We’re daydreaming today of warm summer afternoons, listening to the laughter of the neighborhood children, bikers peddling past, as we sit sipping iced tea on the porch. We have about eighteen inches of snow in the front yard today, yes in April, but it’s never too early to gather some great summer recipes! Here come three sensational iced tea recipes. Stash these beauties away, or give them a taste test now, in sweet anticipation of hot summer days. You don’t even have to choose your favorite. Set a stunning iced tea bar, mix and match those ingredients, and invite some friends!

Raspberry Iced Tea

Pretty as can be, sweet raspberries transform your tea into a summertime treat. Get this gorgeous recipe from MyFoodBook.com.

Mint Iced Tea

Mint tea is a classic, cool and refreshing summer flavor. Grab this mint iced tea recipe with a hearty tea flavor from myrecipes.com.

Spiked Strawberry Iced Tea

Or, go for the gusto with this adults-only, simply lovely Strawberry Iced Tea from MintedMag.com…

For crystal clear iced tea, be sure to start with good water, and let the tea cool slowly to room temperature before chilling it.

Peaches, berries, citrus… you can’t go wrong. Pick your favorite fruits, add in some fresh herbs, and be sure you have plenty of ice!

Navy blue is beautifully nautical or simply neutral… or both. Using navy as a neutral can add a springtime freshness to your event. Replace the traditional black, gray, or brown with navy to get a nautically neutral color palette. This navy blue and white cupcake tower is crisp, clean and lovely on its own, but watch as different colors pair with the navy blue to create a whole new look.

Navy blue and coral…

Navy blue pairs with most any other color. Here we created a fresh spring or summer color combo with coral and navy blue. Just feminine and pretty.

Navy Blue and Yellow…

Navy blue and yellow screams spring. Happy and bright, yellow and blue are tried and true.

Navy Blue and Kelly Green…

Navy blue and kelly green are fantastically fresh. Perfect for a summer wedding at the country club, kelly green and navy are a flawless color combination.

Navy blue is simple, classic perfection-- on its own, or paired with almost any color.

Dainty vintage tea cups can be found at flea markets and quaint antiques and second- hand stores. Today, we present some ideas for using these beauties at your next party to show off their vintage glam and dress up the party table.

Teacup Candles

Follow an easy tutorial from Georgica Pond to create this loveliness on your own party table. Bonus, you’ll be able to use all the broken and less than perfect candles in your home!

A Sweetly Vintage Tea-Cup-Cake Party Idea

Simply dress a cupcake in a coordinating cupcake wrapper. Then, tuck the cupcake along with a delicate bag of tea inside a vintage teacup. This also makes a thoughtfully unique gift, perfect for the teacher on Valentine’s Day!

Photo: Style Me Pretty

Teacup Flower Vases

Teacups make graceful, petite bud vases. Scattered in numbers across the center of the table, in combination with tea lights, they make a stunning statement on the party table.

Teacup Place Cards

Place cards double as a pretty party favor at each place setting with these teacups planted with tiny succulents from Hall Weddings & Events. Tags, labeled with each guest’s name, mark the place settings in a beautifully simple fashion.

Turn those teacups into treasures!

Green is a color that partners nearly effortlessly with every other color, making it a naturally easy choice for a wedding color palette or party decor. Get these Kelly Green Mini Skirtz or the coordinating Kelly Green Dessert Skirtz for a stunning wedding look!

We just can’t turn our eyes from this bright and cheerful wedding inspiration board from My Wedding Ideas Blog! Lovin’ everything about it!

1st row left to right – Green wedding shoes by Kate Spade, Green and white striped bridesmaid dresses
2nd row – Green wedding table setting – picture Crystal Catering
3rd row – Green balloons, Green striped silk tie, Green woven clutch bag by Bottega Veneta,
4th row – Green striped linen napkins, Green and white wedding bouquet

Find more enviously inspiring ideas for a green wedding on our green Pinterest boards!

