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pastel hot chocolate board

hot cocoa charcuterie dessert board

Since Piper’s birthday is in August (and we’ve spent her life in Colorado, Saipan, and Texas), we’ve never once had hot chocolate on her birthday before.

hot cocoa charcuterie dessert board

But that girl LOVES hot cocoa, and whipped cream and marshmallows are two of her favorite things.

hot cocoa charcuterie dessert board

So our southern hemisphere home gave us the perfect opportunity this year to do a hot chocolate board for her Paris birthday.

hot cocoa charcuterie dessert board

Marshmallows are definitely not as much of a thing in New Zealand (especially variety in marshmallows), but we collected several pastel hues, grabbed some pumpkin mallows at the American store in Auckland (they were a HUGE HIT with the party guests), and even randomly found some mini-rainbow mallows.

hot cocoa charcuterie dessert board

Since it was a Paris party, of course we added macarons and meringues to the board. But wouldn’t it just be the BEST pastel hot cocoa board for Christmas or New Year’s?

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‘flower market’ for a paris themed birthday party

The trend of ‘create your own bouquet’ stations and flower bars at parties and showers is one of my very favorites. Since Piper loves it as well, we decided to incorporate a ‘french flower market’ into her Paris themed birthday party this year. The only catch? In the southern hemisphere (aka- New Zealand, aka- where […]

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build your own bruschetta bar

(A step by step how to for putting together a gorgeous, easy and delicious Bruschetta Bar for easy entertaining). With the holidays right around the corner and back to back guests on our docket (both of those are my favorite), I am in planning mode for all of our holiday entertaining. My best case world […]

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a cozy grilled cheese bar

(This grilled cheese bar is the ultimate in cozy comfort food! And also SO EASY to put together. Aka- party menu perfection!) The weather FINALLY feels like fall in Texas, and I’m settling in to everything cozy (and also, wearing my very favorite sweaters and jeans while I can because I just *know* we have […]

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iced coffee bar

(A step by step how to for putting together a gorgeous, easy and delicious Iced Coffee Bar for your next party or gathering). Happy National Coffee Day! I don’t know why I have never celebrated this before (probably because I didn’t even know it was a thing and, without my trusty planner, I still wouldn’t). […]

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the prettiest sangria bar

The first time we put together a Sangria Bar was YEARS ago (2013- I looked it up). And it was an instant hit, both by wedding guests that got to enjoy it, and also on the internet (whoa Pinterest takeover!). And even though we pretty much love all drink stations, the Sangria Bar remains one […]

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cotton candy bar

I have a confession to make- I love cotton candy. Like love it. I know it is kind of considered a treat for kids (or “fair food”), but it is pretty much my favorite. My girl loves cotton candy too, and requests it for every birthday party. This year, we took it up a notch and […]

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make your own italian soda bar

Italian Sodas were pretty much our drink of the summer, and our Italian Soda affection has extended itself into the fall (literally, we have a lazy susan filled with syrups in our pantry as I type). As the holiday season approaches, the kids have been asking about adding Italian Sodas to our Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year’s Eve […]