I was never good at baking or cooking, but i do love great deserts!

My passion for soap making has always been around, but my love for designed glycerin soap was ignited the minute i realized i can make it look like a cupcake! 

Today, with Pinterest around, i realize that a lot of the inspiration foods I'm pinning, are already in my soap line.. I wanted to compare and so i just ran through the photos in my inspiration board and my soap photos. I have so many more amazing deserts and foods to make out of soap! 

People do make the most amazing things in their kitchens, I'm still learning.. in the meantime i share my experiments in soap baking on Latika's Facebook page in the album "Live from our lab" and a lot of photos are taken with Instegram and uploaded there- you are welcome to join us!

Photo credits and links (a few of them would have recipes):

1. Real chocolate, soap chocolate.

2. Real cupcake, cupcake soap.

3. Real doughnuts, soap doughnuts.

4. Real watermelon ice pop, watermelon soapsicle.

5. Real ice cream sandwich, soap ice cream sandwich.

6. Real linzer sandwich cookies, soap cookies.

7. Real yogurt covered pretzels, pink soap pretzels. 

8. Real lemon tart, Raspberry cake soap.

9. Real heart waffle, heart waffle soap.

10. Real french macarons, French macaron soap.

And this one is amazing, when i made the soap i had no idea there is such a cake in the world :)

My next post would be part 2 of the "cute as button party" post.

Enjoy the weekend!

♥ Mazzi

Hi everyone! 
We've been receiving a lot of orders for our very sweet button soaps lately. A lot, if not all of them, are for baby showers.. 
This got me thinking about the "Cute as a button" baby shower theme. I found so many ideas online, you can see it all here and more on my Pinterest board called "cute as a button" which I made just for this post :)  Downloads page with all the posts printables

What do I need for a cute as a button baby shower?

• Color scheme
• Invitations
• Decorations
• Refreshments
• Some games
• Party favors

Color scheme

When I want to be inspired by color, I always find myself browsing through the design seeds blog. I wrote about it before here. 

These are a few of the color combinations I love, find yours and design the whole party with the colors of your choice. I recommend choosing 1-3 colors, to make it is easier to coordinate everything..

Invitations

You can buy custom made invitations online, or you can make them yourself! 

Here are a few ideas for DIY cute as a button invitations:

• Glue real button on the invite
• Use a button stamp
• Use a circle paper punch to make cute buttons
• Make a very large button as an invite

You will find examples of these ideas on my "cute as a button" Pinterest board. 

I made some A5 printable files for you to use, download and edit with any software, from word to Photoshop. Enjoy! Pdf , Doc . Jpeg files on the downloads page

Decorations

Wow! There are so many options with Button theme.. Choose from this list, and check out how it looks- I collected examples and photos from all around the web and pinned it to Pinterest. 

Make a banner - cut circles or attache real buttons to a bunting flag banner. Hang vertically or horizontally. 

Garland- Hang real buttons on a string to make a button garland.

Big buttons- Use embroidery hoops as button decorations, or Hang button pinwheels.

I made a printable file for a button banner, click here to download: Blue , Pink .

Jpeg files on our Downloads page

And that's not all! Besides banners and flags, there are more decorating ideas:

Button flowers- Make flowers using buttons and felt, or decorate real flowers with little buttons. Button flowers DIY from Better Homes, 

Button tree- A jar full of buttons, a few dry branches and a Circle paper punch. Punch out large circles of paper, then punch 2-4 tiny holes to make a paper button. Place the buttons on the branches and stick the Branches in to the button jar. Here's the inspiration for this- Erin From the lovely blog Double the reinsteins. 

Button art- I love this because you can keep it to decorate the baby's room: Frame a large letter from the baby's name, and fill it up with buttons. Tutorial: How to make button art

Apothecary jars with vintage buttons or large chunky buttons inside, or our very own Latika soap buttons! Here are some beautiful jars filled with spools and candy:

Tune in for part 2 of this post, for the deserts, games and favors I found  all around..

♥ Mazzi

Credits- You can see the source of each photo written on the picture, and here are the links:

• Amy Atlas
• On to baby
• Passion for baking
• Double the rein steins
• Hostess with the mostess
• The Tomkat studio
• Design seeds
• Vintage pretty pearl
• Wedding chicks
• Caitlin Creer
• Baby life style
• My fanciful notions
• Better homes
• Rit dye

Today we are celebrating our Two year anniversary, we met 10 years ago, two 18 year old kids, we have the same friends around us as the night we met.

