Navy Blue

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.

Rainbow Party Food Ideas

Today, we are offering you the last few details of this weather themed birthday party- the party food ideas. Get the links to the entire party plan at the end of this post, in case you are just tuning in!

Party Food Ideas

A few popcorn clouds rolled in on the party buffet, then came the rainbow…

The party buffet was filled with the colors of the rainbow at our weather party. Bright and fun, we were able to sneak these healthful fruit skewers into the mix, simply because of their gorgeous colors. Rainbow fruit skewers are always a hit, and everything is even better when served on a stick! Get these adorable rock candy lollipop sticks for your party!

Gotta have cupcakes, of course. No birthday party is complete without a few cupcakes. We skirted our cupcakes in Kaleidoscope rainbow cupcake wrappers in trendy rainbow hues, and trimmed a basic cake platter with adorable, yellow pom-pom trim. Our cupcakes accompanied a towering rainbow cake!

The candy cart was the highlight of the rainbow party food! It was a rainbow of candy, cake-pops, and Oreo cookie bundles.

The party overview:
http://confetticouture.com/blog/creative-party-theme-weather/

Storm cloud party décor tutorial:
http://confetticouture.com/blog/do-it-yourself-party-decor-cloud-lamp/

Party activity ideas:

http://confetticouture.com/blog/party-activities-ideas-for-a-weather-party/

Party food ideas:

http://confetticouture.com/blog/rainbow-party-food-ideas

Get even more ideas from our Weather Party Pinterest board!

Chocolate Truffles Recipes…Easy!

With three versions of this easy chocolate truffles recipe, your chocolate dessert buffet will be gorgeously filled to the brim. With a few tweaks, the same recipe can be used to create distinctly different chocolate truffle desserts and a will put a plethora of possibilities up your hostessing sleeve! Master a few easy chocolate handling techniques, and you’ll open the door to a gazillion possibilities from coating luscious cakes to creating these delectable delights.

Classic Chocolate truffles recipe

If you’ve never made chocolate truffles before, they may seem intimidating, but trust us when we say that once you have the basics down, it’s a snap. This chocolate truffles recipe and tutorial on truffle basics will give you all the details you need for making perfect chocolate truffles, every time.

Chocolate truffles on lollipop sticks

For this tray of chocolaty treats, we pushed a wooden lollipop stick into each chilled truffle before we dipped them in the chocolate coating. Go for gorgeous presentation with this cake pop kit, available in loads of pretty color combos, that makes it so easy to turn a few truffles into gorgeous chocolate party favors or display them on your chocolate dessert buffet.

Chocolate Truffle Recipe—Tiny Chocolate Almond Tarts

By adding a ¼ teaspoon of almond extract with the heavy cream in your chocolate ganache mixture, the very same truffle ingredients turn into a chocolate almond tart. Silky smooth chocolate ganache tops a simple shortbread cookie crust.

Easy shortbread cookie crust:

2 cups of crushed shortbread cookies
¼ cup melted butter

• Combine melted butter with crushed cookies.
• Press the crust mixture into the bottoms of each well in a mini muffin baking pan. 
• Bake for 5 minutes at 375, or until lightly golden. 
• Let the crusts cool completely and then pour the ganache mixture over each mini crust. Top each tiny tart with a toasted almond slice.

Spicy Chocolate Truffles

These truffles are kicked up a notch with the easy addition of some crushed Thai chilis. Add spice to suit your taste, and roll them in cocoa powder to finish these easy chocolate truffles.

One recipe… one entire chocolate dessert buffet! We love easy.