Mad Hatter by Dreamin' N Details

I want to share with you this Dessert Table that was entered in our recent Contest by Cineca of Dreamin' N Details. 

Now, Cineca just sent in pictures of her Dessert Table because we only required 1 table for the Contest, but this is a real party and there is so much more than the dessert table.  I loved it and asked her to share with us all about the party.  Here's the details as described by Cineca.

I was lucky enough to be able to put together this vibrant & fun 'We're All Mad' Mad Hatter Tea Party for a client's daughter this summer.

The birthday girl was very involved in the planning. She wanted bright colors, a large variety of candy & sweets and a sit down tea party.

I wanted to start with an amazing & unique invitation. I knew immediately that Piggy Bank Parties would be perfect for the job. Do & J not only custom designed the perfect invitation, but also an entire collection of party printables. Including signs, place cards, Eat Me/ Drink Me tags & labels.

I also called in the help of some other amazing party chicks. G at Celebration Today...The Superchick Way created a Krazy set of Kandy Kones and Carmen at Pom Flair made the beautiful tissue poms.

The dessert table consisted of the birthday girl's favorite candies...gummy bears, M&Ms, swedish fish, gumballs, cupcakes, twix, jelly beans & twizzlers. I made chocolate covered marshmallows & pretzels, and the birthday girl baked her own cake. I mounted posters from the movie Alice In Wonderland on foam board to create a backdrop.

The guests arrived in costume, sat down for tea (pink, blue & yellow lemonade) and pizza, attacked the candy table, posed for pictures with the Mad Hatter himself (well, a cardboard Johnny Depp version LOL) and played pink flamingo croquet & badminton.

It was the perfect day for an UnBirthday Tea Party!

Awesome Vendors:
Invitation & printables- Piggy Bank Parties
Kandy Kones- Superchick Studios
Tissue Poms- Pom Flair
Coordination & Styling- Dreamin' N Details

Thanks for sharing with us and entering the Contest Cineca!  This is a fabulous party indeed!!

I invite you to follow along Cineca's Dreamin' N Details on Facebook and Twitter,

she's one awesome party girl!



'Saved by the bell Detention Desserts' by Nicole Gould

I present to you the winner entry to our Contest by Nicole Gould ~ Saved by the bell

Below is the description entered by Nicole herself...

THEME:  Saved by the Bell DETENTION Desserts

What kid in the late 80s and early 90s didn't roll out of bed in their Ninja Turtle pajamas to catch his/her favorite Saturday morning show... Saved by the Bell?!?!  Filled with comedy (aka. Samuel Schreech Powers)... and a little drama (who knew caffeine pills were so dangerous)... and EVERYTHING 90s, our friends at Bayside High School taught us about love, friendship, and how to be Cool at School!  I wanted my dessert table to be all things awesome, gnarly, and totally RAD... just how Zack and the gang would do it!

Center Desk...

The center of the table became this retro television I found off of craigslist for a whopping $15. No, it doesn't work thanks to the change from analog to digital... but the static screen and knobs took me back to the good ole days.  I placed Kelly 'Kup'kowski Cakes on top of the tv and topped the cupcakes with the Class of '93 photos and fondant toppers in the most awesome iconic fashion.  Could that sneaker be any more amazing?! SHAAA!  Orange sodas sat in front of the TV.  Just because everything is cuter on sticks, I placed Schreech Pops on one side and gummy burgers on the other.  The Schreech Pops were made by yours truly and displayed the multitude of faces of the sidekick that we grew to love (well, maybe not Lisa)!  The gummy burgers were direct from The Max, the fav after-school hang-out/dance competition location/music video set!

Left Desk...

Placed perfectly on AC's dumbbell, Slater's Sugar Cookies showed off the famous logo, Zach's sneaker, the iconic opening credit pair of shades, a boom-box, and the Bayside logo. Go TIGERS!!!  Because of Lisa's shopping habit, Miss Lisa 'Turtles' were placed atop a stack of shoe boxes.  Ice-cream flavored lollipops sat in retro sundae cups in tribute of the greatest girl group at Bayside High... Hot Sundae!  "Mind to it... Go for it..."

Right Desk...

Speaking of Hot Sundae, let's not forget how stressed, excited, then scared Jessie Spano got over the music video shoot, the fame of the girl group, and applying for colleges.  For that reason, Jessie's Energy Pills sat on top of a large stack of textbooks.  And it wasn't just the girls that had a musical hit, the boy band Zack Attack swooned almost every girl at Bayside.  Zack Attack Snacks, poly bags filled with neon sour gummies, sat on a platter hoisted up with an enormous pair of sneakers (jeans tucked IN, of course)!  At the end of the day... and each season... the gnarly girls and bodacious boys of Bayside taught us one thing... Friends are Forever!  So grab your Buddy Band Brownie, topped with neon Nerds (another specialty by me) and chill with a pal!  Just don't get caught by the princiPAL!!!!

