Captain Underpants

High in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's CAPTAIN BIG BOY UNDERPANTS! SUPERlicious, SUPERfantastical, SUPERkool, SUPERhero celebration. My youngest toddler recently acquired a membership to the family's BIG BOY CLUB- Master of the Underpants domain. He is our newest superhero in the superhero walk of fame. He runs faster than a speeding bullet (to the bathroom) and leaps over tall buildings (built from stacked tissue rolls) and has superpowers beyond all mommy comprehension with magic underpants on his head. This my friends, deserved a cupcake! With friends and family we celebrated superhero style, powered on magical rainbow goodness, it was an event my little man will not surely forget. He is my benevolent little superhero and I am honored to be his sidekick. Thank you friends for helping me salute my Captain Big Boy Underpants on his very momentous accomplishment in the world of toddlers and superheros. So very proud of you sweet boy... (turn up the volume for toe-tapping, smile-wearing, underpants dancing, superhero kind of fun).

Teeny Wahine Event

The morning sun streams through the window and the birdsongs trill as I type, and along with it comes a comfort and a joy that only the Summertime can provide. I welcome the little seasonal luxuries that beckon lolly lickin', popsicle drippin', splashin' around, sand castle building kind of fun. This is when little girls don itty bitty, teeny weeny bikinis for a wahine luau celebration. It just doesn't get much summery than this! 13 Little Hula's celebrated ALOHA style with birthday girl Jenna, for a flip-flop inspired celebration worth remembering. Thank you Jenna for letting me be a part of your very special event. I loved creating it with you.

   summertime flavored chocolate lolly lickers.

    Mahalo Thank you cards and seals...

There is always something worth celebrating...

The sweet newness of beginnings and fond farewells to predicted "happily-ever-after THE ENDS". Big and small, these are the milestones on which my life is built upon. And so, all deserving, we celebrate here at the farmhouse, with cupcakes and themed lolly-lickers. 

Dancing Feet. A 5 year old tiny danseur bids adieu to the dance academy and all its pink-cheeked ballerinas until next year with strawberry-kissed chocolate lollies in the form of tiny dancing slippers, for all near and dear.

Moving On. Two years of preschool comes to a close with an emotional, hankie-filled graduation ceremony for 20 enthusiastic, counting and rhyming 4 and 5 year old cherubs, who are far more ready than mom, to leap into kindergarten and the unknown. Lemon and Vanilla graduate lollies lined up like little happy sunshine soldiers, and snow-white cupcakes flagged with "so very proud of you" words of encouragement, guide us to celebrate the wee ones and their first steps into their long education journey. It's the wee moments, that I choose to embrace and envelop my little ones in celebration. My youngest is potty training...next stop on celebration road- a big-boy underpants party! Here's to LIFE, big and small.

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celebrate...65 reasons to.

If you have been following the happenings of Rosie+Coop, there was the planning of a 65th fête. The party was a fantastic success...celebratory and lovely was the decor, the cheerful palette of sunny tangerine, cherry and blush was just the POP! of Spring we had hoped for in the elegant, lofty and modern locale. Most importantly, vibrant and buoyant (with the help of a lively Pinot Grigio) was the guest of honor in all of her 65 glorious-ness! It was truly a treat to help put together this event for both the client and the honoree. A couple pics to view below and  you can find more of the details under the INVITE header. Cheers to 65 and all lifes little + big moments, worth donning a party hat for! 

All About Mom

"There is no velvet so soft as a mother's lap, no rose as lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footprints". Knowing words from this Sir Archibald Thompson gentleman. I can not say enough good things about the mothers of the world. My own is my hero, and I know so many lovely lady-moms that are valiant, fearless super-moms in their own rights. I don't know about any superior acts of my own mothering tasks...BUT I do know it is a job that makes you courageous. The workload is immense, the lack-of sleep and exhaustion required is equal to that of prehistoric torture chambers, I'm sure. The emotional volcano you surrender yourself to is unimaginable at best, and the JOY, the utterly beautiful child-love, is immeasurable, and something I preserve in the depths of my being. A devotion like no other. In a nutshell, mother-love, drives the human spirit to do the impossible. This I know to be true. There is a reservoir of energy, love, belief and domestic felicity that is a bottomless pool within the mom gene. I salute the moms I know and the ones I don't. We all walked into the unknown with babes in our arms, and lovingly, courageously we try our best to do right by these beautiful creatures. Happy Mother's Day to you, and to the nana's and aunties and other women, glorious in their own right, guiding us and helping us mother and nurture through these unknown territories.

If you haven't grabbed up a gift to celebrate mom (or nana, or auntie...) there is till a wee bit of time to order personalized stationary sets–ribboned, bundled and gift boxed, ready for gifting with love...even the tag says so! See pics below and more info under our stationary and invites headers. Call or email for inquiries, but May 9th is coming soon!

Another little idea I'm toying with is–sweetly vintage style in a pretty little cake plate. ROSIE+COOP originals. Flea-market finds and vintage treasures, crafted into pedestal cake plates for sweet treats of the very best kind. You know my infatuation with saccharine decadence! Didn't this devotion deserve a plate? What do you think? As I craft more I will post some pics...off to treasure-hunt.

The Tale of Spring

Spring has SPRUNG. Easter  is my favorite holiday. It encapsulates all that is spring perfection. A pastel-hued, blossom-filled, dappled sunlight, scrumdiddly-iscious celebration of chocolatey delights. After months of popsicle- toes hibernation, and a garden sitting idle under grey-streaked skies-Spring has finally sprung. It is here where the innocent pleasure of magical bunnies, the adventurous quest of an egg shaped dainty hiding in the folds of delicate new leaves, dressed in your finest easter frock, is all enough to make me squeal delight. It is with that child-like enthusiasm that carries me through much of life these days, that I created a spring affair for toddlers and mommies alike– a tribute to my girlhood love for all that is Sir. Peter Rabbit. On a bright new day, a bluebird came a-calling, the children rejoiced...Spring has Sprung!  Happy Easter.

(remember to turn up the volume for optimal toe-tapping, smile inducing amusement).

The Truck Stop

Truck Stop. A One year old boy, a proud mommy (and a big sister who loves pink) and a love of trucks. I was asked to design a theme for a party with two honorees. Both mom and babe were sharing a birthday celebration, but how to combine a young boys passion for trucks and a moms twinkle for all that is girly? With a dash of truck doodle, a sprinkle of girlhood pink and a splash of muddy, rugged boy brown...we have ourselves the TRUCK STOP. This sweet treat themed event is sure to please both boys and girls attending and mom is tickled PINK!  

Scroll down for more details from this Rosie+Coop event.

Mommy and me. So the party went off without a hitch and I happened to attend and document this little truck stop event. Mommy had her little bright star close on her hip, taking in all the beauty and fuss that was meant for him. A beautiful way to mark their tandem anniversaries...memories were made in a dizzying blur of pink and brown, balloon rooms, bubbles, sweet treats, crafts and cakes. Thank you to the Abbots for letting me share in your joyful occasion. Happy Birthday Mom and Babe. Tune in below for a peek at the little party that was, for a sweet bright star named boo and a mommy that loves him so. (Remember as always, volume up, for the "aaaaaahhhh sweet" moments.)