Well, it’s true. Hey there, Cupcake! is doing very well, and that doesn’t surprise me as Stevi has mad talent. She went well beyond a cupcake for our wedding – this exquisite wedding cake was quite simply, a masterpiece. To an extent, almost difficult to cut into when the time came, as it was so unbelievable to just admire it on it’s pedestal. A piece of art!

Wedding Cake by “Hey There, Cupcake!”

In looking back on the wedding cake pictures, I guess it was moi that did the cake face smashing! Sorry honey. That looks somewhat aggressive!

I’ve been published in my first magazine!!!!  Now, obviously *I* am not the only one responsible for this amazing shoot (which, again, I promise to share in more detail here!), and, actually I worked very closely with Desiree of Penny Blooms Floral Design to make it gorgeous.  There are some INCREDIBLE vendors that gave their all too!  But still, it was thrilling to see my business name and the work I am so proud to have done in a magazine!

We got a whole page spread of photographs, beautifully taken by Melissa Biador!  (And special thanks to Nikki of Calculated Whisk for sharing this photo – I have my copy of the magazine but keep forgetting to take a photo of the spread!).

Check it out in the huge 25th Anniversary San Diego Style Weddings magazine (available on newsstands NOW!).

And there is no shortage of gorgeous on the blog today, including the utter fabulosity of the florals by Penny Blooms Floral Design (just… wow), custom stationery by Nic.Roc. Designs, custom cake by Hey There, Cupcake! (seriously…  I about fell over when I saw it), as well as the marbled macarons by La Reine des Macarons, the apple pie pops by Wicked Spoon, and the apple cake pops and gemstone cake balls by Calculated Whisk!  Lauren even posted a link to the behind-the-scenes video by Porcelain Rose Productions!

I am so happy our hard work (and over 9 months of planning!) paid off with this gorgeous shoot!  I swear I’ll blog it soon!   Check out the whole shoot feature on Every Last Detail!!! <3!

I said yes, of course!

Check out our feature today on Baby Lifestyles!

I hope you have a fantastic holiday – I’m off to spend the day with friends and my husband.  Be safe!!!

Photo credits:

• Hybrid Photography
• Melissa Biador Photography
• Nicole Benitez Photography
• Porcelain Rose Productions
• We Heart Photography

Aidan’s mom Jennie e-mailed me in mid-January, asking for planning and design help with his first birthday party.  She had a pretty clear idea of what she wanted, but needed assistance tying everything together and making it happen.  The challenge was getting the sweets buffet to look elegant and beautiful without it looking girly, and to keep Jennie’s fantastic ideas under budget.

I think that the result was a great balance of whimsy, elegance, and boyish fun, tying together the themes of teddy bears and milk and cookies.  We featured a sweets buffet in the center of the backyard and a build-a-bear vendor on the patio, along with bunting handmade by Aidan’s dad Sal.  Jennie got in on the handcrafting too, making all the tablecloths and runners as well as all the savory items and some of the cookies and cupcakes!

Jennie purchased printables online at Pink Pickle Studios, including hats, water bottle labels, and a banner:

And Jennie used Aidan’s red wagon as a focal point.

The younger guests had so much fun with Fabbiola of My Beary Best Friend, choosing their animals and watching them be stuffed:

Of course we had to have teddy bears (with individual cookie jars at each table, inside and out!).

Aidan’s parents designed an extra special birthday cake for him, which was brought to life by the amazing Stevi at Hey There, Cupcake!

And now…  The showpiece of the party.  The fabulous sweets table!  I had waaaay too much fun styling this, using my pieces and Jennie’s.  And at her request I made the fantastic fabric flowers from some tutorials I pinned on Pinterest (whew!  Try saying that three times fast!).  I LOVE them SO much!

Yes I know.  They’re just fabric flowers.  But I adore them.

Anyway, on to the rest of the sweet table!

And of course you can’t have a first birthday party without a smash cake!

Aidan’s Teddy Bear First Birthday Party in San Marcos, CA 02*18*2012 Details:

• Planning/Design/Styling: Events by Elisa
• Photography: Nicole Benitez Photography
• Cake/Cupcakes: Hey There, Cupcake!
• Printables: Pink Pickle Studio
• Build-a-Bear: My Beary Best Friend

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This shower was originally scheduled – and styled – for outdoors in a pretty, terraced backyard.  But a week before the shower was to take place, we found out that our Southern California sun wasn’t going to behave.  Instead of having a beautiful relaxing sun-soaked November day, we’d have soaking of a different sort.  Rain.  Buckets of rain.

