Hi Friends! Thanks for joining us for our DIY Bunny inspired party hop! Thanks for joining me from Bella Grey Designs! Weren’t her bunny party favors the cutest?!

Today I am sharing a DIY Tutorial for an Easter Bunny Peeps cake! This cake is so easy and fun and sure to be the star of your Easter party!

So, let’s hop to it shall we? You can use any cake mix or homemade cake recipe. I chose to keep it simple and use a store bought cake mix.

1. Buy and gather your supplies:

• Cake Mix or ingredients for your cake
• Shredded Coconut
• Green Food Coloring
• Easter M&M’s
• Frosting ingredients
• Peeps in bright Easter colors

2. Make and bake your cake according to directions.

*I grease my pans using real butter and flour and the cake always comes out of the pan so easily.

3. Place shredded coconut in a bowl and add several drops of green food coloring to create the “grass” for the cake.

4. Make frosting – I use my tried and true buttercream frosting recipe from my mom!

Homemade buttercream frosting recipe:

16 ounces of Powdered Sugar

1/2 cup of softened butter

1 tsp of vanilla

A couple of tablespoons of milk

Directions:

*In a medium bowl, beat butter and vanilla on medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth

*Add in powdered sugar and continue to mix

*Add in a tablespoon of milk at a time; you may need to add more milk to get to your desired consistency

5. Frost cake.

6. Sprinkle green shredded coconut onto cake.

7. Add your peeps in alternating colors around the cake-they just stick right to the cake with the frosting-so easy!

8. Sprinkle on Easter colored M&M’s and you are done! How cute is this cake?!

This cake will sure to be a hit with your family and friends at your Easter party or brunch, especially with the kiddos! I added some funny bunny toppers simply by attaching bunny stickers from the Target dollar spot onto cute paper straws!

I displayed this cute cake on my vintage cart that I decorate for the holidays. Perfect spot for it!

I love DIYs that are simple, fun, and cute! And this cake fits all of those criteria!

I hope you make an Easter Bunny Peeps Cake for your Easter brunch or party! They are so fun, easy, and super cute! Kids will love this cake! Now hop on over to Bird’s Party for her DIY Bunny Candy Tubes!

XOXO,

Nicole

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Thanks for joining the Spring into Easter Blog Hop! We are excited to share all of our Spring and Easter inspiration with you! Welcome from all of the hosts!

Today I am sharing a fun, “You are Somebunny Special” Easter Egg Hunt party. Is there anything more fun on Easter than an Easter Egg hunt? The kids love it so much! I remember as a child getting so excited to find the eggs. I couldn’t fill my basket up fast enough! For this egg hunt, I set up a little party area outside in our backyard.

The theme I chose for the egg hunt is “You are Somebunny Special.”  I found these adorable plush bunnies with glasses on Oriental Trading – they became my inspiration for the theme/decor for the party. I reached out to the creative Meghan from Elva M. Design to create custom printables for the party. I just love how they turned out-the bunnies with the glasses! So adorable!

These bunnies were handed out as a party favor with a cute tag that said “You are Somebunny Special.”

They looked so cute displayed on my vintage stool I found at a local flea market.

For the sweets and treats, I kept it simple with store bought cupcakes that I embellished with beautiful sprinkles and cupcake holders from Bakers Party Shop and a cute cupcake topper.

I also put out powdered donut holes – aka bunny tails with some peeps on sticks. Simple and fun!

Little Debbie butterfly snack cakes on a pretty cake plate with more Bakers Party Shop sprinkles.

I made this peep bouquet by putting peeps on sticks and placing in a ball jar filled with marshmallows. I love how cute this came together.

Spring colored sprinkle white chocolate pretzels in mini cups:

Easter M&M’s in a cute bunny jar:

Meghan also made these cute Easter Egg hunt signs. I printed and cut them out and displayed on this board to direct the kids to the egg hunt.

