Let’s Play Dress Up! – Mad Men Style!

I feel that men miss out on being a woman.  We as woman have so many more choices & opportunities to continue to play dress up.  I'm having a Mad Men holiday party this week which is the perfect opportunity to play dress up!  I love what Lady Peach laid out on her blog for ideas on how to dress up, accessorize & hair do’s!

 

French Twist!

Check her blog out http://ladypeachblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/simple-sunday-mad-men-edition.html - it's
too cute!

the beginning of - The Best Kept Secrets on Creating Your Perfect Event

I’m having in a Holiday Mad Men party in the next couple of weeks & I’m super excited! 

But I’m more excited to give readers an insight on some of the best kept secrets to create a fabulous party. I’m finding the best hidden stores & vendors who are all have been a joy to work with!  I can’t wait to share with all of you on each individual the store & vendor that I discovered. to help build my Mad Men party.

Spending Time ~ Showing a Little Love with Brunch (crispy french toast style)

Have you ever heard of the 5 Love Languages? It’s a theory to help you understand how you receive love & also how you express love. The 5 love languages are: words of affirmation, quality time (spending time), receiving gifts, acts of service, or physical touch. Each of these languages is enjoyed to some degree by all people, and I believe we need all of them but you usually have 1 or 2 that stand out more for you than the rest.  One of my top 2 is Spending Time.  I feel the most loved when I’m spending quality time with friends & family.   It’s such a special thing to me when someone takes time out of their busy schedule to have dinner, lunch, breakfast, or ice cream with me - basically anything revolving around food & drinks! And I also show love in this way so it’s no surprise that I love to invite people over to my place to eat.  My other strong love language to express love to others is Acts of Services.  So even though I HATE to cook; I LOVE to cook for the people that I adore (and don’t even mind it)! A few years ago I did a brunch for a friend & have been doing it ever since.  I think its a nice way to start the weekend off.  I love having people over and feeling the spirits of my friends enjoying a good meal (I hope) and getting the chance to catch up with others.  Living in Los Angeles, things can be so hectic & crazy, and sometimes I find that just taking an hour to get together with a group of good loving people can put your feet back on the ground.  I think we all need that time to time.

Check the photos of the recent brunch my roommate & I hosted at our place.

I had extra scraps of this pretty paper & thought of this idea so they wouldn’t go to waste.

I made these paper napkins rings that say “Grub” on the front (I find that word cute so I had to add it!), and on the back of the napkins ring is a “fortune/inspiration quotes” – like a fortune cookie. It was such a frugal & cute touch to a simple brunch.  Most of our guests enjoyed get an inspirational or encouragement fortune – none of them were males though. The boys didn’t seemed phase by it at all! Haha!  But the girls really enjoyed it.

Strawberry Angel Bday Donut (Extra Large)

I made this Angel white powdered donut cake for a good friend of mine's birthday.  He doesn't like celebrating his birthdays so it makes it difficult to know what to do for him.  But I wanted him to know that I was thinking of him because he's such an awesome friend. So I figured that I could drop some donuts off at his job.  I found this 'Big Donut Top Maker' at Marshall's for $5.99! The 'Big Donut Top Maker' are cake molds to bake a cake in the shape of a doughnut & it was so easy to do!

Junk = Picture Frame wih a Different View

I love buying a piece of "junk" and making it to something of my own. 

Before.....

and with a little help ....

I've also have seen a chalkboard attached to the frame.  I think I will try that as my next project!

A Little Music to a Birthday

For my friend's birthday gift, I wanted to make something personal for her. I knew she was planning to re-do her room so I wanted to give her something that she could use as décor.
I found a slightly damaged magnetic board that was in the clearance rack for $2. I re-did it with a music sheet paper that was $0.59 cents at Michael’s, brown ribbon that was $0.50 cents, and found blue & yellow plastics flowers for $2 (those are the colors she is changing her room to). My friend also loves God, flowers & her friendships so I incorporated those things to make some magnates for her board.

Piano Birthday Cake

Most people are always surprise to find out that I dislike to cook.  I know how to cook & bake but not to fond of it.  I prefer to just go out to eat or have a bowl of cereal.  However, I love to cook & bake for the that people I love.  In a sense, it's my love language; it's my way to tell them that I love them.
A couple a weeks ago it was a very good friend of mine's birthday.  She has been so great to me this year, and I wanted to show her how much I love & appreciate her by adding a little touch to her birthday celebration.  My friend's talent and passion is music; and thought that should be my platform.   I wanted to make some kind cake theme to music, but I also need it to keep it simple enough to achieve this-because I'm no Cake Boss

2 - 9/13 white cakes.  I baked the cake from scratch but you can use cake mix.

                                                           

white cake frosting, kit kat bars (for chord keys), dental floss (to make key lines).  I used a cardboard box that I got from my job for the cake base.  I used black wrapping paper from Party City that cost 99 cents, to wrap the cardboard base.  The last touch to it (which I really think helped pull it off) was the print out of the Yamaha logo & volume systems, and pasting them on the board.  It's no Cake Boss creation but my friend enjoyed it & had fun with it.