{Kate's Fairy Garden Party} Dessert Table Details!

As you probably know, I love dessert tables. My passion doesn't just stem from my love of yummy treats, but also the full presentation and creativity behind them. Amy Atlas is the queen of dessert tables and I find inspiration in every new table she creates. (thrilled that she featured mine on her blog last week!) Creating this dessert table was the highlight of planning Kate's party. I enlisted the help of many for this party, and several talented ladies made fabulous treats for this table! Shown above, is the picture perfect flower cake designed by a local baker, Melissa Mittleman. When she delivered it before the party, I literally had goosebumps. I wanted to cry, it was so beautiful and the perfect centerpiece to the table design!
Who does that? Cries over the beauty of dessert?! I do.
I think I've found my calling.

Another teary moment was when I opened a big box shipped all the way from Canada. I was literally leaping around the house with the biggest smile on my face, the night these pretties arrived from Marian from Sweetopia. Marian and I decided to swap skills (cookies for paper designs) and she did an AMAZING job translating the Fairy Garden designs onto cookies! I loved each one, but especially the fairy silhouette and the glittered little butterflies! How perfect?! I'm sorry to say that she is not available for hire, but she does share tons of tricks for decorating cookies over on her blog HERE! I believe she will be posting about these and hopefully sharing how she made them!
I figured I should probably make something myself for the dessert table, so you guessed it....the cupcakes were all moi! Well, with the exception of a tip (literally) from my friend, Sharnel at My Life, My Loves. When I spotted her "ruffle" frosting on the cupcakes she made for her daughter's party, I knew it was time for a new technique. She said to use the Wilton 2D (perfect...it's the one I use all of the time) and to hold at a 90 degree angle, use lots of pressure. Since my cupcakes were on the large side, I ended up piping four "ruffles" and then a big one in the middle on top. I think they turned out quite pretty! I topped them off with my cupcake toppers, of course...what's a party without them?

One of the many projects that I assigned to my mom, was to make mini-cheesecakes. I made these recently for a girls night in, and I've been addicted ever since. I had Melissa, the cake girl make some extra fondant flowers for the cheesecakes, since they tend to collapse in the center. Get the mini cheesecake recipe here.

Mmmmm.....next up. I met a super sweet girl, Nicole at my friend's bridal shower, who had brought cake pops. They were delicious. I've always wanted to try making them ala Bakerella, but I haven't tried yet. I looked up Nicole and asked if she would whip some up for me...and boy, did she deliver! These pops went like hotcakes and they weren't only adorable, but SO good. Her presentation was perfect in a white vase with edible grass...and she even added the same mesh butterflies I used throughout the party! She said she would share her tips and recipe with us here on TomKat Studio, so stay tuned! If you are local, she is starting a little business selling them....so go order some and thank me later!

Boy, the sweets keep coming.....
Next up, I'm not exactly sure how I "met" Kim at Sweeties by Kim on Etsy...but I'm sure glad I did! She sent some of her chocolate dipped oreos, along with the cutest oreo pops you've ever seen. The white ones with "kate" in different colors and the butterflies....oh my! I've got one stashed up on the shelf in my office armoire because it's too pretty to eat.
I'm hoping she'll do a little giveaway here on the blog, so one of you lucky readers will get to enjoy these as much as we did!

The rumor around our new neighborhood is that Susie makes the best meringue cookies....well, I figured I better try them out, right? So sweet Susie and her daughters (my babysitters!) made made dozens of mini meringues, in perfect party colors! She's going to share her recipe and tricks here, too! Won't this be fun?!

Okay, and the sweetest treats of all.........
the sweet fairies checking it all out!
(hey...is that a water bottle on my dessert table?!) Who did that?! Thank you all for your help and delicious goodies!
The dessert table was amazing and I can't wait to create another one!
XOXO, Kim

Photos courtesy of Vicki Lynn Photography