These little bunny bags were filled with easter candy:

I love using my aqua Ikea Raskog cart to style parties. It adds a modern touch and is so versatile! I have decorated this cart for many different parties and holidays.

How cute are they bunny balloons from Oriental Trading?! They made the perfect decor for each side of the dessert area.

This is adorable “Hoppy Easter” banner is from Two Chihuahuas. I love the color of this banner-so perfect for Easter! The DIY egg and bunny banner I created simply by attaching cardstock eggs and bunnies I found in the Target dollarspot to bakers twine with mini clothespins. I also added these mini honeycomb balls to each egg from Bakers Party Shop. I think they look like little bunny tails. So cute!

“Somebunny Loves You” print:

Meghan from Elva M. Design is offering all the blog hop readers this adorable printable for free! Click here to download yours! Thanks Meghan!

Such a fun party! The kids had so much fun, including my little somebunny special!

I hope you enjoyed this Your Somebunny Special Easter Egg hunt party! Don’t forget to check out all the other parties in this blog hop. See links below to hop to the next party! Hoppy Easter!

XOXO,

Nicole

Vendor Credits:

Party Styling and Photography – The Party Porch

Plush Bunnies with glasses and Bunny Balloons – Oriental Trading

You are Somebunny Special Printables (Signs, cupcake toppers, and favor tags) – Elva M. Design

Cupcake wrappers, Spring/Easter Sprinkle Mix, and mini honeycombs – The Bakers Party Shop

Hoppy Easter Banner – Two Chihuahuas

Bunny Favor bags, pink and aqua cakeplates, mini cupcake stands, basket & bunny ears, bunny jar, cardstock bunnies and eggs – Target

Make sure to visit all the amazing parties in the Spring into Easter Blog Hop!

Egg-stra Charming Easter Tablescape from Pretty Twinkle Party | Host A Super Girly Easter Brunch by Style In The Details | Carrot Patch Easter Table from Elva M Design Studio | Bunny Bash from A Lovely Design | You Are Somebunny Special Easter Egg Hunt by The Party Porch | Bunny Treats Bar Cart and Party by Happy Family Blog | Easter Dessert Bar Cart from AK Party Studio | Flower Market Fun from Made of Sugar and Spice | Celebrate with Spring and Easter Vignettes by Sunshinetulip | Small Easter Party by Just a little Sparkle

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Hello Friends! Welcome to the Spring Party Hop! So happy you are swinging by my porch today! If you are joining me from Craft my Occasion’s A Baby Girl is Blooming baby shower, welcome! Isn’t her shower so beautiful? I just love the gorgeous backdrop Lynette created for the party! So many lovely details! I am so excited to team up these amazing bloggers for a fun Spring Party Hop!

Today, I am sharing a “Hoppy Easter” kids Easter party. I set up a kid friendly easter table setting for my boys and couple of their close friends for a fun and sweet get together. Celebrating holidays with my boys brings me so much joy! And Easter is so fun because it means spring is just around the corner and with that comes all things spring; being outdoors in the fresh air, seeing everything start to bloom, hearing the birdies chirp, and bunnies everywhere! Here in the midwest where the winters are so long, we can’t wait for Spring!! For this party, the decor centered around lots of cute bunnies and carrots. My inspiration came from all of the bunnies we have hopping around in our backyard this time of year. My boys love seeing them and get so excited when one hops up on our deck. Now let’s hop to the details of the party!

I used some fencing I found at a local vintage market and a old cupboard I painted with aqua chalk paint as the backdrop and attached the gorgeous “Hoppy Easter” banner from Two Chihuahuas. I just love this banner! The colors were perfect and served as the focal point of the backdrop. The kids loved that it said “Hoppy Easter” too! Be sure to check out Christine’s etsy shop for custom banner, cake toppers, and more beautiful party decor! Above the Hoppy Easter banner I hung another gorgeous banner – a pink, mint, and white tassel banner from Glam Fete! I am slightly obsessed with tassel banners, how about you?

