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Eliana’s Cupcake Cutie Birthday Party Sleepover – Sunday, June 19, 2011

by dlcasas on June 22, 2011

6-19-11 Eliana is a Cupcake Cutie!

Friends:

This past Sunday, I threw a “Cupcake Cutie” birthday bash sleepover for Eliana to celebrate her 11th birthday! This is what the table looked like.

6-19-11 Eliana's Cupcake Cutie Table

This is what the individual place settings looked like. We had to kinds of cupcake plates and lots of hot pink!

6-19-11 Eliana's Cupcake Cutie Place Setting

First the girls made taco salad cupcakes, taco salads made inside ramekins that are made to look like cupcakes.

6-19-11 The taco cupcake, a taco salad made to look like a cupcake

A small tortilla is placed inside a ramekins and baked at 400 degrees for 7 minutes. Layers of lettuce, cheese, and ground meat are placed inside. Sour cream is piped on top with a grape tomato as the cherry and shredded cheese as the sprinkles. The girls’ tacos came out uber cute! Dinner was accompanied by a vanilla cream soda punch (1 part vanilla cream soda, 1 part ginger ale, hefty scoops of vanilla ice cream). Yum!

6-19-11 Eliana and the girls with their taco salad cupcakes

After Kid Chef Eliana that, made strawberry shortcake cupcakes with fresh strawberries.

6-19-11 Kid Chef Eliana makes strawberry cream cheese frosting with real strawberries

They were soooo delicious!

6-19-11 Strawberry shortcake cupcakes made by Kid Chef Eliana

Then it was time to blow out the candle on her birthday cupcake!! Actually, the cupcake she is blowing out is a candle in the middle of mini cupcakes!

6-19-11 Eliana and her birthday cake. The cupcake is the middle is actually a candle.

Then it was time to open presents. Kid Chef Eliana got a wild new apron!

6-19-11 Eliana gets a wild zebra apron for her birthday!

She also got a sweet little ceramic cupcake with an “E” on top.

6-19-11 Eliana gets a ceramic cupcake with an E on top!

I think one of her favorite presents of all was her new Cupcake Cutie Room!!!

6-19-11 Eliana's Cupcake Cutie Room

After opening presents, we played a game and the girls had a cupcake collage contest. They all voted on their favorite cupcake art. In my opinion, they are all winners!

6-19-11 Eliana and her friends with their cupcake collages

Then they made chef hats from construction paper and white plastic grocery bags. Adorable young chefs! You can make this chef hat too. Instructions are on Kid Chef Eliana’s website.

6-19-11 The cute little chefs make chef hats from construction paper and plastic grocery bags

Look at Kid Chef Eliana! Love the funky birthday glasses! :)

6-19-11 Happy Birthday, Kid Chef Eliana!

Then it was time to decorate cupcakes that the girls baked earlier. I created a “Cupcake Bar” with different types of frosting, different kinds of sprinkles, and chocolate chips. The girls went to town!

6-19-11 The young chefs decorate cupcakes at the Cupcake Bar

Josie’s cupcakes came out awesome!

6-19-11 Josie's cupcakes look oh so yummy!

After decorating and eating those tasty treats, we did our last craft and activity for the night. They made cupcake bags by decorating colorful canvas bags with bright fabric paint. They came out great and were perfect to tote all of their goodies home the next morning.

6-19-11 Eliana and her friends made cupcake tote bags - so precious!

It was a fabulous party and the girls had a blast. Cheers to the Cupcake Cuties! Young Chefs Rock!

6-19-11 Young chefs rock!

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

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Eliana’s Hooray for Hollywood 10th Birthday Party – Saturday, June 19, 2010

by dlcasas on June 22, 2010

6-19-10 Eliana blows kisses to her adoring fans

Friends:

This past weekend, we celebrated Eliana’s 10th birthday in grand style by throwing her a “Hooray for Hollywood” party complete with a limousine ride to and from the movie theater!

6-19-10 The starlets inside the limousine on the way to their movie premiere

When Eliana’s friends arrived, they were escorted inside the gala but first had to pose for pictures on the red carpet.

6-19-10 Eliana and her friend, Breanne, pose on the red carpet

Inside, the house was adorned with Hollywood-themed decorations. The custom sign was ordered from Shindigz.com, where I purchased many of the party accessories including the red carpet, the Golden Star awards, the Hollywood Walk of Fame stars, the director’s clap boards, and the partyware.

6-19-10 Eliana's Hooray for Hollywood birthday sign

Check out the beautiful table!

