RED Hot Bridal Shower

Our good friends Sarah and Joel are tying the knot!! With the help of our friend Kreena, we threw Sarah a "Red Hot" bridal shower to help celebrate and to get the couple ready for domestic bliss! :)

The invitation

Chocolate cupcakes with a cherry on top!

The "Sarah Spritzer"...champagne and cranberry juice...delish!!

Silverware tied in red scroll napkins to match the invites.

The favors...our gk cutout cookies in the shape of a heart with red sprinkles (sorry no picture of the actual cookies).

Guests were thanked for writing words of advice for Sarah and Joel - the advice cards will go into a scrapbook we are making for Sarah with pictures and other keepsakes from the shower.

Gwen's "Wild & Crafty" Baby Shower

Gwen is about to become a mommy!!! Of course there had to be a party! And of course it had to involve arts and crafts! :) Our friends Kreena, Sarah, and I (Katherine) threw the mom-to-be a baby shower where all the guests made scrapbook pages to go into Baby's memory book.

The book turned out AMAZING and I have to give a special shout out to one of our dedicated followers Megan. Unfortunately, Megan couldn't make it to the shower, but she mailed her scrapbook pages so they could be added to the book. They were absolutely incredible and definitely set the bar for our scrapbooking party!

Here are some pictures from the shower...

The invites

Cupcakes

Baby-tini (non-alcoholic, of course) :)

Candies served in baby bowls - given to Mommy after the shower.

Pasta served in orange and green bell peppers to match the color theme!

The favors...animal crackers to thank the guests for getting WILD and crafty with Gwen.

Stacey's Christmas Bridal Shower

Katherine's friend, Stacey, got married this Fall!!! Here are the pictures from her wedding shower in Houston. The party was held around Christmas, so the hostesses selected red and metallic colors for the theme.

White and Red Velvet cupcakes...piped with a fluffy white icing and embellished with bright red fondant pressed flowers.

For the favors...each guest took home a hand-stamped, personalized set of note cards and envelopes.

The stack of notecards were tied together with festive ribbon and paper poinsettias.

"First came love, then came marriage, soon there will be a baby in the carriage!!!"

Katherine's cousin, Katie, is having a baby in January!! Here are the pictures of the invitations we made for her baby shower as well as the cut-out cookies decorated to look like the carriage on the invites. Katie's baby shower was great - can't wait to find out if the baby is a boy or a girl!!!

The fabric "carriages" were machine sewed onto the cardstock and buttons were glued on for the "wheels."

Once again - our gk cut-out cookies made the flight down south. We only had 1 cookie break on the trip to New Orleans!

Guests took home cookies as favors - tags were attached to the ribbon with the boy and girl names picked out for the baby!

"As Time Goes By" Clock Cookies

Katherine's "Granddaddy" celebrated his 90th birthday this past weekend in Marble Falls, TX!! We were more than happy to make cookies to go along with the party theme - "As Time Goes By."

The clock hands were all "set" to 1:45 - Granddaddy's birth time!

The cookies were given as prizes, along with the wrapped bottles of champage!

Blue & Green Baby Shower!

Our friends Seth & Kelly are getting ready to welcome their new baby boy, so we threw a couples shower to get them ready!

The invites....

Backyard decor, which doubled as our gift to the mommy and daddy!

Hand-stamped napkins:)

Centerpieces - the flowers were cut from Gwen's front yard!!

White and chocolate cupcakes topped with our miniature cut-out cookies in 4 different animal shapes - lions, zebras, giraffes, and elephants "oh my!!"

The favors - clear boxes filled with M&Ms and our miniature cut-out cookies

Amie's Wedding Shower

Gwen was the party planner for her future sister-in-law's bridal shower on May 2nd. Guests gave Amie wedding advice by completing the phrase: "The key to a happy marriage is..." Keychains and candies were party favors. Here are some pictures from the party...

Dragonfly Cookies

Two of our friends put on a charity golf tournament this weekend to benefit the March of Dimes. Our dragonfly cookies were included in the golfers' goody bags - the lime green and teal royal icing matched the bags perfectly!!

Lauren's Bridal Shower

gk designs head to Texas!!!! Katherine hosted her sister's bridal shower in Houston on April 4th. The theme was "Red is the Color of Love." Here are some pictures from the party...

Red paper lanterns hanging by the front door

Backyard

The cake & food spread

Shower game: "Guess the Bride's Age"
Guest favors...red & white M&Ms in clear boxes tied with ribbon