So I've been MIA for quite awhile, but I'm almost 6 months pregnant and I think that's a good excuse. (Being pregnant is a good excuse for a lot of things...my moodiness especially) I honestly had no desire to cook or bake during my first trimester, and my blog definitely showed that.

However, right before I became pregnant ~ or found out I was pregnant, our friend Kaelyn (far left in picture below) turned 16 and I had the honor of making some of the food for her party. Andrew and I are good friends with Kaelyn's family, and Kaelyn means a lot to us, so Caneva and I were thrilled to help plan her sweet 16 party. We decided on an Italian theme since Kaelyn loves Italian food, and we decorated Caneva's backyard to look like a casual Italian restaurant, complete with an amazing waitstaff!



I made the desserts, and we had cupcakes and tiramisu.The tiramisu recipe is listed on an earlier post, but the cupcake concept came from Annie's Eats, which is a really good food blog I visit frequently. Her's look much more professional than mine, but I thought they turned out pretty well. I chose yellow and brown candy melts to make the butterflies and studded them with nonpareils. I won't post the cupcake recipe I used because it wasn't good at all; a little too dense for a cupcake and on top of that I think I over-baked them a smidge. But the icing was great, and I just used a basic buttercream. Lori (Kaelyn's mom) made stuffed shells, which were amazing, and salad and breadsticks from the Olive Garden were also on the menu. A few more pictures are below of that night!

We started off at the mall in Natick and then came back to Caneva's for dinner and a movie ~ Enchanted~ and gift opening of course. I hope you felt loved and celebrated, Kaelyn! We love you!