DIY Personalized/Themed Hershey Kiss Decorators

Decorating Hershey Kisses with personalized or holiday themed decorations is a really cool way to turn "boring" Hershey Kiss wrappers into part of a party's decor.  I decided to share my experience of creating these faux bottoms in the form of a "How To"!

How To:  Create your own personalized/themed Hershey Kiss decorators

Bill of Materials:

Paper Printable

Hershey Kisses (any flavor will do!)

3/4" circle punch

Tape

First, I decided to try this idea out for Valentine's Day, so I made my own printable (which you can find here).


Second, cut the printable into strips (much easier to punch out a circle shape.) 


Third, punch out the circle shapes using a 3/4" circle punch.  Or use scissors! (I usually have to punch them out upside down so I can make sure the circle includes all of the picture of word).


Fourth, roll up a small piece of tape and attach paper piece to bottom of a Hershey Kiss.

Ta Da!  


All done!

A Week of Hershey Kisses!

I don't know about you... but when I think of Valentine's Day... 

...I think about Hershey Kisses...

...and in honor of this wonderful bite-size piece of heaven, 

Classy Event Organizer is going to enjoy a week of Hershey Kisses 

and celebrate Valentine's Day by using them 

as parts of decor, recipes, and embellishments!

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(Please note that I am not trying to endorse any product, 
nor am I getting compensated for these posts... 
I just REALLY like Hershey Kisses.)

Barbie Doll Cake Tutorials

This week's post is about CAKE (surprise, surprise!)  Not just any type of cake, but Barbie cake.  I remember back to my childhood when my Mom would make this type of cake for my birthday.  I have never made a Barbie cake myself so I went searching for a tutorial.  I would like to share what I found!! 

Each of the pictures below are links to different tutorials, check them out!!   You could use tips from them both to create your own Barbie Doll Cake!   

Picture From:  Kristen Buesing

Picture From:  Butter Hearts Sugar

I will definately be using these tutorials and ideas in the future!  (Don't you think a Barbie doll cake with a bridal gown would be super cute for a bridal shower?)

Have you ever made a Barbie Doll Cake before and have a tutorial to share? 

 Leave your comments and tips below!

DIY Decorative Candy Wrappers

Sometimes as the hostess of a party you don't have a LOT of time to make delicious treats, or perhaps you want to add another element to a dessert table.  One option is to take candy bars, whatever size, shape, flavor, and cover them with paper to create a treat that matches the decor of your party (or perhaps is just a little cuter than the average candy bar sitting in a dish). 

  How To:  Create Decorative Candy Wrappers

Bill of Materials:

Candy

Decorative Paper that matches the party decor

Scissors or Paper Cutter

Ruler or Measuring Tape

Tape

First,  measure the size of your candy.  Both width and "around" length to make sure you cut paper long enough to wrap all the way around. 

Second: cut paper to appropriate length.  

Tip:  If you want to cover the candy with two colors, cut second paper color a bit smaller than the first.

Third, cover the candy by taping one end of the cut piece of paper and wrapping around candy once.  (In my example I had to cut excess paper off because my strips were too long.  

Tip:  If you are using two colors, wrap the candy with one color and then again with the second smaller strip of paper.  


Fourth, tape other end down.  

Done!   Wasn't that super easy?!

How Late is Fashionably Late?

Fashionably Late.

It's something we all have said or done at one time or another, but what exactly is it?  And how does a Hostess see this phenomenon?


What exactly is "Fashionably Late"?

There are many articles and online postings about what "Fashionably Late" is.  Infact Ehow.com has a "How-To" about being fashionably late.  After reading that article you find that being fashionably late is more of an art rather than just not wanting to be the first one at a party.  Also if you are a fan of Yahoo Answers, this question comes up very frequently with many different ideas on what is acceptable and what is just down right rude.  Yahoo Answers averages from about 5 to 10 minutes late, with 20 minutes or more beign rude.  However there are a few Yahoo Answer entries that say with today's technology (cell phones, smart phone, facebook) there isn't a good reason to be "late" at all. 

Why do we participate in being Fashionably Late?

As I said before, we've all been guilty of being "fashionably late" at least once in our lives (and if you haven't I'm sure you've seen or heard about someone doing it).  However, why do we do this?  Sometimes it's because we don't want to be the first person at a party (perhaps because we don't quite know the hostess all THAT well).  Or maybe its because we want to "make an entrance" at the party and be the center of attention for a while.  Or is it that we want to make it seem like we have more going on in our lives compared to everyone else.


From the other side....

I know I have been fashionably late one or two times my self (usualy because I don't know the hostess all THAT well and I don't want to awkwardly stand around by myself) but I also have been a "victim" of the fashionably late guest.  From the other side, (the side of the hostess) guests that are "fashionably late" can be very annoying (especially when EVERYONE wants to be fashionably late).  Perhaps its not as aggrivating when you are having an open house type of party, but at a dinner party or party with some sort of schedule or itinerary, it is hard to deal with a lack of guests who are 5 to 10 minutes late.

How to combat the "fashionably late" guest(s)

As a hostess, there are a few things you can do to combar a guest or guests who are going to be arriving late due to whatever reason. 

First, make sure to put a start time on the invitation and include a schedule if you have one to stick too.  For example if you are having a dinner party with a cocktail hour and dinner put both times on the invitation so that a guest will know when dinner will start and hopefully come in time for at least the sit down part of the party.   

Second, plan ahead if you think guests will show up late.  If you want to plan a dinner, invite people over earlier than you normally would and hope that the stragelers would arrive by the time you would like.

Third, come to terms with the fact that some guests are always going to be fashionably late no matter what and go with the flow!


Have you ever been fashionably late to an event or gathering?  Why were you late?  Have you ever had guests be fashionably late and ruin your party?  Or do you have any good ideas on how to combat those who are fashionably late?  Please share your "Fashionably Late" experiences!!