The Book of Life Party Inspiration {A Day of the Dead Celebration}

The Book of Life Movie is coming out this year on October 17th, right before Halloween.  It is associated (and you can read all the rumors about the movie here) with the Day of the Dead, a Mexican tradition which in spanish is Dia de los Muertos.  Where you celebrate and honor friends and family that have died with prayers, offerings, and gifts.

 I'm all excited about the movie, the colors, the proposal, the "La Muerte Castle" and the "Land of the Remembered"!  When I saw this movie trailer in the movie theater a couple of months ago, I thought right away that I had to make a party inspired on it!  So here we are, a month before the movie comes out I have all my plans down and I want to share my wonderful inspiration with you today!

  I'm TEAM Manolo, by the way!

Sources: Book of Life Movie Scene, La Muerte from Book of Life, Bride/Novia Sign, Sugar Skull Cookies, Cake Topper, Bouquet 1, Bouquet 2, Sugar Skull Cookie, Papel Picado Banners

I can't wait to style this one and have lots of fun with all the colors!

If you're looking for other inspiration, you can check out my Mexican Wedding Inspiration and Mexican Inspired Cakes from the past. 

A Wicked Soiree

 

I styled this awesome fancy witch dessert table for a very special 14th year old birthday girl.  She wanted something glittery, fancy and with witches. It also happens that her favorite color is purple.  Perfect!

 

 

Megan wanted to see her name included and I thought it would be perfect to add it on picture frames, which I took the glass out of and cut the glittery letters out of stencils to add to scrapbook paper. They hung from ribbons and looked super cute! 

My favorite is the cake on this awesome stand with witches feet from a past Halloween Party, A Witch's Halloween . A friend of ours, Wendy, baked a gorgeous purple rosette cake including the cute hat and spider toppers!

 

 

Other desserts included chocolate cake push up pops with fondant witch's hats also by our friend Wendy. Cookies, cupcakes, cakepops and smores on little boxes because the girls were having a fire in the back later.

 

 

 

There was also Witch's Brew to go with some great pizza for the girls before they started on a fun line up of games including Pie Eating Contest and Apple Bobbing.

 

Halloween Scramble Word Game - Free Printable from Moms & Munchkins

 

 

 

 

I totally adored working on this party!

 

Check out the cool red velvet cake...

 

 

 

A very sweet ending indeed. Try these awesome party ideas and check out the link for the free printables above to top your cupcakes and sweets this Halloween!

 

CREDITS:

 

Styling and Photography: In Flight Celebrations

Cupcakes, Cakepops, Chocolate Push Up Cakes: In Flight Celebrations

Cake, Cookies and Fondant Toppers: Wendy Robinson

FREE Halloween Printables/Cupcake Toppers: Chickabug

 

 

 

 

 



Happy Halloween from In Flight!

I love for Halloween to be fun around the blog. Last year I celebrated here on the blog with an awesome fun Hoot~o~ween. This year I'm celebrating again with an owl themed halloween with wonderful help by Lauren Mckinsey who created a really fun and cute owl ghost for us from a variation to her already fun Halloween Collection.

 

 

Fun, short and sweet it's what I like to call this one. It's a great small set up still full of sweets and treats and wonderful colors to compliment a fun theme.

I wanted a strawberry flavored cake and a cakepop topper on it. I thought a caramel apple would be the cutest thing and Sweet Whimsy Created the most cutest ones for us!

 

Original source for the balloon inspiration that I have been wanting to use for a while now, can be found here. I added scraps of fabric to make it fun!

Other treats included caramel corn, mini donuts, and cotton candy.



However you decide to celebrate this Halloween....have fun!



 

 

Printable Halloween Designed Collection ~ Lauren Mckinsey

Caramel Apple Cakepops ~ Sweet Whimsy Shop

Straws from Cotton Candy ~ Hey YoYo

Striped Cups and Black and White Baskets and Balloon ~ Shop Sweet Lulu

 

 

 

 



HOOT~ O ~ WEEN!

Oh what a fun shoot I had with this one! 

 

I present you....

 

Hoot ~ O ~ Ween!

