On this Mother's Day...

It's my first Mother's Day and I'm touched, honored, blessed and thankful for the gift of motherhood and to have my precious daughter.... to love, to guide and to care for each and everyday. It's the hardest, but best job in the world and I'm so happy to be Maya's mother! Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mommy's out there and especially to the greatest mom I know, mine! I love you! 

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Pretty in Pink Baby Shower

We're having a girl!!!  Yes, we're expecting in March and we're just thrilled!  We did a gender reveal cake back in November and it was so much fun to have our close friends and family with us.  I can clearly remember my thoughts and emotions seeing the PINK cake!  My heart was pounding and I was so overjoyed!

  

This past weekend, I felt the same emotions when my mom and best gal friends threw me a pretty in pink baby shower.  Everything was perfect and looked fabulous!  They are so amazing and everything they did was so beautiful!   

 My mom made these ribbon chandeliers that hung above the tables.  The simplicity of it is beautiful!   

I loved this banner!  It's now in the baby room and we cant wait to use it for our maternity session.   

The tablescape was beautiful!  Fit for the wonderful ladies in my life, each guest received a bath and body works spray with a strawberry flavored whoopie pie.  They also got a "Wishes for Baby" card that I adored reading after the shower.  I put them in baby's scrapbook so she can read them one day too.    

Everything coordinated so beautiful!  Thanks again, Jo!  She did an amazing job with all the banners and even coordinated the look for the diaper game!  She's one crafty gal I tell ya and her work is awesome!  And thanks to Des for her master of ceremonies skill! =)   

Our hearts just melted when we saw the diaper cake and ballerina slippers!  They were so adorably cute, we were just in awwww!  It really hit us and this picture says it all! LOVE it!

The dessert spread was incredibly good, including the guava cake my mom ordered!  It was perfection!  All the food was delicious too!  I had a little more than a tasting to everything there! 

The little girls even had their own table and favors!  

I'm just the happiest mommy-to-be in the planet!  Thanks so much to my wonderful mom and my besties for all they have done!  Everything was beautiful and we're so grateful for it all!  We couldn't feel anymore love and blessed!  

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60th Birthday Invitations for Marilyn

I love working with past brides!  They are always so fun and because I already worked with them, I know what style their looking for.  Denise came to me for party invitations to celebrate her moms 60th birthday.  Her family will be throwing a special celebration to honor their mother this weekend.... so a BIG Happy 60th birthday to Marilyn!   

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Peacock Inspired Birthday

Yep, we're having a birthday bash because I'm turning the BIG 3-0!!!  Ekks!  It's an exciting time with everything else going on in our life that we really need to celebrate!  And I'm so excited!  Because my birthday falls on Thanksgiving day this year, we are still reminded of what we are most thankful for, but we're taking this day to party and celebrate! Cheers!  

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Happy Halloween!

What are you dressed up as and how will you be celebrating? I wish I can create this adorable candy display.  I found it on One Charming Party and it's such eye candy!  Have a safe and Happy Halloween!   

Chic Candy Centerpiece

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Beatles theme invitations for Lennon

Happy birthday Lennon! His mommy wanted to make his 1st birthday very special by doing a Beatles theme party.  A great idea for baby Lennon!  I designed the invitations with a little inspiration from the Abbey Road Album cover with baby crawling.  And because it's so fitting, popular songs were incorporated onto the invitation.  I think they turned out well and it's going to be one fun party!     

  

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Christening/Baptism Invitations

My godson was recently baptized so I was honored to design invitations to celebrate his christening. His mama took the adorable photo of Baby Marcus sleeping and he just looks so precious! My lovely and I stood alongside Marcus' parents to be welcomed as a child of god.

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Happy Mothers Day

I wanted to wish all the mothers, especially mine, a very Happy Mothers Day! I believe it's the hardest job in the entire world.... if done right!

I made this card for my mom to let her know that I appreciate her, love her, honor her, adore her and truly admire her as a woman and for raising me to be the best that I can be! I love you, mom!

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Bachelorette Party Invitations

I'm a little behind on some of my postings because its been busy around the studio, but I'm slowly getting to them. Back in March, I designed bachelorette party invitations for a maid-of-honor who planned a day wine tasting in Napa. She wanted a wine theme, but also something girly to represent the bride-to-be. Here is the finished invitation!

I know these ladies had a wonderful time. What more can you ask for.... a limo ride, wine tasting, food and girls time... nothing is better!

