today was colleen's first communion. as with most other special milestones, the occasion called for an invitation and cake. i showed her two options for the invite and she fell in love with the bible in church mice from the saltbox studio...
it took us a while to design the perfect background paper and finalize the color scheme, but it finally came together! as we were working on it, she asked if i could make the cake match the bible stamp...
so of course, i had to deliver! it was pretty easy too--a 9 x 13 cake cut in half and stacked. after icing the three "paper" sides with white buttercream, i used a texture triangle to add lines for the pages. the look of a cover was easy with a little extra line of icing around the top edges and the base. rolled fondant made the perfect cross detail, as well as the ribbon marker. colleen was thrilled with the outcome!
i also printed my blue diamond design on text weight paper so that i could wrap her cross pendant to match the invite...
and onto labels to make favors for our guests--i found these great dove sweet tarts at party city and they were a big hit! the new a muse anniversary set was also perfect for adding a green frame around the bible to mimic what i'd already done on the invitation. have you placed an order to recieve your free set yet? and speaking of a muse's anniversary, don't forget that there are chances to win lots of different a muse stuff on the a muse news blog every other day during the celebration--in fact, i hosted today's contest! so if you haven't already, be sure to head over there and tell me what your first a muse stamp was...
thanks for stopping by!
:) lexi
