Fire In the Soul

Fire In the Soul
"Fire In the Soul" From the Merka series in The Elves of the Woodland Realm
Showing posts with label parties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parties. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Griffin House St. Patrick's Day Party 2017


Better late than never! Things have been so busy with business changes and living arrangement changes, and studio changes and job changes that I haven't really had a change to post (or edit, or even look at) and personal images. But did want to be sure and post images from out St. Patrick's day party this year. I think it was the best one yet!


The crowd was probably the largest we have ever had and the most diverse. We didn't know about 30% of the people that showed up, they were invites from other people who had come in the years prior.

One thing we always do every year is hand make the party favors and something for the people to enjoy. This year we made lollies. An Irish Whiskey lolly as the take home and an Irish Cream Lolly as a prize for one of the group games we did.

Bringing everything to the correct temperature.
This year I used Black Bush Irish Whiskey.



I soaked the lolly sticks in the whiskey as well.
 100% pure edible gold flakes in the lollies.


All done and ready for the custom made wrappers I made. 




















We also made a game, Battle Shots and brewed our beer again as well. Both turned out fabulous! See...































We have some more new ideas for next year! I am super excited about it. So, until next time friends!

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Let Them Eat Cake!

As a hobby and just because I like cake, I have over the years tried my hand at various cake and cupcake artistry. I've had no formal training, but any opportunity I get to try something new or perfect a technique I go for it.

Here are some things I have tried.
R2D2 cake for my kid'd Star Wars birthday party 2009
Little Mermaid birthday party 2008
Strawberry themed 1st birthday party 2009
Candy themed birthday party 2010
A beer and donut birthday cake for my husband 2010
Some homemade, hand picked apple pies just for the heck of it. 2010
Traditional primary color birthday cake 2011
Gluten free individual cheese cake for a vintage
Alice In Wonderland birthday party 2012
Tiny regular cheese cakes for party guests
Butterfinger Cupcakes 2013
Butter cake filled with homemade caramel, frosted with vanilla buttercream, and garnished with a mini Butterfinger candy bar and Butterfinger crumbles, drizzled with homemade caramel sauce. One of my most popular flavors.