Kelly Green and Black

Mint Green

Hydrangea Green

Emerald Green

Taking cues from nature, soften emerald green by pairing it with orchid for a gentle take on this sophisticated color of the year. The incredible photography of the orchid, above, is by Elliot Teskey.

This beautiful wedding inspiration, by Today’s Bride, uses green to showcase the lavender shades from pale orchid to deep plum. The floral femininity of the orchid and plum hues pair with deeper greens to create a refined look that goes beyond the expected lavender wedding.

Looking to be inspired by this intricate color of the year? Visit our Emerald Pinterest board.

The color is emerald, but how to use it? You’ll find emerald green popping up everywhere, from your favorite clothing boutique, to accessories for your home. Standing alone, emerald green is sophisticated and regal. We’ll show you colors that pair with emerald to energize it, or soften it, or to add some vibrant fun to the mix.

Emerald green and Coral

A color palette of Emerald green and coral combines gems from land with treasures of the sea.

Use the emerald green and coral color palette found in this 1960’s jewelry to bring vintage elegance to your next event. It’s stunningly unique for a spring wedding.

Take in all the detail of this gorgeous inspiration board from Lemiga Events.

From the Confetti Couture Boutique, pair emerald green with Coral mini skirtz.

Soft and sophisticated with an air of vintage elegance, emerald green meets coral with beauty and grace.

Yellow and gray is a favorite this year; cheerful and fun, but luxurious and polished. We added touches of gold and black to the Yellow and Gray Party Style Kit for some extra elegance. This is such a versatile look, and can go from a morning brunch to a baby shower, but equally perfect as a 40th birthday party or wedding.

Bumblebee tea party or shower

Dress it down a bit and create a playful bumblebee baby shower or little girl’s tea party with this kit.

Let the bright yellows take center stage. Just add some whimsical bumblebees to the party table and décor, and use the beautifully coordinated kit to make it stress free. Pretty favor bags, sweet buntings and all the items you need to create a gorgeously coordinated desserts and drinks display are included in this fun, new kit.

Yellow and Gray Wedding

Dress it up for a wedding or wedding shower. Just enough of the bright yellow gives this collection of elegant neutrals a burst of cheerfulness. Effortlessly coordinate your entire wedding reception with this modern and playful collection.

A whimsical party, or elegant evening… yellow and gray is perfection!

These couture cupcakes have a classic elegance, dressed in Tiffany blue…

High fashion, couture cupcakes are perfect for weddings. Cupcakes for weddings are both stunning and practical. Wedding cupcakes as a wedding cake mean an opportunity for some serious style, as well as eliminating the need to cut into that gorgeous cake. Couture cupcakes are just perfectly personal cakes with a punch of style for each guest.

No matter what flavors of cupcakes you choose for your wedding, they will coordinate perfectly with your wedding colors wearing Dessert Skirtz by Confetti Couture. The Flowers for Tiffany, blue cupcake wrappers collection creates a gorgeous couture cupcake display for your wedding. The Tiffany blue cupcake wrappers also mean your yummy frosting can be naturally yummy… minus the blue food coloring, and still look fantastic. The Flowers for Tiffany collection really matches the box, so there’s no gambling with the color of frosting. Just go with the delicious gourmet cupcakes, and know they will look amazing in their Dessert Skirtz!

Are you a DIY girl with real style? Great… homemade cupcakes are easy and will look flawless, too! Cupcake wrappers are a great way to cut costs and fine tune your wedding reception style. Make it your own with Confetti Couture’s hand painted art in eighteen different collections of cupcake wrappers. Each collection comes with coordinated patterns in complementary colors to make you look like a party pro!

Diamonds never go out of style, especially for couture cupcakes…

These sparkling plastic gems make the perfect toppers for couture cupcakes, and even more perfect for couture cupcakes dressed in Tiffany blue!

A tremendous, glittering tower of cupcakes will be the perfect addition to your Tiffany Blue wedding reception!