On each side of the backdrop, I put up these adorable wooden bunnies I found at Target. They came unfinished so I used my adorable wrapping paper from Gift Wrap My Face and traced the bunnies on the paper. Gift Wrap My Face makes the cutest custom wrapping paper with faces on them! What a genius idea, am I right?!  I ordered this Easter themed wrapping paper with my two boys’ faces-it is just so cute! When my boys saw their little faces on the paper, there were lots of giggles! So fun! I mod podged the paper on to each bunny and tied a cute bow around each one. I love how they turned out!! Be sure to check out Gift Wrap My Face and create your own custom paper!! It is so much fun! Stay tuned later in this post for how I used the paper in another unique and fun way!

At each place setting, there was a beautiful striped lavender plate and aqua striped cup from Pink Poppy Party Shoppe! So pretty! I added a gold foil bunny sticker and a cute bunny straw to each cup. If you are looking for unique and beautiful party decor, make sure to check out Bethany’s shop! Lots of eye candy!! Bunny napkin rings and a bunny tail sticker made for the cutest bunny diy napkins! Each child received an egg shaped rice krispy treat in a felt carrot holder. Lynette from Craft My Occasion made these delicious treats and provided the idea to use edible markers to decorate the eggs. Such a fun and creative idea! Not only is Lynette a talented party stylist, she makes the most amazing treats for parties! Click here to contact Lynette for your custom party edibles! See later in the post for all the decorating fun!

~How pretty do the egg treats look on those plates?!~

~Bunny napkins~

Each child also received one of these adorable party favor kits from FestiveFetti! “Wishing you a very Hoppy Easter!” When I saw these kits on FestiveFetti’s instagram feed, I just had to have them for this party! They went perfectly with the theme! I added a chocolate Lindt bunny and a little carrot clothespin to each favor. Brenda makes the most amazing custom confetti! Click here to order your custom confetti! What’s a party without some confetti right?!

More details of the party table. This bunny centerpiece was created simply by adding these cute fabric carrots I found in the Target dollarspot to this ceramic bunny. I tied an aqua ribbon around the carrots and placed the bunny on a little cakestand. I also found the Easter sign at Target too! Simple and pretty!

Chocolate eggs in mini party cups on cupcake stands made for cute little easter egg baskets.

I filled these beautiful glass aqua bunny jars with spring shaped marshmallows.

I needed something for the front of the table so I quickly made this bunny banner using pre-cut bow-tie bunnies I found in the Target dollarspot-I love the little bow-ties on them! I hot glued some white poms I had on hand for the tails. I attached each bunny with mini carrot and orange clothespins. I love simple and quick DIYs.

Mini cupcakes with diy cupcake toppers were served on this beautiful cakestand made by the talented Lori from Giggle Living! I placed Lori’s cakestand on top of a smaller cakestand for height and added some Easter colored m&m’s. I love how it all came together. Lori makes the cutest cakestands, magnet boards, fabric banners and lots more unique and beautiful party and home decor.  Be sure to hop on over to her website and see all the amazing inspiration.

I just love these easter baskets from Target. Again, those bowties, just so cute!

After the kids enjoyed their yummy easter treats, it was time for some rice krispy treat easter egg decorating! I set up a little decorating station and used the Gift Wrap My Face wrapping paper as the backdrop! So fun!

At the decorating station was a basket of the rice krispy eggs, a bunny dish filled with edible markers, a plate to place the treat on, and a egg placecard. The fabulous Gift Wrap My Face backdrop served as the focal point for the decorating station.

~Time to decorate!~

~How cute did they turn out! I of course had to decorate one too!~

~These silly brothers had so much fun at their “Hoppy Easter” party!~

I hope this Easter party for kids inspired you to throw a fun little easter party for your kiddos! Hoppy Easter!