VENDOR CREDITS:
Cookies - Casey's Confections - www.caseysconfections.com
Fondant toppers - Edible Details - www.edibledetails.com
Location, lighting and set-up staff - the best sixth grade team in Arizona... Go Jets!!!

Dessert Table Styling by Nicole Gould

follow her blog - http://www.milliondollarsmilecelebrations.blogspot.com/

and her new facebook page! {tell her I sent you!}

There's a personal story behind Nicole's blog name of Million Dollar $mile Celebrations that is inspiring and I think you should read about, here.  And you might find that her other parties are kind of awesome too!  She has been featured in Amy Atlas Sweet Designs, Hostess with the Mostess and Kara's Party Ideas. 

Thank you Nicole for such a fun, creative and amazing entry to our Contest!

~ Mayra

1 Year Blog Anniversary Contest ~ Winner Announcement!

Our Contest, which was inspired on a Favorite Character Dessert Table has a winner...

the fabulous, Nicole Gould!!!!

Nicole created a dessert table especifically for the Contest

 and was inspired on the famous TV show, Saved by the Bell.

  The judges and me were amazed at the creativity and originality of this de-constructed dessert table...

 "this shoot is pure brilliance {"detention dessert" - LOVE IT!!!!}" - Brenda Bennett Maille of BWS

"I LOVED Saved By The Bell!!" -  Dawn Smith of Not Just A Mommy

CONGRATULATIONS NICOLE!

Here's a reminder of your prizes by so our great vendors and sponsors:

• $100 Gift Card to your choice of Hobby Lobby, Michael's or Home Goods by us here at In Flight!
• A guaranteed feature on Best Wedding Sites eMagazine in Brenda's Wedding Blog for a bridal styled photo shoot.
• $100 Credit to Embellished Paper
• $50 Credit to Eye Candy Event Details
• $49 Credit to Green Beansie Cards
• $45 Credit to Paper & Pigtails for a Printable Package from the shop.
• $40 Credit to Sugarlily Cookie Company
• $30 Credit to Edible Details
• $15 Credit to Weddings by Susan
• $15 Credit to Hey Yo Yo Courtesy of us here at In Flight
• 10 Custom Favor Boxes from Simple Tastes Courtesy of us here at In Flight
• And last but not least, $35 in Martha Stewart Craft Products also courtesy of us here at In Flight!

Many, many thanks to our judges:

Brenda Bennett Maille ~ Best Wedding Sites

Kori Ruebsamen Clark ~ Paper & Pigtails

Dawn Smith ~ Not Just A Mommy

and all wonderful vendors mentioned above!  I can not wait to see what Nicole comes up with for her feature on Best Wedding Sites and I know it's going to be gorgeous.

Please come back to the blog tomorrow, to see the full post on Nicole Gould's Save By The Bell Feature and to learn a little bit more about Nicole!

And thanks to all of you because after all this Contest, was inspired on our 1st Year Anniversary of the blog....so exciting!

~ Mayra

Last but not least! More Dessert Table Contest Prizes and Sponsors

I want to lastly give special thanks to two of our first blog sponsor's and amazingly creative ladies....

Angilyn of Simple Tastes and Susan of Weddings by Susan!

We have been honored to worked with Weddings by Susan ~ Formely Susan's Greetings since the beginning and it only makes it more special that she is taking part of our Dessert Table Contest as part of our Anniversary Event.  Same goes for the amazing Simple Tastes and their fabulous little favors.

The winner of the contest takes home a credit for $15 to Weddings by Susan

And 10 Custom Made Favor Boxes from Simple Tastes

but, that's not all!!

Don't forget I'm also giving the winner a $15 Certificate to Hey Yo Yo on Etsy!

And here's just some of all the goodies you can get there!

Just a reminde of some of our great prizes we are giving out to the winner of our Favorite Character Inspired Dessert Table Contest.

Here's where you can find more about the above vendors:

Wedding's by Susan Blog

Wedding's by Susan Shop

Wedding's by Susan ~ Susan's Greetings on Twitter

Wedding's by Susan ~ Susan's Greetings on Facebook

Simple Tastes Shop

Simple Tastes on Facebook

Hey Yo Yo Shop