Spa Party Invitations:

We are thrilled to offer these free party printables for your own Holiday Home Spa Party. We highlighted the “dessert display” filled with spa essentials disguised as desserts, and now have some of the details ready for you to print for free! The hand painted designs on this invitation and party favor tags coordinate with the Holiday Brilliance collection of Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers from Confetti Couture that we used on our dessert display. The whimsical Christmas trees set the tone for a relaxing and fun day with the girls. Just customize the 4x6 printable party invitation for your own Holiday Home Spa Day, and print. It couldn’t be easier.

Spa Party Ideas…

This party favor of scented, homemade bath salts is equally simple, elegant and perfect for the ladies. Customize it with the tags from these free party printables and offer a gift of relaxation. You can include the bath salts recipe inside the tin, if you wish.

Bath Salts Recipe:

3 Parts Epsom Salts
1 Part Rock Salt
1 Part Baking Soda

a few drops of essential oils (a little bit goes a long way!)

To create the party favors, mix the first three ingredients in a large decorative container. Let the ladies fill small hinged window tins with your homemade bath salts. Offering an array of essential oils for each guest to customize their own bath salts with their favorite scent will be a hit!

Use the free party printables to insert in the window of each tin. These sweet bath salts party favors will help your girlfriends relax at home in a hot bath after the long hours of Christmas shopping and baking.

The girls will appreciate your unique holiday party ideas so much that they’ll be demanding a repeat for next year. This Holiday Home Spa Party is sure to become a holiday tradition for years to come!

Cake plate dreaming…Wouldn’t it be great if you had a magical cabinet? Each time you open the door, cake plates that perfectly coordinate with your party or event would be right inside? Love it. Well, we don’t have a magical cabinet for you, but we do have some DIY cake plate ideas that will make you feel as if you do. With a few supplies on hand, you can create cake plates or a cupcake tower in minutes.

This darling birthday party cupcake tower was created with cardboard cake circles with ribbon pinned to the edges, and clear vases. For the complete “how to” check out this cupcake tower tutorial. What we love about this one is that the clear vases can be filled with any type of candy, flowers, tissue, or other decorations in any colors. We used the whimsical, hand painted hats on the Birthday Wishes Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers collection as our color inspiration.

With just a mirror repurposed into an oversized platter, and a tiered plant stand topped with vases and dessert plates, we created this DIY cupcake tower with items from around the house. Add in some punches of color with fabric and cupcake wrappers. We chose Autumn Nights Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers, and accented with the color of the minute… warm plum. Notice what a difference these reversible cupcake wrappers make as compared to the cupcakes in their wrinkled panties!

This cupcake tower is super simple to create and inexpensive, too. We used a cylindrical vase, but a coffee can would work just as well. We covered it in scrapbooking paper that coordinated with our dessert table, and attached it with double sided tape. We simply set a large platter on top, upside down, because it has a lip. A cardboard cake circle trimmed in ribbon would be perfect as well. For more stability, or to make it more permanent, the platter can be glued to the can or vase.

Piece of cake!

Slip them into something gorgeous! Cake pops rest so elegantly in Mini Skirtz cupcake wrappers. A posh tuft of marabou is a chic touch for this beauty.

Need it now? Or, not the creative sort? Confetti Couture has done the work for you.  Sweet Petite Kits, perfectly coordinated cake pop kits, by Confetti Couture will help you to display your cake pops in haute couture.

Each Sweet Petite Kit cake pop kit includes twelve sweetly nostalgic wooden sticks with the classic wooden bead on top…

Twelve Mini Skirtz…

and twelve crystal clear bags with coordinating closures. Take your cake pops to the next level with new Sweet Petite Kits cake pop kits by Confetti Couture.

Cake Pops are all the rage right now. We love the idea of a pretty little two bite treat on a stick, and it definitely encourages creative interpretations. Use this list to create your own fancy pops… cake or otherwise.

