French Toast Brunch

Meet Elisha.....

She is one of my dearest friends here in Montana,
so when her birthday was approaching I knew I wanted to do something special.

My friend Sara and I decided we should have a "French Toast Brunch" because
Elisha loves french toast and it's one of her birthday traditions.

The wonderful and talented Kelli Trontel took GORGEOUS pictures for us.

This is one of my favorite parties I've done....

We decided to gut my living room and turn it into a dinning room.
I made a simple doily garland and hung it over the table.
and printed Happy Birthday banner from Ruffled and strung it in the window.
For the tablecloth I placed random fabrics on top of a white tablecloth to form runners.

The place settings consisted of layered paper plates/napkin and oranges with a name tag.
We also made one of a kind mustache cups simply by purchasing glasses at the thrift store
and painting them with glass paint.
Coffee pots were placed on the table and used for vases.

For brunch we ate... french toast!
Sara made french toast dippers and bacon.

Homemade syrups.... AMAZING!




Plenty of toppings.

Mini doughnuts.

Chocolate covered bacon... don't knock it, till you've tried it.
YUM.

"Eggs & Bacon"
Pretzel sticks with melted white chocolate and a yellow m&m.

Coffee.

For party favors I made french toast cupcakes with maple frosting topped with "bacon & eggs".

They were placed in a craft box and tied with twine. 

As usual it was a wonderful time with wonderful friends. 

All photos by Kelli Trontel Photography 

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Perfect Mason

Sometimes wrapping paper just doesn't cut it! 

For Sara's birthday some girlfriends and I took her to yummy sushi for dinner 

and then all pitched in to get her a fun gift. 

I decided that the gifts should be put in Mason Jars. 

Best. Decision. Ever. 

Here's what we gave...

Scarf (yes, I had to SCRUNCH it in there, but it was worth it) and candy. 

Make-up, gloves, candy and a pair of earrings. 

Socks and more candy. 

I ended up really loving the tops of the jars (silly, I know). 

The plaid one I LOVE combined with the white and navy fabrics, plus the burlap 

and then I wrapped the gold lid with white yarn... SIGH... it looked so cute. 

One more picture (all photos by Izzi Ray)...

Sometimes, it's fun to try and think outside the box... literally. 

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Keep Calm and Cruise On

My friend Crystal asked me to bake cupcakes for her birthday (yay). The plan was for everyone to meet at a local park for breakfast burritos made by Chef B. Ray (her husband), go for a bike ride and then come back for cupcakes.

All was going according to plan until my fantastic bike (a cruiser purchased from Walmart) decided to poop-out on me. sad panda. So, I rode/rolled/walked back to my mom (who was visiting from Wisconsin) and we set up the dessert area.

It's hard to be mad at my bike when it's so darn cute!!

I LOVE table settings (or truck setting in this case), birthday parties and obviously cupcakes. So, as much as I was bummed to miss the bike ride, I had fun decorating with mom.

Let me take a minute to say that my mother is WONDERFUL and she never ceases to amaze me. She lives in a church... seriously. Check out her blog.

We used a pink/orange color pallet (Crystal's fave) and mom made the flower arrangement inside a pumpkin. We got the pumpkin and flowers from my friend Linda's garden (it's breathtaking).

I made Straw-Berried Treasure Cupcakes (recipe here) and they were deeeee-lish! I added a small dusting of pink and orange sugar to the top and a little cupcake topper that said "Keep Calm and Cruise On".

After some pictures we all sang, ate cupcakes and hung out. It was a great way to spend the morning. Oh and the fantastic aqua truck is Brian and Crystal's and I'm in LOVE with it!

Happy Birthday Crystal!!!