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Happy Valentine's Day

I thought I'd share with you a little love and I think you should too! Tell the people special in your life you love them not just today, but everyday... your significant other, family, friends, pets, teachers, troops... I can go on and on! Normally my lovely and I don't exchange gifts for V-day because we feel each day together is a gift, but to remind each other of that, we're going to exchange mini notes that say why we love each other, 14 notes each!

Now, I'm going to tell you 14 things about me that I personally LOVE:

1. I LOVE laughing! It keeps me happy, especially with my best girlfriends!

2. I LOVE that I'm blessed with the best man to be by my side... all the time!

3. I LOVE my parents! They have and always will be there for me.

4. I LOVE warm, white sheets and towels fresh out of the dryer.

5. I LOVE everything white! It's so plain, yet fresh and clean looking!

6. I LOVE simplicity. Things don't always have to be so difficult.

7. I LOVE Minnie Mouse. I think I have everything with her face on it!

8. I LOVE traveling. Visiting new places and seeing how people live excites me!

9. I LOVE Oprah! She encourages me to "live my best life"!

10. I LOVE the sound of the ocean. It really calms me.

11. I LOVE that my lovely calls me everyday, even for just a moment!

12. I LOVE craft stores. I could literally spend hours in there!

13. I LOVE desserts and sweets! It's so bad for me, but so hard to resist!

14. I LOVE Dolldine Designs. Our clients, vendors, industry pals, family and friends is what keeps us going. Thank you so much for all your love and support!


What do you love? I hope you have a wonderful Valentine's Day and remember to spread the love!

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Valentine's day desserts

Since Valentine's Day is coming around the corner, I thought I would share some tasty treats. I'm a sucker for desserts and have a really bad sweet tooth! I'm doing a little lifestyle change where I cant eat everything I see, but who says we still can't look! Some of my favorites come from Martha Stewart.... If I can fit baking into my schedule, here are some I would choose.

Bittersweet Chocolate, Chocolate Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches,
Triple Chocolate Cheesecake, Molten Chocolate Cake

If I were to just go out and purchase something (or hint to my lovely to purchase something for me), I have my list of favorites too! So here they are...

1. Macarons! I first feel in love when I had them at Bouchon in Napa. They are so divine! And if you're in the SoCal area, check out Sweet and Saucy Bakeshop. My lovely had business in Long Beach so he brought some for me on his way home and they were delish! Only if we lived closer. (BTW- if anyone knows of any spot in San Diego, please advise!)

Sweet and Saucy Shop

2. Ice Cream Cake! You can never go wrong with ice cream. We've had this before special ordered with strawberry cheesecake ice cream and vanilla cake! I also love the size. It's perfect for 2!

Baskin Robbins

3. Neapolitan Cake! OMG! This is by far the best cake I've even had! It comes from the filipino bakeshop Goldilocks which describes it as a layer each of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla chiffon cake filled with chocolate ganache and strawberry butter cream iced with vanilla butter cream. If that doesn't make your mouth water, I don't know what will!



So there you have my favorites to bake and take. All so good and if it weren't for my new lifestyle change, I'd have them all! What are your favorite desserts?

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Minnie Mouse Candy Box

photo via Disney

My favorite character of all time is Minnie Mouse! Since I was a little girl, I've always adored her and I still do! So when I saw this come through my inbox from Disney, I had to share.

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Sweets and treats party

I know I'm a couple weeks behind in posting, but I figure this party can be good for other holidays too. Since "happy hearts day" is coming up next month, it can also work for a valentine's day party! Any reason to get together works for me!

I invited some of my gal friends to come over for a fun night of sweets and treats! After each guest received an invitation, we were all ready to party!

I created a place setting for each guest and used gable boxes as a dual purpose; a place card and after the party, they filled their boxes with sweets and treats to take home.

I wanted to create a centerpiece that hung ornaments so I took branches off a tree and spray painted them gold. I then put it in a vase with red tinsel, placed white poinsettias and taaadahhh!

This is the dessert area where each guest was asked to place their treats on the platter provided. It worked out well and by the end of the night, everything was gone!

Some of the desserts we had were my red velvet whoopie pies, chocolate smore's bar, peppermint brownie cupcake and chocolate toffee brittle! hmmmm... yummy!

And of course, we had to have some fruit sangria! The party was a blast and I can't wait to host another one!

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