Tiki party left-over's II

Took the Strawberry Colada cupcakes to work today. I'm beginning to be a big hit at work, every one's asking what kind I'll be bringing in tomorrow ha ha.  Success again! YEAH!
" Delicious",  "mmm mmm, these are wonderful", " Oh My Goodness!! Fabulous!!! YUM!",  "OMG that was so better than good. That is a prize winning cupcake". 
Thank you to all my co-workers and a HUGE thank you to The Girl Who Ate Everything who I got the recipe from. Just click on the link and you too can be hearing these wonderful words ooze from peoples mouths.

Tiki III

Gorgeous day for Tiki III. This party is normally held in July around our anniversary but Oregon is getting a very late summer so we hosted in August.  This year all the regulars couldn't make it but we got to share the tiki with some new faces and hope to see them back again next year. Enjoy the party! May it inspire you to host a tiki/Hawaiian fizzy party.

I noticed several women driving down our street, slow down and point the wreath out to their passenger :) So easy to make too.

Every one gets a lei, just like when you visit the beautiful islands of Hawaii.  On the invitation I always ask the guests to dress Hawaiian and just about everyone does. Its fun and makes for great party pictures.

The annual tiki party is always held outdoors. The paper lanterns are from our wedding :) and add a great burst of color.

There we are :), on our wedding day. We love the beach and our wedding was held in Cannon Beach, Oregon on a perfect July day.

Hee hee, maybe next year I should be like all the fancy party blogs and drape some Hawaiian print fabric to cover the fireplace. It would probably spruce it up, dontcha think?

I know what you're thinking, what do Peeps have to do with tiki or Hawaiian. I LOVE Peeps and since our annual tiki party is sort of a celebration of our anniversary they make an appearance.  At our wedding we had a candy bar with the Peeps set up like this. Peeps are candy, I love Peeps...

I always have a little bucket of fun for the kids who come.  We had this at our wedding too.  I fill it with fun flamingo glasses, hula skirts, temporary tattoos (adults even like these), beads, Hawaiian rubber duckies (big hit at the 1st annual tiki party), Frisbee's and beach balls.

Bubbles are always fun too and Oriental Trading company is a great place to find inexpensive party goods in your theme. A really good friend of mine got me Hello Kitty just for fun one year so you know I had to put her out.

                My friends get disappointed if I don't bust out the confetti :) it's kind of my signature.

                    Gotta have Spam at a Hawaiianish party.  Big hit. ooh, look, more confetti :)

                          When you don't have enough tables, use your ironing board.

I made these from scratch. I never bake from scratch. They turned out really good, Woo Hoo!! The frosting didn't look the same as the picture in the book but they tasted good and that's all that matters right?...

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed the party.  Hosting your own Hawaiian/Tiki party? I'd love to hear about it. Email me, Woo Hoo!!!

Tiki III cupcake sneak peek

YUMMERS! I love mini cupcakes, perfect size. And, you can try more than one flavor because they're mini :) Every Tiki party I make mini cupcakes.  This is because we had mini cupcakes at our wedding and our annual Tiki party keeps the wedding going, love.  For my birthday this year my aunt and uncle got me this great cupcake book. It's loaded with fabulous cupcake flavors.

I'm going to make Strawberry Colada Cupcakes. Coconut and pineapple, mmmm

And Pina Colada cupcakes, coconut and rum in mix and frosting, tropical goodness,

I'm going to be a big girl baker this year and actually make these from scratch. No box mix this year. Woo hoo!

Crafting

Big Crafty shopping day today. I have mmm, 6 parties in the process of planning. I know, I'm nuts :) hee hee   So it's off to hit the craft stores for ideas, paper, glitter, stickers, ribbon and anything else that catches my eye.  I tell ya, these other party blogs I follow don't help my addiction ;)  www.frostmeblog.blogspot.com , www.thepurplepug.com, and www.coffeecraftsandcupcakes.blogspot.com just to name a few.

I better get off this blog and out to the stores if I ever want to get crafting. Craft on my friends!