Introducing Our New Wedding & Wedding Shower Candy Buffet!

Happy new year! It's officially January. Which means wind chill warnings abound in our neck of the woods and my pink Snuggie and I re-kindle our old friendship.

January is also sort of the unofficial kick off of wedding season, and right away in January we are exhibiting at two local wedding shows. One was today, and one is next weekend.

Today's show was hosted by Diamond MC Entertainment, which my brother-in-law and sister-in-law run. They hosted it at the Miller Hill Mall, and so naturally with so many friends involved, we exhibited there today. Next Saturday we will also be exhibiting at the Duluth Bridal Show at the DECC. Sadly, I wasn't able to exhibit at the expo today, I spent my afternoon coloring Frozen pictures and racing toy cars. However, I'll be joining Peter at next weekend's show.

With the start of wedding season, Peter and I decided it was time to finally execute a theme for a wedding candy buffet we had been talking about for a long time. We think it's perfect for the current trends of many of the weddings we have seen lately.

Behold, the vintage shabby chic candy buffet! Peter and I worked hours on this, long conversations about what it would look like notwithstanding.

Now, I super-love this theme because it is so my taste. The vintage, farmhouse chic, shabby chic, whatever-ya-call-it look is slowly taking over my home decor as well. It felt good to channel our love for this type of look into a candy buffet.

The great thing about this candy buffet is it translates well into bridal showers or baby showers as well.

If you missed the wedding show today, come out and see us at the one next week. We hope you like the new buffet as much as we do!

A Very Snoopy Birthday!

Two years ago yesterday, we welcomed our sweetly handsome Logan Steven into the world and into our family. He's the perfect addition to our family. He's funny and sweet and curious about anything and everything. We have so enjoyed getting to know all of the aspects of his personality, and look forward to seeing what God has for him in his life.

If you are friends with either Peter and I on Facebook, you know that Logan has a strong love for his stuffed Snoopy doll, who he named, "Baboo". Baboo goes everywhere and anywhere, he is Logan's constant sidekick. It's adorable. Also, thanks to Logan's intense Snoop-fection, I have perfected the art of washing stuffed animals. Who woulda thunk he'd fall for a WHITE dog? He shows every inch of our boy's dirty endeavors.

So it was kind of a no-brainer that we would throw Logan a Snoopy themed second birthday party. With the help of some talented family members, it was a definite success.

The cake was made by his Auntie Alayna:

And grandpa Steve drew him the Snoopy cutout:

Some other highlights from his party were lots of gifts with wheels attached, another Logan favorite in life, as well as Spiderman and a new tool set. He could not be fooled by the soft tool set we bought him for Christmas last year. He likes tools like daddy's.

Peter and I also created a new Snoopy candy buffet theme for Logan's party. Starring none other than the whole Peanuts gang. We had so much fun working together to create this one. Our Frozen candy buffet that we debuted 6 months ago was inspired by Clara and her love of Frozen, as she was having a Frozen themed party.

The whole Peanuts gang inspired the various candies and the display, it was really cute and Logan loved it. My favorite thing about the candy buffets is how much LESS decorating is required to make the party come together, and kids and adults alike love it.

Keep your eyes on our Facebook page for an upcoming Logan's Birthday Special!