I can’t lie – it was a bit of a shocker, since no one counted on rain during what was supposed to be a very dry November in San Diego.  What was worse was that the home where we’d planned to hold the shower couldn’t accommodate 70 people indoors.  So, thanks to a very generous coworker, we moved on to Plan B: the gourmet kitchen and bar areas of a private clubhouse (the rest of which was already rented out that day for a bridal shower!).

Luckily it was an absolutely gorgeous venue, and luckily even the rain didn’t keep away the throngs of guests.  We showered this Mama in style!

We created some really fun touches, from GORGEOUS sea urchin vases custom made by the insanely creative Desiree of Penny Blooms to cascading bubble chandeliers made from clear glass ornaments provided by the mom-to-be to a wishing tree made from driftwood.

Natalie and Tony decided that they didn’t want to know the gender of their unborn baby, so we threw a completely gender-neutral party (complete with coloring pages asking if the kids in attendance thought the baby was a Stella – girl – or Brayden – boy, and a single game asking adults in attendance to fill in their guesses for birth stats and gender).  I have to admit, it was kind of tough staying firmly in the “cute and gender neutral” category, but it was helpful that Natalie chose such an adorable “Under the Sea” theme, inspired by a set of scrapbooking stickers she found when she found out she was first pregnant!

I created a set of printed pieces including an invitation featuring original artwork (inspired by the stickers) an original poem by Practically Perfect Poetry, Prose, and Proofreading - I just love how much personality there was in that sweet little turtle!

Then of course there was my personal favorite feature of the party – a huge ocean-themed sweets buffet featuring a gorgeous “wave” backdrop of fabric that my amazing assistant found at Joann’s Fabric, hand-assembled clamshell cookies (made by me!), a sculpted sandcastle cake by Hey There, Cupcake!, and the most adorable sea creature cake pops by Calculated Whisk!  The “sand” was actually brown sugar, and the rocks and shells were candy – and every kid there (and some of the adults) loved that they could eat every bit they wanted!  Plus brown sugar was inexpensive, non-toxic, and looked and smelled amazing!

I can’t help but throw in one extra shot of those cookies…  I just love them so much!

And of course I’m happy to report that Natalie gave birth to Baby Boy Brayden last month and he’s beautiful!

Natalie’s Under the Sea Baby Shower 11*12*2011 Party Details:

• Venue: Private Clubhouse
• Design+Coordination, Print Materials Design: Events by Elisa
• Florals: Penny Blooms Floral Design
• Linens: Classy Covers
• Cake: Hey There, Cupcake!
• Cake Pops: Calculated Whisk
• Catering: El Pollo Grill
• Photography: Eyelet Images

Pig Cupcake

Hey there, Cupcake! is located in San Diego, California and I must say, they have a very skilled Fondant Worker. What do you think? Eat or save the pig cupcake? To me he just looks to cute and happy with his nose all scrunched up

We are so excited!! In honor of our Hey there, Cupcake feature this week, Stephanie has graciously offered to host a giveaway for us and is offering up a dozen cupcakes to one lucky reader!!

For this giveaway:

1 lucky winner will be chosen, at random, and will have the choice of these flavors:

Peanut Butter & Chocolate

Mai Tai

Frankly Scarlet

Deadline is 11:59 PM Eastern Time July 20, 2010. The winner will be chosen by the random number generator and posted July 22.  Since Hey there, Cupcake does not yet ship Country wide, only local readers can play.  But next months giveaway won’t leave anyone out so keep reading our blog!

Good luck!

Then for Easter that same year I decorated cupcakes to look like bunnies

and then Halloween that year I decorated Frankenstein monster cupcakes.

I love doing this and think it’s fun. Last year for J’s birthday I even attempted a whole cake that looked like a monkey. Unfortunately it didn’t travel well to my aunt’s house and broke apart. Oh well it was still cute.

  (not my best work but at least I tried, I was so sad when it fell apart, he didn’t care though)

So because of my passions I recently got this book called Hey There, Cupcake. My mom bought it for me and I can’t wait to try some of them. I also just went and bought this book today called Hello, Cupcake, it was featured in Family Fun’s Magazine with this picture. Doesn’t that look really cool. I love it. It’s another form of art and creativity for me. I cannot wait to make some of these, now if I could only find an example of the Wiggles cupcakes for J’s birthday coming up

Want to microwave your cupcakes like Stef from Cupcake Project did? Umm… you probably shouldn’t.