Next up on the Spring Party Hop is Carolina’s from Mint Event Design gorgeous bridal shower brunch! Click here to hop on over!

xoxo,

Nicole

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Vendor Credits:

Party Styling and Photography – The Party Porch

Hoppy Easter Banner – Two Chihuahuas

Rice Krispy Treat Easter Eggs – Craft My Occasion

Custom Wrapping Paper (used for bunnies and backdrop) – Gift Wrap My Face

Plates and Cups – Pink Poppy Party Shoppe

Easter Party Favor Kits – FestiveFetti

Custom Cake Stand – Giggle Living

Tassel Banner – Glam Fete

Ceramic Bunny, bunny jars, egg place card holders, fabric carrots, bunny straws, felt carrot holders, Easter sign, bunny ear napkin rings – Target

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Hello Friend! Thanks for stopping by today! I am so excited to be joining eight other amazing party stylists in a fun St. Patrick’s Day blog hop! At the end of my St. Patricks’ Day “Lucky Me I have You!” party post below, or shall I say at the end of the rainbow, you have the chance to win your own pot of gold! Enter to win a $100 Visa gift card!   Have fun hopping along to each blog post and enjoy all the St. Patrick’s Day inspiration!

Today I am sharing my “Lucky Me, I have You” St. Patrick’s day party I created to show my boys and hubby how much I love them. I love celebrating all holidays with my family and St. Patrick’s Day is no exception!

I went with a green, gold and white color scheme with a pop of “rainbow!” I kept the dessert table simple with homemade cupcakes, mini pots of “gold,”lucky me leprechaun juice (green soda), and “you are the pot of gold at the end of my rainbow treat bags (skittles and rolos candy). I always try and use what I have on hand for party decor and then add in some DIYs, yummy desserts and a few added new elements to create my dessert tables.

I framed this gorgeous “Lucky” printable from Paper Crush. Click here to download yours!

For the pots of gold at the end of the rainbow treat bags, I found these adorable printable treat bag toppers from Tickled Peach Studio. So cute and colorful!

I made this quick and easy DIY banner using pre-cut pennants from Michaels and gold stick-on letters. I added a glitter shamrock to each end and strung everything together using bakers twine. I added some green and gold ribbon on each side for extra flair. I love how it turned out!

To make my cupcakes extra special, I made DIY cupcake toppers by using my circle punch on gold and white cardstock and adding a shamrock sticker! So easy! I love a quick and fun DIY.

To add height to the cupcakes, I placed the cakeplate on a white photo box that I embellished with gold washi tape and a green glitter shamrock.

Little gold treat boxes filled with rolos!

For my “pop of rainbow,”I found this cute mini rainbow pinata at Target! I added some marshmellows to create “clouds.” Perfect little pop of color for the dessert table!

I filled glass milk bottle jars with green soda for the “lucky me leprechaun juice” and embellished with gold washi tape and green and gold shamrock stickers.  And what’s a dessert table without cute paper straws!

I found these mini pots at Party City and filled them with more “gold” and tied a little green ribbon around each one-so cute! My boys loved them!

For the backdrop, I used some fabric I had on hand and then added three different garlands. The pom pom and shamrock banners I found at Target and the gold doily banner I made myself by folding gold doilies in half and adding gold and white card stock to every other doily. I love how all the different textures created a pretty backdrop!

I made these fun shamrock bouquets by using shamrocks from the Target dollarspot and adhering them to paper straws.  And how cute are these shamrock jars?! Can you guess where I found them? Target but of course! Oh how I love that place! I added gold washi tape around each jar to add a little sparkle!

I loved putting together this fun little party for my family. My boys loved it and had so much fun! They are my reason I do what I do! Lucky me, I have them! I hope you were inspired to put together a little celebration for those that you are “lucky” to have in your life. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

XOXO,

Nicole

Don’t forget to check out all the other fabulous idea from the other bloggers in this hop and don’t forget to enter to win your “pot of gold”/$100 Visa gift card. Enter below! To be eligible to win, please make sure you are following all of the party bloggers in this blog hop on instagram! See instagram handles below. Good LUCK!!!

