Please Excuse the Mess!

Hi Everyone!  Please excuse the mess, I'm currently working on the new Tweedle Dee Designs website, I finally moved over to Wordpress!  I know, I know, way behind the blog train.  It's been quiet around here for some time, but I'm so excited to share what I've been up to lately so here's a little peek.  

The Tweedle Dee Designs Etsy Shop is open and I'm adding new things and old favorites, so you can still enjoy our Printable Party Products!

 

Here's one of my latest projects.  I love too many crafty things, so I combined two of my favorites into this adorable little clutch!

 

Minnie has been such a big help, she keeps me company all day and lets me know when it's time to take a break and throw her ball around, her favorite thing.

 

My sweet niece Izzy turned one in February and we had a great Mermaid & Pirate party in Seattle.

 

My friends Sonia and Mike got married and asked me to make the cupcakes for their wedding. I was so excited to be able to do this for them and they turned out amazing!  This cupcake post will be featured on the Oh Sweet! Bakery blog

You can visit our new site at www.tweedledeedesigns.com (not too exciting at the moment) to see our progress and visit Tweedle Dee Designs on Facebook for updates!

Brandi

Cupcake ♥ with Oh Sweet! Bakery

One of my favorite cupcakes are Party Cakes, you know, the kind with the sprinkles inside.  Since the 4th of July is next week I thought these would be the perfect cupcakes to celebrate!

Start out by making your favorite vanilla cupcake recipe.  When you're done mixing the batter and before you put them in the oven stir in 2 tablespoons of your favorite color jimmies. I used 1 tablespoon of red and 1 tablespoons of blue.

I topped these cupcakes with my Very Vanilla Buttercream, finished with more red and blue jimmies and some fun and very glittery patriotic flags I made!

You can make these fun flags by cutting out strips of red, silver and blue glitter paper, found at your local craft store, a little bit of craft glue and a 6" skewer.

Hope everyone has a fabulous holiday next week and make sure to follow Oh Sweet! Bakery on Facebook!

{Cupcake Love} Sprinkles Cupcake Mix

{Sprinkles Cupcake Mixes, right}

I absolutely love Sprinkles Cupcakes and was excited to try their cupcake mix at home.  Mixes are available in several delicious flavors and included their signature fondant decoration.  I decided to go with the dark chocolate and was not disappointed. 

The cupcakes were moist and delicious, just like from your local Sprinkles Bakery and their Chocolate Buttercream recipe was to die for.   Although the mixes were more on the expensive side, $14 each, they're well worth it for a special treat.  You can find the Sprinkles Cupcake Mixes at Williams-Sonoma.

I love the signature fondant dots on each Sprinkles Cupcake, so I designed some free mini notecards inspired by this adorable cupcake icon!

Modern Dot Notecards

 

What's your favorite Sprinkles Cupcake Flavor?  I love the Red Hot Red Velvet!

{Tuesday Giveaway} Back to School Collection

Yesterday we featured our new printable Back to School Collection on Somewhat Simple.  If you missed it, you will definitely want to check out all of the fun paper goodies and download our free printable Play Dough Labels.

We're also introducing our new "Party for 12" assembled collection and we'll be giving one away to a lucky reader, a $65 value!

Back to School Party for 12 includes:

12 Party Punchable Cupcake Toppers
12 Thank You Tags
12 Blank Mini Party Labels
12 Blank Large Party Labels
12 Decorative Flags
12 Blank Invitations
1 Welcome Back Sign

HOW TO ENTER:

- Like Tweedle Dee Designs on Facebook and suggest our page to your friends, leave us a comment letting us know you're a new fan

Extra Entries:

- Share your favorite school subject or favorite school memory in a comment on this post
- Become a Tweedle Dee Designs Blog Follower and leave a comment that you're a follower
- Post this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter or your blog and leave a comment with a link to your post

The giveaway will close on Monday, August 29, 2011 at Midnight (MST), any entries posted after that will not be counted. One winner will be chosen using Random.org and announced here on the blog. The giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.

Want to have your own Back to School Celebration?  DIY Printable and Assembled Back to School Collections are now available in our Etsy Shop

Fun Friday Find - Blue Spruce Art Press

WINNER of the Blue Spruce Art Press Giveaway is Comment # 3, Janet Ellis!  Please email me at tweedledeedesigns@hotmail.com to claim your giveaway prize!

 I'm so excited to introduce a new feature to the blog, Fun Friday Finds!  I've come across a tone of amazing shops and products this past year and I wanted to share the fun with everyone and of course have an excuse for a giveaway!  To kick off our first Fun Friday Find is Blue Spruce Art Press.

I've fallen in love with letterpress and these handcrafted note cards are amazing.  Everyone loves receiving a special little note just for them and taking the time to write a hand written note is something simple, that will make someone feel amazing. 

With the use of a variety of classic type styles coupled with a selection of vintage & new design icons, Blue Spruce Art Press has created a collection of personalized stationery for any occasion.  I have to say, the Cupcake Collection is by far my favorite.

With graduations and Father's Day just around the corner, these monogrammed note cards would make the perfect gift.  I was so excited to receive a set of my very own personalized note cards, I can't wait to order more.

Time for a GIVEAWAY!

One lucky winner will receive a boxed set of handcrafted letterpress note cards from Blue Spruce Art Press

HOW TO ENTER:

Like Blue Spruce Art Press on Facebook and leave us a comment letting us know you're a new fan!

{Please make sure to leave your email address so we may contact you if you're the winner}

Extra Entries:

- Visit the Blue Spruce Art Press Etsy Shop and leave a comment telling us what set you would choose

- Post this giveaway on Facebook, Twitter or your blog and leave a comment with a link to your post

- Like Tweedle Dee Designs on Facebook and suggest our page to your friends, leave us a comment letting us know you're a new fan

The giveaway will close on Friday, June 10, 2011 at Midnight (MST), any entries posted after that will not be counted.  One winner will be chosen using Random.org and announced on our Facebook Page.  The giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.

{Cupcake Love} 4th of July

Looking for some delicious 4th of July cupcake inspiration, look no further.  We made Vanilla Cupcakes with red, white and blue non pareils and a Cherry Vanilla Cupcake filled with cherry pie filling, topped with vanilla buttercream and red, white and blue stars.

Pinterest - 4th of July Inspiration

I'm loving Pinterest!  If you haven't stopped by this wonderful place to collect all of your favorite ideas and inspiration you must.  One of my favorite things to do now is take Pinterest break.  I love being able to pin all of my ideas on to different boards and share them with all of my friends.  Since the 4th of July is quickly approaching, I thought it would be fun to put together some inspiration for a spectacular celebration.

 I absolutely love this dress from ModCloth, too bad it's sold out.

 Don't forget, our printable 4th of July Collection is available for a free download on our Scribd Page.  We had over 700 downloads of the collection last year and featured several amazing parties from our readers.