Our Thanksgiving

 

Before setting up all the yummies!

After setting up all the yummies!

Glazed Pears. These were absoluty delish!!

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays.  I enjoy all of the holidays, some more than others. Every Thanksgiving, we have family and friends come over and join us for dinner and to give thanks. On this day our family gets together to cook different dishes.  Everyone has a special food or item to bring to our Thanksgiving feast.

We had so much fun planning what was going to be on the menu and how our table was going to look like. When planning our table decoration this year my mom and I decided to go a little different.  She had a tablecloth from when she had her own store; it had fruits with jewel tone colors. This is the color scheme we went for this year.

Our table had golden square plates, golden wine glasses, harvest napkins and walnut napkin rings. The napkin rings were hand made with glitter walnuts, acrylic purple and yellow leaves, with a pheasant feather.  The centerpiece had different types of squash and small pumpkins. When looking for printables, the ones we found that would match our style for the night were from The TomKat Studios. We used their menus and their food labels.

The dessert/coffee table had a golden frame with the banner placed inside saying “GIVE THANKS”.  I picked Give Thanks as the banner this year, because we have had many different obstacles to overcome this year. Some were wonderful and some were not so wonderful, but even though we get placed in difficult times we should Give Thanks for the love and support one has between family and friends. Which is why I chose to have Pen n' Paper Flowers "BE" print on our dessert table. By the way the golden frame and the coffee carafe were found at a thrift store. This is one of my moms and I favorite hobby.

On our dessert table we had moon cookies, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cake, glazed pears, stuffed apples, and cupcake. The beverages served were coffee and hot tea.

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have fun decorating in your upcoming holidays!

Paper Goods, Styled, and Photographed by: Malu Boutiques

Printables by: The TomKat Studio

"Be" Print by: Pen n' Paper Flowers

xo,

Maylene

Halloween Dessert Ideas

Oh Halloween one of my many favorite celebrations. I decided for this week for it to be about Halloween. I'm surprised when you start searching the net what comes out. Who know that cake pops can be designed into so many different things and all the wonderful cucpakes out there. Of course my all time favorite Cake pop Lady is Bakerella. Her designs and ideas are just darling. I'm so not a baker, but I do try.  Here are a few images that I would like to share with you.

(Photo from Bakerella.com)

Image found via: Bubble and Sweet

Image found via Squirrel Bakes

Image found on the net, but unknow designer

Found image via Martha Stewart

Stay tune for more Halloween and Fall Inspirations!

Happy Monday!

xo,

Maylene

Inspirational Wednesday {Vintage Style Weddings}

Inspirational Wednesday {Vintage Style Weddings}

I don't know what it is lately that I'm into all different Vintage Style; from baby showers, childrens parties, to Weddings. While looking for ideas for a theme that we have coming soon. I came across thru tons of Vintage style wedding and parties.

Aren't they just darling? Hope they have inspired you.
Happy Hump Day!

Xo,

Maylene

National Grandparents Day Craft Ideas

 

On Sunday, September 11, 2011 it's National Grandparents Day!!!

Nothing is better than being spoiled by your grandparents. I know when I was a little girl I had a wonderful time with my grandma. I would always want to be there, and now I even see it when my kids are with their grandparents. I have gathered a few ideas that you can do with your grandkids, from foods to puzzels and a little coloring. I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating it. Enjoy it!!

 

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

Prep: 20 mins

Cooking: 60 mins

Level: Easy

Cooling: 30 mins

Yields: 20 slices (10 slices per loaf)

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

  Directions

  PREHEAT oven to 350º F. Grease and flour two 8 x 4-inch loaf pans.
  
  COMBINE all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Beat butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in large mixer bowl until well combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in oil and vanilla extract. Stir in flour mixture just until moistened. Fold in zucchini and morsels. Divide mixture between loaf pans.
  
  BAKE for 60 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Run knife around the edges of pans. Remove from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  http://www.grandparents.com/gp/content/activitiesandevents/printable-activities/article/word-search-fruit.html
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  MULTIGENERATION HANGING FRAMES
  Materials:
  • Three 4-inch x 6-inch clip frames (available at any frame store)
  • One yard 1 1/2-inch wide orange-and-yellow striped ribbon
  • Orange embroidery thread and needle
  • Scissors
  • Ruler
  • One 8 1/2-inch x 11-inch sheet of orange card stock
  • One 8 1/2-inch x 11-inch sheet of yellow card stock
  • One photograph of the grandchild, trimmed to 3 inches x 3 inches
  • One photograph of the grandchild's parent, trimmed to 3 inches x 3 inches
  • One photograph of the grandparent, trimmed to 3 inches x 3 inches
  • Adhesive glue dots
  • White craft glue
  
