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Now that we're in the modern-day '20s, what better way to celebrate than by throwing a wedding inspired by the Jazz Age? Check out these Great Gatsby wedding theme ideas.

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I can't believe it. My youngest child... my baby... has turned 13. She is officially a teenager. insert sad face :( For her birthday, she decided to have a "Movie Night"-themed slumber party. The trays were used for dinner and the polka-dotted plates were used for birthday cake. Of course, a movie themed party MUST have popcorn! It really was a perfect theme for my daughter. She is my performer: singer, dancer, & actress. My "shining star" is also friends with many other talented girls. So, we had this star craft as an activity for the girls. They painted the stars gold and then added glitter and other decorations to make stars like those on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. As the night went on, the girls snuggled up on the couch and watched a bunch of movies we had chosen from Red Box. Of course, movie theater themed snacks were called for. Coca-cola (and other sodas & beverages) were served. Candy. Of course! In addition to "regular" movie-style popcorn, we also had "Boom Chick A Pop". According to the teenagers, "...all the youtubers" love this stuff. So, we had to have it, too! Snacks. Snacks. Snacks. We used mason jars with red & white striped straws for water. We also used them for orange juice at breakfast in the morning. Breakfast included pancakes, eggs, bacon, & muffins. Everyone was sooooo full at the end of this party! Fortunately, everyone laughed & laughed all night and all morning. It seemed like everyone had a great time. Moreover, my daughter LOVED her party. She had a wonderful birthday - which is something she TRULY deserved. I love her more than words can say. Follow me via email, Bloglovin', or Google+. You can also follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter! The links are on the upper right side of this feed. Thanks! This post is part of the linky at The Dedicated House: http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/06/make-it-pretty-monday-week-137.html#more Visit Coastal Charm's Show & Share linky: http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/2015/06/show-and-share-no264.html

You are sure to be dazzled by this party submitted by Lucia Philip of Something Wonderful Happened out of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia! Glamorous Old Hollywood Vintage Birthday Party Here are the breathtaking details from this party that you won’t want to miss: Red Velvet Curtain Backdrop Vintage Hollywood-inspired Ruffle Cake Champagne Tower/Stacked Drink Glasses Dessert Cups topped with chocolate bars and truffles Shimmering Macarons placed in jewelry boxes and beautiful Sugar Flowers placed atop cupcakes!

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Maxine My mom's 60th birthday cake

I wanted to do something special for my father's 70th Birthday, he has overcome a lot over the past 5 years losing my mother and oldest brother to

This cake was given to the recipient at a surprise birthday party. Everything is edible.

Hollywood Theme Birthday Cake

Made for a joint 50th and 21st birthday party, Mum and Son, they wanted something “grand” and “elegant” in a Red Carpet Oscars theme. This is what I came up with complete with LED mini lights.

Film Reel Cutouts perfects for any "Movie Theme" or "Hollywood Theme" celebration. It can be use for centerpieces, cake decoration, favor bags decoration, banners and more! It can be customize in any color or size. If you do not see the size or color option you are looking for, send me a message and I will create a listing for you. If you need them in bulk send me a note and I will send you a quote. You will receive: - Film Reel Cutouts (Your desire amount) - Measures: Approx. 5.5", 8" or 12" (Your desire size) ***PAPER IS GLITTERY ON ONE SIDE ONLY. BACK SIDE IS WHITE*** Coordinating items such as cupcake toppers, invitations, favor bags, thank you cards, food tent labels and more available. I do combine shipping...check out my others items!!! Pet and smoke free home. COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: I am not selling a image or brand, simply party favors to aid in party themes. I am not charging for the image, just the materials and my time to put together these themed party favors. The images are a free add on and can be removed by customer request at the time of purchase. It is very important to note that copyright restrictions on the characters only permit graphics to be used for one time personal use such as birthday parties and home decor.

A simple 11 inch square chocolate mud cake for a 21st Birthday. Red carpet, and velvet rope details in fondant, the photographer is a fondant silhouette, spotlight is made from a skewer covered in fondant, stars are all yellow modelling paste painted gold.