6-19-10 Eliana's Hooray for Hollywood birthday table

Here is a close-up of the individual place setting.

6-19-10 The individual place setting

When the girls entered the house, they had to stop to sign the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Each girl signed her own star.

6-19-10 Josie Parr signs her Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Of course, Eliana the birthday star, had to sign the Hollywood Walk of Fame too!

6-19-10 Eliana Marisol signs the Hollywood Walk of Fame

The girls were ushered into a seating area and we held the Golden Star Awards Ceremony (our version of the “Oscars”). Each girl won Best Actress in a different film category: sci-fi, action, comedy, drama, musical, and best actress in the motion picture of the year.

6-19-10 The Hollywood starlets with their 2010 Golden Star Awards

Of course, Eliana won the “big” award. :)

6-19-10 Eliana wins Best Actress in the 2010 Motion Picture of the Year

After the awards ceremony, we sang “Happy Birthday” to the star of the evening. Look at her gorgeous cake! It was made by Lana & Dana, a sister team that makes phenomenal cakes.

6-19-10 Eliana's gorgeous Hooray for Hollywood cake

Eliana makes her wish and blows!

6-19-10 Eliana blows the candles on her cake

The highlight of the party for the girls was the limousine ride to and from the movie theater. None of them had been inside a limo and it was quite a thrill!

6-19-10 The starlets in front of their super stretch limo!

When they emerged from the limo, the paparazzi (the girls’ parents) were waiting to snap pictures. The girls even had to sign autographs!

6-19-10 Eliana signs an autograph for an adoring fan at the movie theater

We had reserved seating at the AMC Palace 16 movie theater to see Toy Story 3 in 3D. A whole row of seats were reserved for us! After the wonderful movie, it was time for the limo to pick up the girls. Inside, we held a toast for the birthday star, Eliana.

6-19-10 The girls toast with champagne inside the limo

We didn’t expect the surprise visit from Lady Gaga!

6-19-10 Lady Gaga makes an end-of-the-night surprise appearance at the party

The night ended with a sleepover. After the girls ate cake and Eliana opened her presents, the little starlets settled in and watched Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell. Happy 10th Birthday, Eliana!

6-19-10 Hooray for Hollywood! Eliana is wearing a replica of Marilyn Monroe's dress in Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend number in the movie, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Hooray for Hollywood!

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

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Eliana’s Cookies & Cocoa Christmas Sleepover – Saturday, December 19, 2009

by dlcasas on December 20, 2009

12-19-09 Chef Eliana in her gingerbread best

12-19-09 Chef Eliana in her gingerbread best

Friends:

I hosted a Cookies & Cocoa Christmas sleepover for Eliana and her friends. It was a blast! We decorated the house with a Gingerbread and sweet treats theme.

12-19-09 Cookies & Cocoa party table

12-19-09 Cookies & Cocoa party table

This is what the individual place setting looked like. The table is covered with gingerbread themed wrapping paper. The big “doily” in the middle is actually a tree skirt!

12-19-09 Cookies & Cocoa party place setting

12-19-09 Cookies & Cocoa party place setting

We had yummy treats such as Sultan’s Hat cookies and Gingerbread Cupcakes with Eggnog Cream Cheese icing. Yum!

12-19-09 The sweet treats table

12-19-09 The sweet treats table

First, the girls decorated their goody purses with gingerbread decorations. Then they ate dinner.

12-19-09 Chef Eliana and friends

12-19-09 Chef Eliana and friends

After eating dinner, we played games such as Dirty Santa and Pass the Pigskin. They had so much fun and won some fun prizes. But all the girls went home with tons of goodies.

12-19-09 Passing the pigskin game

12-19-09 Passing the pigskin game

Next, it was time to make Christmas ornaments. They decorated felt cut outs of Christmas trees, ornaments, and snowflakes with glitter glue and sparkly spangles.

12-19-09 The girls work on decorating ornaments

12-19-09 The girls work on decorating ornaments

Of course, the girls had to make gingerbread too! They all decorated lolly gingerpops. They were so cute – little gingerbread people on sticks!

12-19-09 Eliana's lolly gingerpop

12-19-09 Eliana's lolly gingerpop

After making chocolate fudge, it was jammie time! The girls got in their jammies, made hot cocoa, settled in their sleeping bags, and watched “A Christmas Story,” the classic movie about Ralphie and his quest for a bee bee gun. The girls had a ton of fun and it was a wonderful way to celebrate the holidays!

12-19-09 Jammie Time!

12-19-09 Jammie Time!

Deck the Halls!

Until next time…

Warmly, Dianne

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