Cookie Exchange Paper Cake Centerpiece/Favors

Thank you once again to everyone who suggested cake themes and played along with our first contest. It was extremely hard to decide which two of all of the great ideas we should use and turn into paper creations.

Wendy gave us lots of fabulous cake theme ideas, but the one that I chose was a "Cookie Exchange" cake. Lots of people get together right before Christmas and have "Cookie Exchange Party. Wouldn't it be fun if you were hosting one of these parties to have a centerpiece like this. Type up your recipe, roll it up into a scroll and slip it inside a cake slice box with a few pieces of candy or a small cookie cutter. Hand these favors out along with a small plate of your cookies and WOW your guests will be impressed!

Having a party and want to have a fun creative centerpiece/party favors. Contact us and we will be happy to create a personalized cake or favor boxes just for you and your theme.

Come back soon to see Jen's creation using Carrie's cake theme...Gambling!

Thanks for stopping by,
Pam

Cake Theme Contest Winners!!!

We are so excited to announce the winners of our First Ever Cake Theme Contest! We will be revealing the cakes we made using our winners cake themes this coming weekend.

And the winners are:

Carrie Wilton: Gambling Cake, being designed by Jen

and

Wendy Carman: Cookie Exchange Cake, being designed by Pam

Congratulations!!! We will be in contact with you for your prize!!!!

It's the little things

Over the weekend my friend, Cindi had a party and asked if I would help cater. I love parties and I absolutely love decorating for them, so of course I said yes! I made Artichoke Dip, salsa, gaucamole, spicy red raspberry dip, mini chesesecakes and chocolate peanut butter cup cupcakes.

I have always found it helpful to label dishes when you are having a lot of guests. This way people aren't asking around..."do you know what that is?"..."is that spicy?"..."what flavor is that?". First I printed out the names of each dish using my computer using dark red ink and cream cardstock. Then I chose a rustic looking pattern paper for the border, knowing that Cindi had a lot of southwestern dishes that we would be using. Next I punched out the names with an oval punch, punched out scalloped ovals from the pattern paper and then layered to two. I also made little picks for the cupcakes with the type of chocolate candy that was hidden in the middle, dark and milk.

All of the guests commented on this idea and absolutely loved that they could read what each item was, especially the ladies who wanted to stay away from the spicy dips or who loved dark chocolate.

Try this for your next party or if you are short on time, contact us here at Party Starters and we will be happy to make them for you.

Don't forget our Cake Theme Contest is still going on. you might be one of the lucky winners of our newest set of *12 mini cake slice party favors. The winners will be allowed to choose the theme and or color scheme of their favors. Each cake slice favor box will fit approximately 2-3 chocolate kisses, kind of gives you an idea of how big they are. Great little treats for friends, family, teachers...you name it! Just think these could be yours for free!

Thanks for stopping by,
Pam


*$15 value

Party Starters First EVER Cake Theme Contest!!

We are looking for some fresh, fun and funky cake themes. Themes for any occasion: birthdays, retirement, little kids, big kids, weddings, showers…you name it. We want something different, something really OUT there, we want a challenge!!!

Tell us what theme we should do our next cake in and if your idea is chosen we will send you one of our newest cake favor set for FREE!

You have until Saturday, October 17, 2009 7PM MST (G-7) to enter! On Sunday, October 18, 2009 we will announce our winners…yes WINNERS! Jen and Pam will each choose a theme to play with. . Please spread the word, the more the merrier!

So here is how you can enter to win (ANYONE can enter)

-Become a fan if you aren’t already and leave a comment on our Facebook fan page with your cake theme idea

-Become a follower if you aren’t already and leave a comment here on our blog with your cake theme idea

Trick or Treat...

...I say treats! I spent the morning making this Halloween favor cake to put in our Store. I am on my way now to post it, but wanted to show it all you first! Every box is a little different, perfect to hand out filled with goodies to co workers or to take into the classroom for classmates. How about a Halloween party, are any of you throwing a Monster Bash??? These cake slices come in a set of 12, but of course you can custom order as many as you need.

Thanks for peeking!
~Pam

Contest Coming!

Keep your eyes open, because Party Starters is going to have a contest (the first of many) within the next few days! You might be the lucky winner of something really sweet!
OH and the prize for now is a secret, but don't keep the contest hush hush...SPREAD THE WORD!

~Pam & Jen

Welcome to our Party Starters BLOG!!

Welcome to our Party Starters Blog! Jen and I are so excited to have a fun new blog to share what is happening in the land of Party Starters. On our side bar we have a link to our website, our store and a link if you would like to contact us. We have also added a link to our Facebook page where you can become a fan. Party Starters loves to get feedback, so please feel free to leave a comment here on our blog posts.

Last week we were adding lots of new products to our store and this week we have been trying to see what we can do to promote them. This morning we had a nice surprise, I was checking out Indie Spotting and guess what was on the front page today...Jen's adorable Little Yellow Duck Cake! So nice to see other's showing off your work.

Again welcome to our blog, thanks so much for stopping by.
We hope that you will be back soon!
~Pam