 

 

 

A fun Halloween shoot inspired on Krazy Colors and owls.  Since these was to be a Krazy take on something cute and fun, I decided to add spring elements to this fall occasion by using otherwise seasonably neglected loving friends like birds, and frogs and cute pink flowers!

 

 

 

Take a look at the polka dot spiders!

 

 

 

A different take on 'mud pie' with chocolate push ups and fondant toppers adorned with cute flowers and still edible worms...just not gummy worms!

 

 

 

Krazy Halloween Colors Cupcakes

 

 

 

A fruit cake inspired on Family Fun's healthier option for cake.

 

 

 

I changed the usual chocolate oreos owl cupcakes to vanilla ones to create white owls.  The peak is an apple caramel candy corn. They look great along these super cute and colorful owl cookies.

 

 

 

Love the mix of colors on the oreos!

 

 

 

White fondant spiders on...you guessed it, 'Ding Dongs'!

 

 

 

Apple Cinnamon Donuts on a lovely cup I received as a gift with Jack o Lantern Chocolates.

 

 

 

Lovely fun toppers for these pumpkin pies....

 

 

 

On the table I used fabric to create candy pouches with apple caramel candy corn inside. Painted these plates with dry erase markers to make spider webs and used a sticker owl on the glasses. For the utensil bag I used zig zag ribbon to have a little candy corn color effect and added these cute handcrafted mummy wooden spoons I won on a giveaway! And I found the cute candy corn color M&Ms indiviually wrapped. 

 

 

 

 

Polka dots fabulous!

 

 

 

Credits:

All Fondant Toppers by Love & Sugar Kisses

Spiders and HOOT O WEEN Cookies by Sugarlily Cookie Company

Owl Cookies by KJ Cookies

Chocolate Covered Oreos by Sweet Temptations

Push Up Cakes by The Confectionista Kitchen

Mummy Spoons by Titi's Tu Tu's

Jack O Lanterns Baking Cups and Orange Bags by In The Clear

Super Spooky Mixed Straws by Shop Sweet Lulu

Owl Sticker Decals shown on Glasses by Indigo Chic Creations

 

 

 

I have the most fun out of turning each holiday into a new creation with different color palettes....

 

You can see credits and inspiration for this shoot on my inspiration post here and on pinterest here

 





Fall Flight {A Houndstooth Halloween} as seen on Amy Atlas

 

Fall Flight

{A Houndstooth Halloween Inspired Shoot}

Featured on Amy Atlas' Sweet Designs Blog

 

 

A natural and fresh approach to Halloween.  Owls and Crows have their Fall Flight, the time where they make their presence on our celebrations.

While the style on this Fall table remains fresh with light colors and white pumpkins, it provides your guests with a warm full tablescape

sure to please the eyes and the taste buds.  A dessert table placed behind is a great alternative to treat your guests to a little something more  after dinner.

 

 

This table is decorated with a white tablecover as well as white and beige laced pattern plates, clear glasses, white straws and neutral color napkins.  The
halloween touches are added with owls and crows as well as a black and white houndstooth pattern.  The dessert serving pieces placed on the table
 remain white and light.  The sweets in the other hand bring in the contrast, sweetly and gracefully with chocolate.  Chocolate - Almond Cake Balls with
owl fondant toppers, chocolate pudding, and a sweet and salty Chocolate - Pretzel Cake. 

 



 

Mason Jars were painted with glossy white spray paint and feathers were added to the flower arrangements to add to the 'Flight' element of the table. 
Favors sacks with pumpkin seeds were created with houndstooth fabric and then an aged halloween tag was added which is also a great idea for place
cards.

 

 

 



Vendors: 
Table Styling - In Flight Celebrations
Photography - Danielle Evans Photography
Invitation - Blush Printables
Fondant Toppers - Edible Details
Tags - Brandywine Designs
Decoupage Pumpkin - Catnip Studio Too
Burlap Runner - The Shabby Creek Shop
Vintage Dominos and Bingo Pieces - Vintage Scrap Shop
Paper Straws - Bake It Pretty

 

 

 

 Happy Halloween

~ from In Flight!