  
  Instructions:
  1. Trim the orange card stock so that it fits flush with the glass of 2 of the clip frames.
  2. Trim the yellow card stock so that it fits flush with the glass of 1 of the clip frames.
  3. Take the ribbon and cut a piece that is 20 inches long.
  4. Centered at the top of the piece of ribbon, sew a loop 1-inch long with the embroidery thread and make sure it is securely tied onto the ribbon (don't worry how it looks since it will be hidden).
  5. Orient the frames horizontally and glue the ribbon so that it runs along the center of each backing piece, leaving 2 inches between each frame.
  6. Place the card stock on the backing pieces of the frames on top of the ribbon and glue into place so that the colors alternate.
  7. Center a photograph on each of the pieces of card stock and secure it with an adhesive glue dot.
  8. Put the glass on the top of the photos and backing and secure in place using the two side clips.
  9. Using the remaining ribbon, tie a bow and glue it over the base of the embroidery thread loop. Once the glue is dry, trim the ribbon ends so that they sit at the top edge of the uppermost frame.
  
  
  
  Happy National Grandparents Day
  
  
  xo,
  
  
  Maylene
  
  

Happy Witches-O-Ween

         The Halloween Photo Shoot that Almost Wasn't

Witches- O- Ween

Never mind that the shoot had been rescheduled because of an impending storm the previous Friday, (which turn out to be a gorgeous day because the storm took a turn).

Here we are photo shoot day(again) well the sun is out and the set up begins as this was suppose to be done in a section of my backyard that would really make it cool .

 No....... the clouds show up and we start taking down, Santy our photographer is due to arrive at three so we go to plan B WAIT! There was no plan B improvise, improvise.

So, in the midst of a really bad rain and windstorm that did not stop all day long where witches hats kept flying off and rain kept blowing under my covered patio and a humidity level of 150% , My Mom and I setting up and making the food,  while my grandmother inside entertaining the kids (who thought that they were going to be playing outside not in) and our helpers (Hubby & Dad) that due to the weather could not get out of work so 

  we improvised!

As always our photographer Photograhy By Santy Martinez  he is great, reliable and even under the worst circumstances will make things look awesome. Thank you Santy and My friend Renee from Dainty Delights for the outrageous cookies, Everything else created by us here was the end result.

  

 

 

Hope you liked it.

Xo,

Maylene

Construction

Under Contruction!

This year my son requested instead of a party to go to his favorite place the Lego store in Orlando, but we couldn’t go without doing at least a family gathering.

 I can't believe that it has been 8 years. Where did the time go? Awe my baby boy is a BIG boy as he says.

He is very much into building so what better theme than a construction site we were lucky to be able to acquire the necessary props that would bring it all together.

I love seeing my son's face when it comes to surprises. We are grateful to still have my grandmother (his great grandma) alive. I think that this picture says a million words. The bond that these two have is AMAZING!

He was so excited. Then of course it had to do with LEGOS and Video Games. What a boy. The next face he made was towards my mom. If there was a show called  "The Silly Willies" they would be the stars of that show. When these two get together they become the most silliest people in the world. Their love is inseparable.

My daughter throughout this hole gathering was saying "let me see" and "ooh aaa". She even wanted to dress for the occasion of course her big brother was dressing up as well.

Aren't they just darling? I biest I'm the momma.

Well after we played around and took lots of pictures. My daughter went to her room and said "mami camisa" Which in her dictionary it means please help me get dressed. So she wanted ladybugs. Lady bugs it was. I smitten by my children.

For this occasion I had contacted Maureen from Anders Ruff Designs to see if there was anything that she could do for my son's birthday. When I went on to her Esty store and saw that she had a tractor invitation and thought "how cute tractors."  A great big thank you to Anders Ruff for the wonderful printable design cupcake toppers, door sign and tags. It was a pleasure working with her.  

There are my two construction works.

I love idea that we were able to hang the {Men working} sign from our wall unit as well as laying the yielding sign on our table.

The goodie bags were filled with some trinkets. They had bubbles, crayons, a small note pad, and a small paddle with ball. Perfect for summer fun.  

The cupcake holder was set on top of four cones with a hard hat sign, a tool belt was used for utensil holder, a dumpster truck held the goodie bags and the rest was a big load of fun with close family and friends.

These cupcakes were made by his madrina Ceci of course. They were dulce leche for the adults and chocolate chips for the kids.

Delish!

Some of our family guests.

  Hope you all have enjoyed these pictures. We had a blast having everyone over. Thank you all for wishing him a Happy Birthday and making time to come over to celebrate his 8th birthday.

Stay tune as we have lots of wonderful things happening within the next couple of weeks and months. From baptisms, to baby showers, a Hawaiian party for twin girls, birthday's. and more

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.

xo,

Maylene