You know when you get those customers that truly appreciate your effort and oooh and ahhh and make you feel like your time and work was worth every second. This was that customer….you know one of those you would fit in regardless if you were completel

Met in Israel, love Middle Eastern culture, love Old Hollywood... it's the perfect recipe for a Casablanca-themed party. These two managed to combine Jewish traditions with their own DIY-infused style after a budget crisis shook everything up.

Grease Birthday Cake 10" bottom round, 8" top round, covered in fondant with fondant decorations

Buy me a ticket and take me to the show, with the help of this Hollywood Movie Birthday Party, by Minnie Lim of Party Divas, there's no telling how far you'll go! Starring details both glam and fun, this first birthday bash is a winning one! So walk the red carpet and take a look and be sure to spot the following, favorite details: Now Showing Theatre Entrance Glam Hollywood Movie-inspired Ceiling Custom Cinema Stage Giant Marquee Lights Movie Themed Table Centerpieces Movie Reel Photo Banners And a cute Hollywood Movie Cake!

Sweet n Sassy www.sweetnsassycakes.com/ Event coordination by Diamond Events: DCDiamondEvents.com (202)239-6137

25+ Oscar Party Ideas for a festive watch party to enjoy with your friends! It's award show season...and our favorite one is coming up...the Oscars! We've gathered up of our favorite Oscar party ideas to help you get planning. It doesn't take much to make a statement, just a few finishing touches and you can add a little glamour to make your night in a hit. You can find more fancy party ideas on this post: New Year's Eve party ideas. These ideas would also work great for your big Oscar Party. Let the party planning begin! 1. Beet salad on a

