is an easy, no fuss party where I really enjoy the company of my girlfriends. Since this giveaway started, I haven't posted any Christmas party ideas so tomorrow along with the 5th Day of Christmas - I will start posting some more Christmas "muses" for you.

12 Days of Christmas ~ 3rd Day of Christmas

On the 3rd Day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me, a dozen cakepops. If you follow my blog then you know I have an AMAZING cakepop diva!! Jennifer of Heavenly Cakepops is the BEST!!! I just posted a couple of pics from my parties of her skills however check out her website for more of a sampling of her work. If you can think of it...she can do it! I wouldn't know what I would do without Jennifer. She makes Maddycakes parties extra special all the time. So to win the dozen of cakepops, check out Heavenly Cakepops website and leave me a comment on what theme/type of cakepop you want.

2nd Day of Christmas winner of DimplePrints is Britums. Please email me so you can get your prize.

contact@maddycakes.com

I hope you are enjoying the 12 days of Christmas as much as I am! Who knows what tomorrow will bring!

12 Days of Christmas ~ 2nd Day of Christmas

On the second day of Christmas, Maddycakes gave to me a card from DimplePrints.
So it doesn't have to be a card because Carli has the cutestest invitations and printable party packs as well but that didn't fit in for the song lyrics! Here is my 2010 Christmas card. I LOVE it! Do you remember last year's card? Yes, I got it from DimplePrints! This year I wanted a card to showcase many pictures from the year. I love the use of black and white to make it all cohesive. I have used DimplePrints many times~I love Carli's stlye and she is simply the best! So go to the DimplePrints Etsy shop and let me know which item you would like on your comments and why.
The winner of the Christmas Crunch gourmet popcorn from Poppa Maize is Julie D. Please email me your mailing address to contact@maddycakes.com. Congrats and enjoy!
Remember in order to win you must be a follower and get extra entries by posting giveaway to your blog, FB and Twitter!
You can win more than one prize...it's Christmas~I like to get more than one gift! :) So you can leave comments every day if you want. I strongly encourage it....you never know what I may do...hint....hint!!
Stay tuned for tomorrow's DimplePrints winner and the 3rd Day of Christmas!

12 Days of Christmas ~ 1st Day of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas Maddycakes gave to me, a large bag of Christmas Crunch. I hope you sang the sentence. I tried my best to make it fit the song! :)
I got the 12 days of Christmas giveaway idea from my gourmet popcorn vendor Poppa Maize. So of course they had to be my first giveaway. I LOVE their popcorn!!! They have AMAZING flavors (some I would never have thought of in a million years!) I use popcorn for so many parties and just for me and Maddy to eat!! Maddycakes does complete popcorn buffets at parties and with Poppa Maize having so many flavors and colors to choose from, they make my life so easy! Plus they are just the most wonderful people!

The Christmas Crunch is a mixture of white chocolate, peppermint, dried cranberries and pistachios (retail value ~$15). Delicious! In case you are trying to color coordinate it for an upcoming get together- the color is actually more like the color of the Strawberries-n-Cream pictured on the left.

Okay, so all you need to do now is

1. Be a follower

2. Leave a comment

3. Extra entries for posting giveaway on your blogs, FB, Twitter and linking back to MM!

I will announce winner tomorrow along with the 2nd day of Christmas giveaway. Please feel free to enter everyday!! I would!!

Can you believe I completed 4 parties in one week!!! CRAZY!! Maddycakes did 3 parties and one was my husband's annual Holiday party for work. Whew! I'm exhausted but had a great week. I thank God for my wonderful clients and I will try my best to post pics this week also along with giveaway!

12 Days of Christmas

So you all know the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, right?? Well, here at MM we are celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with giving you gifts. I am so appreciative that you take out time to visit and share in a part of my world. I don't take it forgranted and have "met" so many wonderful and talented people. I got this giveaway idea from one of my vendors and thought it would be a great thing to do with my peeps! So starting tomorrow (Monday, December 13th~Maddycakes Muse will be giving something away every day up until Christmas Eve.

To take part of the 12 Days of Christmas~
1. You must be a follower.
2. Leave a comment on each post that you would like to be entered into drawing.
3. You receive extra entries for blogging/FB/and tweets about the giveaway and link back to MM.
Every day will be a new gift and I will announce the winner of previous day. The prizes will be either from my preferred vendors or things I love. Merry Christmas my peeps!