Vendor Credits:

Party Styling, Design and Photography – The Party Porch

Shamrock Garland, Pom Pom Garland, Rainbow Pinata, Glitter Shamrocks, green and gold shamrock jars – Target

DIY LUCKY  banner supplies and gold treat boxes – Michaels

Little Black Pots – Party City

LUCKY Printable – Paper Crush

“You are the pot of gold at the end of my rainbow” treat bag toppers – Tickled Peach Studio

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To enter, please be sure to follow all the party stylists on instagram:

Nicole @thepartyporch

Meghan @elvamedesign

Goldie @prettytwinkleparty

Lori @giggle_home_furnishings

Toni @akpartystudio_toni_kruck

Cristy @happyfamilyblog

Maureen @partyalamo

Meghan and Lara @jollyandhappy

Holly Anne @legallycraftyblog

Lucky You Party by Elva M Design Studio | Top of the Morning St. Patty’s Day Breakfast from Happy Family Blog | Lucky Me I have You! party by The Party Porch | Festive Holiday Breakfast from Giggle Home Furnishings | Shamrock Drink Station + Pinch Me Punch from Legally Crafty Blog | St Patrick’s Day Celebration from AK Party Studio | Follow the Rainbow Treasure Hunt + Pot of Gold Pancakes & Parfaits from Jolly and Happy | Lucky Charms Sweet Cart from Pretty Twinkle Party | Green and Gold St. Patrick’s Day Tablescape by a la Mo

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Valentine’s Day is almost here! How are you celebrating? If you don’t know yet and need some ideas, we can help! I am excited to share my Follow Your Heart Galentine’s Day Party as part of a fun Valentine’s Bash Party hop I am a part of; along with 9 other amazing party bloggers! And by visiting each party, you have the chance to win a $200 visa gift card to throw your own Valentine’s Day party! How is that for spreading some love?! Enter the rafflecopter giveaway at the end of this post!

I think in today’s busy world it’s so important to take time for those special friends; aka gal pals in our lives.  We often get caught up in the “I’m too busy” mentality that we forget to take time for what’s important. As women, we need to gift of friendship in our lives. We need it for our soul and overall happiness. To celebrate those special girlfriends in my life, I hosted a “Follow Your Heart Galentine’s Day” party. The overall feel I wanted for this party was pink, pretty and girly! My color scheme was pink, gold and pops of aqua. Sweet treats and pink champagne were a must! We also made our very own 2017 vision boards to go with the Follow Your heart theme!

I found the perfect banner at Hobby Lobby that said “Go Your Own Way.” I just loved the saying and it went so well with Follow Your Heart . Always be yourself, do what you love, go your own way even if other people don’t understand. They don’t need to, this is your journey, no one else’s.

For the cake, I decided to make my own, well semi-homemade (my favorite kind!) and made a pink champagne cake. So yummy! The recipe called for a boxed white cake mix with a few added ingredients and I made my own buttercream frosting. Click here for the cake recipe. My homemade buttercream frosting recipe came from my mom and I have been using it for years! Everyone always asks for my frosting recipe… today, I am sharing it with you!

Homemade buttercream frosting recipe:

16 ounces of Powdered Sugar

1/2 cup of softened butter

1 tsp of vanilla

A couple of tablespoons of milk

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, beat butter and vanilla on medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth
2. Add in powdered sugar and continue to mix
3. Add in a tablespoon of milk at a time; you may need to add more milk to get to your desired consistency
4. Frost cake and serve!

The cake was simple and pretty and so delicious! I added this beautiful “Follow Your Heart” custom cake topper from Christine at Two Chiuahuas. If you are looking for the perfect cake topper or other fun party decor, please check out Two Chihuahuas.

I also had the privilege of working with Lynette from Craft my Occasion. Lynette made these adorable cookies! They went perfectly with my theme! I mean, those ball jar cookies?! I just love how they turned out! I even used a couple of the hearts to decorate my cake! Lynette was so wonderful to work with; she is so kind and supportive; not to mention super talented!