As I have established I like to bake. I offered to help out for a fun baby shower that was happening. The theme was "A Star Is Born". It was on Oscar night. I was told the colors were: Hot pink, white, silver and black Here was the inspiration: Source: rosebakes.com via Ceri on Pinterest It was fun!! I took Friday off work so I wouldn't be up all night the night before. Note to self: DO THIS ALWAYS!! The Plan: I started baking thursday night so the cakes would cool and Friday I could make the fondant and cover it, what I didn't finish Friday I would do Saturday. This is my go to fondant recipe: marshmallow-fondant-macsmoms-butter cream-flavored-variation. Super super easy, and it tastes good too. I really like Rosebakes.com!The host of the party shared the cake idea with me. Rose linked to this cake blog post on cutting ribbon out of fondant: Source: rosebakes.com via Ceri on Pinterest Until now, that has been a lost technique on me. It was super helpful, and made it WAY less scary to try. (I had back up real ribbon in the plan just in case.) I used 2 boxes yellow cake, 1 box strawberry cake mix. Don't judge me. I don't care that it comes in a box. It's EASY, Hard Mess Up, and Tastes GREAT.... Maybe one day I will try it from scratch. Who am I kidding?? I never will. I do however "mix" it up. I follow the box directions but I add a box of instant pudding. FYI: It makes the mix much thicker when mixing. I think that it makes the cake dense and so so moist, and adds another level of flavor to it. Yellow mix got the following changes: 1 box vanilla pudding, and subbed milk for the cup of water. Strawberry mix: 1/2 bag frozen strawberries. I pulverized them in their frozen state in my Cuisinart 9-Cup Food Processor. (I LOVE that thing!) until they were tiny bits. (it was about 1 half cup.) I figure that I should remove 1/2 cup liquid, so I subbed 1 cup water with the half cup strawberry mix, and then about 1/2 cup milk. These are estimates, I am a mix an go kind of cook. When adding the pudding it makes it so much thicker so you have room to play with. After the cakes were all baked and cool, I filled them. Confession time: I cheat with butter cream frosting. I go to Albertsons, and buy it from the bakery. They sell it by the pound. With the cost of butter, it is about the same, and I do not have to make it. WIN!!! I filled it with layers of Bavarian Cream (I cheated again and bought it at united grocers, cash & carry ran out of time because of the strawberry mix do over) and strawberry filling that I found via pintrest. Source: allrecipes.com via Ceri on Pinterest It tastes good and was super easy! (we will leave out that I burnt the first batch Friday night, and had to make a new one Saturday) (It was really easy, I just got distracted waiting for it to boil watching American Idol on the DVR) If you have ever filled a cake before, you may or may not know a trick for keeping it oozing out. It's called a dam. You can use that by piping butter cream around the edge. I wanted a layer of the filling to be strawberry cake A thin layer. I baked one of the yellow cakes in a spring form cake pan. The other cakes were done in an 8 inch round cake pan. I trimmed some of the yellow from the spring form pan, to add a thin layer of yellow in the middle of it. This is what it looked like cut: Anyway, I stacked them up, and dirty iced it. I need to get better about making them all the same. exact. size, and doing a 2nd layer of icing after the dirty ice has dried. (I always rush this part and regret it) From what I read it will help with the lumps I have that annoy me so badly. So now, the 2 cakes are baked, iced, and covered in the white fondant I made Friday. Things are going good! But.... of course the top was too heavy so I used some of these Hidden Pillars 4/Pkg-6 from Wilton. .. First I just put one in.... still sinking.... then I trimmed one so that it opened up like a flower and set the top cake upon my make shift pedestal. Next I proceeded to make black fondant. Wow, it took forever, I like the CK Products colors they work really well, but to make black it takes a TON of it. Luckily I added some raspberry LorAnn flavoring oil. so it did not taste like food coloring. (I made that mistake before with Red) Using the ribbon cutting method from Rosebakes - how-to-add-ribbons-and-ribbon-borders-to-cake to make the ribbons. What I want: Wilton Decorate Smart Fondant Ribbon Cutter Set. What I used: OXO Good Grips Pizza Wheel it works right?? Now I was worried my fondant would stick together so I decided to use my Reynolds Freezer Paper. This was great for my Kneading, but it STUCK TO THE PAPER SIDE. So I rolled it back out and cut it again with the freezer paper folded in half so the plastic was on both sides. (Normally I use parchment paper but i was out) I was really surprised how easy it was to cut with a pizza cutter and ruler. Also it helps if your fondant is a little thicker I think. RESULTS! Next I worked on the Stars I cut up many.... borrowed some vodka from my neighbor to paint on silver and platinum dust. Then I made these: Don't look at the mess! All the freezer paper cuttings, I am a very messy cook.... Source: planetpals.com via Ceri on Pinterest I made the rope stanchions from paper straws, and Twizzlers Pull 'n' Peel. I dipped them in sugar water, and then rolled them in colored "glitter" sugar I made from this pin: Just mix a few drops of food color, paste, or gel to regular sugar. Then bake at 350. There is a note that the paste colors do smoke. And they are right, it did but I caught it before it got bad and burnt. Turned out perfectly! PROGRESS! Then I rolled out the red hot pink carpet using the same technique above. (Still worked well) Not before discovering the HORRORS of making Gum paste!! My stars from the day before were not drying out well. Because I was making a wall I wanted to make sure it was going to hold and to dry out. At first I thought I could half the container. I planned on making a 50/50 mix of fondant and gum paste. Maybe that was where I went wrong? It was bad. So I had to mix about half a bag of powdered sugar..... way way more than the 1/3rd cup the instructions called for. It's amazing I got it off! Hubby had to help, and used a spatula.... well this mess turned in to this Simi FINISHED PRODUCT! (I added the shooting stars on the wire once I got to the party: FRONT BACK I did not know it was going to be sitting on an island. My messy ribbon ends and back of the wall were not perfect so I added a bunch of the extra fondant stars to cover it up. Well there you have it. My first baby shower cake! The shower was pintrest perfect! Super sweet hostess and co-hostess! I want to go to more of their parties! Super excited for the Parents to Be and their soon to be Baby KMG! Thanks for Reading... :) x