• Rice Krispy pops
• Brownie pops
• Cheesecake pops
• Banana bread pops
• Cookie dough pops
• Truffle pops
• Chocolate covered cherry pops
• Éclair pops
• Pumpkin pie pops

Candy coating can be flavored to complement whatever filling you choose, and chocolate goes with almost anything! Roll, dip and top with a wooden lollipop stick - those hard-to-find rock candy sticks.

Mini Skirtz mini cupcake wrappers make the perfect, tiny tea lights for your wedding reception tables. Just choose your Mini Skirtz, assemble them, and drop a tea light candle inside. They will look lovely scattered on your reception tables or party table and are so easy to do.

Breezy Tiffany Blue paired with Meyer lemon yellows is the perfect combination of playfulness and grace on this dessert table set up fondue style. Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers make a fashionable display of the treats to be dipped.

Almost symmetric dessert layout adds drama to the party table

To get this look, start with a white table cover. We used a quilt for an extra touch of texture. Three long white platters arranged as the sides of the square keep the look clean and the focus on the colors and food.

We used Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers from the Flowers For Tiffany collection by Confetti Couture to hold the goodies for dipping. Line your Dessert Skirtz with cupcake baking liners and fill them with your favorite dippable treats. We chose the treats carefully to keep with the color scheme.

Pound cake pieces, dried apricots and coconut macaroons made the A list for color… and yumminess.

When you are creating a square using the platters, place the platter that is furthest back on a riser or container of some sort to give it some height. The fondue fits beautifully in the center of the square of platters. Long stem roses bring a pop of yellow, as well as height and drama.

For a splash of color, we used a lovely aqua bowl, elevated and filled with meyer lemons. A fluffy white feather boa hides the can we used to elevate the bowl and adds another layer of texture.

This look is amazing for Mother’s Day celebrations, bridal showers, baby showers or an adult birthday.

It’s wedding planning season! If you are a bride-to-be, or making plans for a bride-to-be, we have so many wedding ideas and pictures to help you to create the wedding of your dreams. So, come on back to visit The Dressing Room often to be inspired!

Wedding cupcakes in beautiful Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers are a fantastic way to serve cake at your wedding reception. Your cupcakes can be customized with colors to match your wedding by using flowers, fondant and of course, Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers. Take a look at these super versatile looks for wedding cupcakes…

Traditonal Elegance wedding cupcake wrappers hand designed detail

Traditional Elegance Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers for wedding cupcakes keep that traditional look of a wedding cake and are lovely with any colors you are using.

Little Black Dress Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers adorning wedding cupcakes with a modern flair will complement any colors you choose for your wedding.

Why choose wedding cupcakes wearing cupcake wrappers instead of a wedding cake? Here are our thoughts…

* Wedding cupcakes in cupcake wrappers allow you to choose several flavors and still have a consistent, elegant look to your dessert table.

* No need to cut a messy cake, which is truly a skill when cutting a towering wedding cake! Wedding cupcakes in cupcake wrappers make serving so easy.

* Wedding Cupcakes in cupcake wrappers are personal sized and special for each and every guest.

* Wedding cupcakes in cupcake wrappers make an oh-so-impressive tower of treats that will be a beautiful centerpiece for your buffet table at your reception.

* Wedding cupcakes in cupcake wrappers are super trendy, but still sweetly nostalgic.

* Leftover wedding cupcakes are just as perfect as they started. Enjoy them on your honeymoon!

For those that want to carry on the tradition of cutting a cake together at the reception, just make the top tier of the wedding cupcake tower a layer of traditional wedding cake. This gives you the flexibility of wedding cupcakes and keeps the tradition of cutting the wedding cake alive!

For an intimate feeling, and more formal dinner at your reception, your wedding cupcakes can be dressed to the nines in their Dessert Skirtz cupcake wrappers and placed at each table setting as a place card holder. Beautifully displayed in a clear box or miniature cake plate, your wedding cupcakes become the favors for your guests, if you choose.

Be creative, and let us know how you used cupcakes at your wedding reception. We love to see your photos, so send them our way!