Play With Your Food: Mr. Potato Head

So.  I had an idea.  A cookie of everyone's favorite spud with moveable parts. Pretty cute, right?  Then I posted pics on Facebook and he kinda blew up.  Like scary blew up.  Like 500 new fans in 24 hours blew up. Like a FB fan contacting the VP of Design at Hasbro to show them this set of cookies blew up.  Like a cookie cutter company considering making this a set of cookie cutters blew up. Crazy exciting and crazy weird. So funny what capture people's imaginations.  You just never know.  Anyhow.  Here's the cookie that rocked my Facebook world.  Enjoy!

 The complete set - hand cut from paper patterns.

 Keepin' it real using the old school parts.

 Look at that body!

Introducing the many faces of Mr. Potato Head:

Travelling Taters!

Ack! My babies are flying the coop!  Literally.  I received my first out of state order for Mr. Potatohead cake pops from North Carolina of all places.  So I whipped up a couple dozen, threw in a half dozen extras just in case we had any casualties in transit and a packet of candy melts to use as glue should a mustache or eyeball pop off along the way.  I should be hearing from my client in a couple of days to see how these sweet potatoes fared.  Wish me (and them) luck!  To be continued....

Blog Love: Modern Chic Tots

So excited to have our first party feature here on Modern Chic Tots for our recent Toy Story 3 birthday.  Check out their fab blog for our write up and browse their site for some amazing finds and design ideas.  Love them!

Toy Story Birthday

The Toy Story 3 party finally came and went today and it was such a great time!  The candy buffet set up went really smoothly and Abby and I were invited to attend this super fun and colorful celebration for Evah, the sweetest little birthday girl.  Check out the pics below for all the cheery details.  Enjoy!

The backyard spread.

The birthday girl love, love, loves Jesse from Toy Story, so these sugar cookies are my "tip of the hat" to her.

The aliens have landed and they brought their rocket ship! These space alien cupcakes are a total riot and I couldn't be more pleased with how they turned out.

Butter cream icing

The hostess requested these Mr Potato Head cake pops by Bakerella, which I recreated here. Tons of work, but  a great payoff.

  

Potato Head detail.

The wildly talented Theresa Willerford from Lollypops and Slingshots, who referred me for this party (thankyouverymuch!), created this fabulous cake for the birthday girl.  How great is Andy's bed surrounded by all of his childhood friends?  I mean I could lay my head on that fluffy pillow right now.   So cute! 

Cake detail.

I individually packaged these gummi green army men and created this display to give them maximum impact on the table.

These Buzz Lightyear lollipops originally came with Toy Story themed Valentines and make perfect mini cupcake toppers. Two treats in one - what a lucky find!

Rainbow gum balls fill containers and bring tons of color and a happy childhood vibe to the table.

Another special request from the hostess, Hamm (aka Evil Dr. Porkchop) cake pops.

Rainbow swirl pops get a big dose of Jesse.

I surprised the hostess with these Mr. Pricklepants cupcakes, which she was super enthusiastic about.  Abby's Peter Pan hat gets some minor (temporary) alterations to stand in as a centerpiece for this cupcake display.

Detail

Sugar cookie badges.

To go goody bags

Abby tries a Mini Buzz Cake.

Evah, the birthday girl (left), was such a little sweetheart, and she and Abby got along from the jump.

Toy Story activity books

Paint your own piggy bank station

Oh, yeah.  And did I mention the ponies?!  Abs and Evah loved Dolly the Donkey and Blue the white pony (?). The handlers were great and gave them ride after ride.  Such a great party!  

Love Dolly's Jesse hat!

This smile says it all.

Preview: Toy Story Birthday

So I'm working on a new party with a really fab and fun theme: Toy Story 3.  Soooo many ideas and visuals to draw from!  I remembered that Powell's Candy Store had these gummi green army men and ran in to get some for the candy buffet.  How perfect are they?  Wasn't sure initially how I was going to use them, I just knew that I wanted needed them.

Since they're gummi candies and therefore pretty floppy, I wanted to find a way to display them that gave maximum impact.  So I bagged 'em and tagged 'em individually like toys off the shelf and will make a display board to hang them from for the party.  Love how these turned out!

Amaze-balls, no?

Hand cut sign for above the candy buffet.

Jesse swirl pops in Abby's old boots

Detail

Buzz figure

Getting closer to the party date, so I'm practicing decorating cupcakes.  We're having Mr. Pricklepants and the little green aliens, which took a little longer and a few more attempts to get just right, but I think we're there:

Mr Pricklepants hats

Mr Pricklepants trial run

 Mr Potato Head Pops!

Hamm pops!

 Jesse's hat sugar cookies

Love the whipstitch details.

detail

Woody's badge sugar cookies

UPDATE: finalized version of alien and Mr. Pricklepants cupcakes