Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Maia's unicorn party

Maia turned 7 last week and we celebrated in magical unicorn style this past weekend.

Maia's unicorn party

My pastel-loving heart was so happy to craft and bake for this little party.

Maia's unicorn party

I used the unicorn stamp set, Magical Day, from Neat and Tangled to create all of the party decor.

Like, this cake topper:

Maia's unicorn party

and these cupcake toppers:

Maia's unicorn party

as well as the glass bottle wrappers:

Maia's unicorn party

I also baked up all of the treats.

This cake was so yummy. A confetti cake with strawberry cream filling (both were recipes from the Layered cookbook) and my own favorite vanilla buttercream.


Maia's unicorn party


I used the sprinkles (a splurge, from Sweetapolita's shop) to cover everything. They are so dreamy!

Maia's unicorn party

I had a few suggestions to try rainbow-icing for the top of the cupcakes, and I'm so glad I listened! It was my first time attempting this and now I want to multicolor the top of every cupcake! It was so fun to watch all the colors swirl out.

Maia's unicorn party

The last baked item were these sugar cookie bars, covered in marshmallow buttercream icing and more sprinkles. So good.

And, we broke out our rarely-used cotton candy machine for the occasion. I put those little fluffy bundles on display and snapped a quick picture but they oxidize and turn to shrivelled lumps pretty fast. We made a few batches with the party girls as an activity and it was a hit.

Maia's unicorn party

The first to arrive was Maia's cousin, Lauren (because we all live on the same street!) I thought it was a sweet opportunity to snap a picture of the 2 of them together.


Maia's unicorn party

I made all of the girls unicorn horn headbands, and I loved seeing them enjoy them!

They were all pretty happy when we finally started serving those desserts:

Maia's unicorn party


Speaking of cake...

Maia's unicorn party


That face! One day I'll provide a montage of all the times she looked at cake that way, and it will play for an hour. haha.

On the way out, the girls grabbed a little gift bag and I slept for 10 hours straight.

Maia's unicorn party

♥.

4 comments:

  1. This is amazing! I love all the sweets and the decorations you made. Everything is so pretty! And I love your daughter's face looking the cake :)

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  2. Awesome party! I love seeing your parties! Great inspiration! I love the rainbow icing on those cupcakes as well! Maia's face is fabulous!

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  3. The picture of your daughter with her cake is priceless. I still look at cake that way. LOL. Everything for the party just looks magical and delicious.

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  4. So dang cute...all of it! No wonder you slept for 10 hours straight. I know how much work went into pulling off this kind of a party. Your family is blessed to have you. :)

    You did a terrific job on all of the baked goods. I particularly want to chomp down on some of those pan sugar cookies. Love the color of frosting! Can you direct me towards a recipe for those and the frosting? It would be great to make some of those for my family.

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