For this installment of Do It Todero we are talking about sweet treats! During a recent conversation with one of my couples we were talking about including donuts into their dessert selection, because who doesn't love a donut? Anyway, I got thinking about how great donuts are, and how at the end of the night, sometimes something with a some carbohydrates in them is kinda perfect to soak up some of the drinks that you indulged in. So, DONUT FAVORS! 

There are so many different ways you could make these, I simply bought plastic favor bags from Michaels ($1.99/25) and some cute ribbon ($1/spool) and of course some Dunkin' Donuts clasics ($4.99/half dozen). I used my trusty tag puncher to cut out some printed tags that I quickly designed. Or you could fold down the bag and seal it up with some washi tape (pic #2) or leave the label off and do a cute sign in front of your whole favor display (pic #4).  These favors come to less than $1/each and man are they yummy. 

And because I had a box of Oatmeal Cream Pies staring at me on the table I through one of them into a bag and tied it off with ribbon, because, people love Little Debbie too! So many different options for a cute and delicious (and cost effective favors! Don't get stumped by your typical favor of Jordan Almonds :)

PS Sorry for the quality of images here, my camera battery is donzo. Bummer! Phone pictures will have to suffice today! 

Last April I co-hosted a wedding shower for Arianna & Zack. As soon as I started thinking about this shower I knew that a Pink, Glitter & Gold theme would be super girly and fun for Arianna, and well, Zack loves Arianna, so he'd love that she'd love it. We had a pretty tight budget (who doesn't?) and a lot of ladies that we were inviting. We ended up having about 80 ladies attend in the end. So we came up with the idea of serving soup, salad, and bread sticks and then having a decadent dessert table. Here's what I came up with!

I have to say that I had a ton of help with the shower. Vince helped me cut down rolls of glitter wrapping paper to be skinny enough for table runners. My sister-in-laws Miranda and Michelle came over and helped bake and package all of the cookies (no pictures of them, but we did white chocolate filled snickerdoodles and strawberry frosting filled sugar cookies both in a whoopie pie pan so they were big and soft and yummy). Michelle also came over and crafted the centerpieces with me--who knew a tin can could look so cute. 

Since we had a large crowd we had to adjust the games so that people could be engaged and not bored. The game we played took place during gift opening and was as easy as setting a timer for random intervals and when it went off the person who gave the gift that the couple was currently opening got a door prize. We also had a mad lib for wedding advice at each seat which I just finished crafting into a scrapbook for Arianna and Zack along with photos from the shower and from the DIY photo booth we set up. 

And that's who you throw a girly pink bridal shower! I offer shower planning as part of my services. Need some help figuring out where to start or just want to have your brainstormed ideas come together without too much effort on your part? Besides, as a host, you still need to be able to enjoy the shower you are throwing! Contact me and we can set up a meeting to discus how I can help with your next bridal shower.