Bling Tree

I'm super busy but wanted to show you what I'm up to. I really like using manzanita branches with decor. You can buy them in craft stores and online. Remember my cotton candy tree? The bling tree can easily be made by spray painting the branches silver and hot glue on strings of beads. You can find tons of cool things to glue onto branches right now utilizing the Christmas sales!! The pot is just covered with a white feather boa. Looks expensive, right?? Lighting makes it look really cool. This would not only work for swanky holiday parties but also New Year's Eve and any type of glamour party...don't you think?

Easy Candy Ornaments

Oh how I wish I had time to make these peppermint styrofoam ornaments. I have a party on Sunday that would be perfect to use these. I especially like the added touch of glitter on the wrapping. Tutorial here.

The little things

I worked so hard today. Today was one of those nonstop days! I don't know about you but many times as a party planner I don't take photos of my events. I hate when it happens but sometimes I literally work up to the second of guests arriving and once they arrive .... too late. Today was one of those times. As I was cleaning and packing up I snapped this shot of my holly sugar cubes. I love details and the little things in life mean the most to me. It's a must for all of my little girl tea parties to have themed decorated sugar cubes. The little girls love it....I find that big people like it too! :) Give it a try next time you have your peeps over for coffee or tea.

DIY Sequin Trees

So maybe you have seen these fancy dancy sequin trees in the stores??? Well, I did, but was not willing to pay the price tag so what's a crafty girl to do...make it for much less! Sorry no step by step tutorial. (Remember I have 3 parties this week) However, wanted to share my masterpiece! You can get the sequins by the yard at your fabric store. I'm a traditional girl so I chose red and green. Here is a close up picture.

Can you guess what was used for the frame? Yep, a tomato plant cage. Dinner party is tomorrow....(Wednesday) oh...it's 12:50 am so the dinner party is today! I will post pictures tonight! Many blessings my peeps!

Let It Snow

Every since I saw this tablescape from Jamee of Setting the Mood~ I wanted to do a snowman theme. I lived on the East Coast almost my entire life so snow was just a part of winter. Now living in Phoenix it's weird to have 75 degree weather today and talk to my friends who are back East who are shoveling snow. I know you've seen Jamee's snowman table but just in case you haven't check it out here.

I finally have a snowman theme party on the calendar for January. So thought I would share some more snowman party theme goodies.

Tutorial for snowman marshmallow pops .....you know I love marshmallow pops!

Cute and easy snowman cake pops.

I may be able to do this cake??

I LOVE this eggnog display idea from BH&G.

Maybe this is where Jamee got her idea from on her tablescape...BH&G? I have 3 parties this week. Yikes...I'm exhausted just thinking about all the things I have to do for them!

Personalized Ornament Cookies

These adorable personalized ornament cookies from Bake at 350 would be perfect as favors or on your holiday table for dual purpose place cards and favors. So versatile since you can use any color to go with your theme. You can get the 411 on how to make here. I'm not much of the baker so I am going to have these made for each one of my guests this year for my annual ornament/cookie exchange party!!

Maddycakes on Sonoran Living

I was on Sonoran Living today. If you live here in Phoenix than you know what a big deal this was for Maddycakes. We were on to help promote Glendale Glitters Gingerbread Nights coming up this weekend. I was asked to do a mini dessert display and have a couple of kids to decorating gingerbread houses. Maddycakes is having a Gingerbread House making party this weekend so was very excited for this opportunity! Of course Madison was one of my kids doing the crafts. I brought more than needed because you never know what circumstances you may have for setting up. I didn't have much space but I think it turn out good.

Aren't these cake pops awesome!! I love the Santa hats! Remember these candy cane food label holders I made last year? If not, check it out here! Can you see those Christmas glass milk containers that are in the Radio Flyer wagon? A great Goodwill find!

Check these cookies out....hello Dollar Tree! I used regular plastic containers and glued polka dot fabric to match the boxes.

So as usual ~forgot to get a pic of me on set or even Madison but here is the set and preparations.

The Joy is just spray painted cardboard letters you can get from any craft store. My blog schedule may be off a little this month like it's been the past week. I have a extremely busy holiday schedule but keep checking back. I will try to post every day just at different times than normal. Thanks my peeps! I have tons of events this month so can't wait to share.