Mini Paper Cupcake Stands Free File

Here it is!!! The cupcake stands file! I know you will enjoy doing this little craft for your celebration! Enjoy!

Download the file here.  Click here to see the tutorial on how to make the cupcake stands.

Need this cupcake stand in other colors? Send me an e-mail, I will be placing a listing for this soon in my shop!

Sweetly Sweet Customers {Cupcake Birthday by Brigitte}

I love to see my printables in action, so I was delighted when I received this pics form my sweet customer Brigitte. It was her adoable daughter's first birthday party... And the theme was... cupcakes of course!

Look at the adorable big cupcake cake and the matching little smash cupcake.

The dessert table... fabulous!

And the party at the garden... a magical first birthday!

 Thank you so much for sharing your pics Brigitte and Happy Birthday to your little one!

Optimizing Pictures for Web

This post is not party related... Well, I was wondering why my images didn't look so good on the web as they looked on my camera and why they took so much space if I compressed them a lot! I specially noticed this when I looked at other pics on Etsy that were stunning! Well I was saving them in the wrong format! Maybe all of you already knew and I am the last person on the web to know, but when you save pics for the web, the format will depend on the picture itself.

JPEG - best for pictures!

GIF - best for clipart!

PNG - when you have lots of colors but want transparency!

The picture above was saved in JPEG and only takes 15 seconds to download at 28.8 Kbps, compared to 55 sec in GIF and 48 sec in PNG. Also the JPEG in this case is a lot better quality, stunning in fact! You can click to see a larger version. I am so happy I found this and my pics will be a lot better on the web from now on. No more grainy pics for me!

What simple thing have you discovered lately that you want to share?

New on my Etsy Shop: {Pop-up Cupcake Invitation Assembly Instructions}

At last, I got the instructions for the assembly of my Pop-up Cupcake Invitations ready on my Etsy shop! I finally got the pics I wanted, and had some non crafty friends try them to make sure everyone will be able to follow them. These invitations are easy to do, a little bit time consuming, but the results are spectacular!

This invitations got a lot of attention when they got featured at The Tomkat Studio, a great blog about all things party. Thank you all for being patient and waiting for this file, I made it carefully with lots of love. I will keep adding my collections on Etsy this week, God willing!

 

 

 

 

You can find this PDF file on my Etsy shop here!

Lorelys Maia's Cupcake Birthday Party!

*** Go to my Facebook Fan Page Photo Album to see more pics ***

Yesterday was Lorelys Maia's birthday and it was a success! It all went so fast, but we had so much fun.  I had previously posted the invitations, cupcake toppers and candy boxes. And here are some pictures of the event, I hope you love it!

From Sweetly Sweet

From Sweetly Sweet

Here are the pics from the birthday!

 

 

 

 

 

The candy buffet turned out better than I expected, I absolutely love how it looked!

 

These cupcake candles were handmade by a local artisan, they looked and smelled like the real thing. I definitely need to learn how to do candles and soaps, that is on my check list now!

 

Marshmallow Pops, a shortcut by Kim from the Tomkat Studio for Bakerella's Cupcake Pops.

 

The birthday banner.

Table decorations, the whole room smelled yummy!

 

Some games for adults and older children, they match the cupcake theme.

 

And of course, prizes for all the games.

 

One of the games, toddler race to dad... every toddler won a prize of course!

Can you guess which one is my little toddler?

 

 

Cupcake tower and toppers, the cupcakes were delicious!

This is my beautiful baby Lorelys Maia. She is very happy with her new Pinky Dinky Doo doll and enjoying candy from the sweets table.

 

Happy Birthday my little sweety! That's me and my husband with our little princess.

 

 

Lorelys opening some of her presents... she was all ohh, wowww!

Well, everything is over now, looking back I realize there were so many pics I did not take... but it was a really fun party! Enjoy!

Sweets Table Candy Boxes

I bought these little take out boxes for the sweets table from a local shop. They have the perfect size for a serving of sweets. Decorated in a very simple way with the Sweet Circles by Sweetly Sweet and a little bow, they look perfect. Sweet Circles by Sweetly Sweet are the trademark words I just came up to describe my circular cutouts. I am looking for a commercial feel... well dreaming a little bit won't hurt anyone!

 

Cupcake Birthday Banner

I wanted to do a birthday banner to match the cupcake birthday invitations, the treat boxes and cupcake toppers I made before.  So I thought that a cupcake cutout was the way to go! I printed the cupcakes on card-stock and hand cut them. Each cupcake is like 7 inches tall. I think the cupcake banner looks inviting and ready to party and celebrate... what do you think?

Treat Box and Cupcake Toppers

I designed a cute treat box going with the cupcake theme, it is small, measuring 3.5 X 3.5 inches, but looks absolutely cute! It is also easy to do, I am still planning what to do with them at the party, maybe you can give me suggestions!  I also made some cupcake toppers inspired by The TomKat Studio, Kim is the cupcake topper diva!

And talking about Kim, she just left a sweetly sweet comment and told me that she loved the invitations for the birthday party and she is featuring them in her blog!!! I am so excited about this, can't wait to see the invitations featured, I actually went jumping up and down all over my house when I saw the comment... her work has been a great source of inspiration. Thanks Kim.

Lorelys Maia's Cupcake Birthday Invitation

Hey, I am going full force with the preparations of my daughter's birthday and I wanted to share the final design for the invitations.  I wanted something crafty, but easy to do at the same time.  I think they came out awesome.  I designed the template in AI, then printed it out on white cardstock.  After a couple of straight cuts and some folding, the invites are done... well at least the first one!  I wanted to incorporate the design of the cupcake I had made earlier with the Martha Stewart punch that was the inspiration for the birthday, so I put the punched cupcake at the top of the birthday cake. The invitation has a flap that closes like an envelope, so I am saving the envelopes.  And notice that I lined the inside of the invitation with pink paper, I think it adds a nice touch. NOTE:  I am from Puerto Rico, so the invitations are in Spanish. I hope you enjoy the pics... and if you do, please share the love with a comment!

Cupcake Design Too

I made another version of the cupcake, with a little more detail. Because the punch is so little I didn't include a lot of detail in the first one, but I think it will be fine, I like them both. Tell me what you think.

I got my first comment!!! I am so excited! It was from Fernanda, lucky me I speak both Spanish and English. It feels really good that someone else likes what you do and takes the time to comment.