All the cute cookies in the set!

I love adding custom printables to my parties. Meghan from Elva M Design designed the beautiful sign, cupcake toppers and party favor tags.  She made my vision come to life! Here are the cupcake toppers.

I framed the 8×10 sign in a thrift store frame that I painted and distressed, it looked so pretty on the party table.

No party is complete without a cute party favor in my opinion. My parties always include some sort of favor and this party I especially wanted to show the love and give my girlfriends a sweet little gift. I found these adorable pink and gold canvas tote bags at Hobby Lobby and filled them with a wall calendar, a pen, sticky notes, and of course, chocolate, pink Hershey’s kisses to be exact that I found at the Dollar Tree! The perfect touch was Elva M Design’s heart favor tag. It said “Always follow your Heart, Love your gal pal, Nicole.”

When I saw these Follow Your Heart plates and napkins at Target, I knew I had to have these at my party! How cute are these?! Target has the best holiday decor, wouldn’t you agree? These plates and napkins were the perfect addition to the rest of the decor. I also found the paper straws and heart stir sticks in the dollar spot!

For more prettiness, I added some light pink roses to the dessert table. When in doubt, add flowers! They always make a big impact and are so pretty! I displayed them in my beautiful vintage aqua ball jars. I just love my ball jars. I have a whole collection always try to use them whenever possible! Always look and see what you have available to decorate your party in your home; you will be surprised at what you find!

It was such a beautiful evening with my gal pals! My friends loved all the special details and making our own vision boards was so inspiring! We were encouraged by each other’s goals and creativity. I am thankful for my loving and supportive gal pals! And the amazing creative women I collaborated with on this party.

I highly recommend throwing your own Galentine’s Day party! They are so much fun and such a lovely way to celebrate true friendship! And even more fun when you create your own vision boards! This was my first time making a vision board-I have always wanted to do it! Have you ever made one? It was so inspiring to create my board with my girlfriends. We talked about our goals and what they meant to us and encouraged each other with positivity. I provided the following supplies:

• Foam boards (purchased at Michaels -they were buy one get one half off!)
• Scrapbook paper
• Washi tape
• Glue
• Inspirational quotes
• Stickers
• Markers/Pens
• Each guest brought a pair of scissors and anything special she wanted to put on her board.

CHEERS to FRIENDSHIP!

Let’s be gal pals! Join me on Instagram and Pinterest!

XOXO,

Nicole

Vendor Credits:

Party Styling and Photography – The Party Porch

Custom Cake Topper – Two Chihuahuas 

Follow your Heart and Ball Jar Cookies – Craft my Occasion

Follow Your Heart Printables – Elva M. Design

Go Your Own Way banner,  tote bags, gold and aqua box – Hobby Lobby

LOVE Sign, pink glass vases, pink heart plates, striped pink/white and gold heart sign, paper straws, XOXO gold sign, paper fans, party favors (calendar, pen, card), fresh flowers, mini cupcakes, strawberry marshmallows, follow your heart plates and napkins- Target

Light pink Heart balloons and pink Hershey’s Kisses – Dollar Tree

Tassel Banner (I mixed and matched two separate banners to make a pink and gold banner) and Foam boards- Michaels

Don’t forget! Enter to win a $200 Visa gift card to throw your own Valentine’s Day party! 

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Be sure to check out all of the parties in the Valentine’s Bash Blog Hop! You will be inspired! 

Chocolate Fondue Party by Fun-Squared ~ Dolly and Me Tea Party by Fawn Parties ~ Valentine Making Party ~ Follow Your Heart Galentine’s Party by The Party Porch ~ Shabby Chic Valentine Tea Party by Pretty Twinkle Party ~ Galentine’s Kisses by SNAP Creativity ~ Valentine’s Day Card Making by Make Life Lovely ~ Donut You Know I Love You Party by Your Everyday Family ~ Galentine’s Party by Tatertots and Jello ~ Cupid’s Cafe Dinner Party by Giggles Galore

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