Flowers, i wanted them to look wild and natural like we just picked them

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I absolutely loved the time we had planning our wedding, we wanted to keep it simple and work within our budget frame. So, being organized as i am, i made an Excel file with everything inside- from dress to little favors!

DIY seating tags and little favors, matches our invitation

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LATIKA wasn't around at that  time, it was still called "Mazzi's soaps" we were thinking of names.

A moment alone, just before we became husband and wife

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We got married in a very hot day on June 11, 2010. Our wedding was a Friday morning celebration and what i remember is having the time of my life with my husband, our family and our extraordinary friends! 

I bring my Lomo everywhere!

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Everyone took pics and that way we had a little wedding album only a few days after the wedding took place- here it is: 

The song that inspired us: Seven days in sunny June,

That's how we wanted our party to feel like 

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We danced and partied till it was almost 19:00. I actually remember all the love we felt from everyone, how every person who came to our wedding loved us and wished us the best- i think this is what its all about- celebrate the love you have for each other, with the people you appreciated and love!

surrounded by our favorite people, feeling the love! 

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Being far away from our families and our close friends, I miss everyone, and i want to send my love and thank's for being with us on this journey- marriage, new business and, well, life :)

My best friend Ortal

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Erez- the best friend and husband a girl could have! I love you baby. I'm so thankful to you every single day. I see and appritiate the efforts you make every moment of every day to make sure we are happy, safe and successful. Thank you! Here's to many more happy years with you my love!

We had 10 minutes of taking pics before we started the reception..
morning wedding!

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Here are some more pics-  to enjoy, remember and inspire from :)

My mom did my make up

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We love our little red car Shreder, took him with us to the wedding..
our decor was vintage orange crates i planted flowers in a few days before,
my friend Einav did the beautiful set up

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The dress by Galia Lemel 

For my dress i wanted a vintage design. and it was important to stay on budget and be comfortable.

Galia Lemel was the first of the designers i met who started with the question "what do you love?"

My answer was- i would like the dress to feel vintage, i like raffles, lace and "plisse" (the stripes). one of those features would be great!

I had no idea she was going to pull out a dress that had all those elements, it looked great and was so comfortable! love at first sight! 

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The flowers- Sisi caught them with one hand! That was after my dad caught them and then another guy.. It was so funny.. Well, needless to say- Sisi met the love of her life six months after, and was married a year after this moment. That makes me a believer, and you? :)

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19:00 -  waiting for our rides home
It Was Great!

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The Peleds
Dancing with my shoes off  made a bit of an impression on my feet :)

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The details:

♥ Dress: Galia Lemel
♥  Hair: Dekel Saban
♥  Make up: Mom  - Zmira Assouline (08-8583104)
♥  Location: Haachuza -beit hanan האחוזה בבית חנן
♥  DJ: The wonderful Shahar Ariel she was Amazing!!!
♥  Photography: Eli Maayani & Galit Levinsky
♥  Mood and joyful dancing: Our friends and family
♥  Happily ever after: The one and only Erez peled 

I love colors, on Pinterest i have collected different colored themed boards, i enjoy looking at a whole page full of pretty things- all in the same color.

Here are some of my Pinterest color inspired board:

Off course White, inspiring and calm

Purple- i love this worm passionate color. And i have a sweet spot for purple in my heart.

Yellow- just because i really feel like painting something in my house yellow- and the brighter the  better!

 PINK, need i say more!?

And i absolutely love MINT.  I have a "Mint plus" board on Pinterest that started out as "light baby blue" board, than i just started Pinning mint colored items in as well and now mint took over it! 

Here are some Hand made items i found on ETSY, with this beautiful light color, you can find more minty items on Mint plus on Pinterest. 

Mint geometric brooch ceramic jewelry by AtelierGilet

This brooch is part of a series decorated with decals taken from some of my original drawings inspired by urban landscapes, called Mini City.

Fold over Zipper Clutch by LumiStyle

Lightweight fabric, The clutch perfectly stores an iPad, purse and more, stylishly under your arm.

 

 

Eco-Friendly Recycled Paper Pencil Set by Write with Moxie

made with rolled layers of 100% recycled colored paper so as you sharpen it, the color changes around the lead.

 

 

 

color-tone iphone 4 case by BlissfulCASE

Each case is individually hand printed to accurately maintain the durable and long-lasting quality by sublimation printing method.

Mint & Coral Deer Head Wall Mount by Banana Tree Studios

painted with non toxic acrylic paint, hand-mixed to give it a unique shade of its own.

 

 

Vintage Inspired Mint Green Chiffon Dress by FleetCollection

This darling mint green dress features custom gold buttons with sheer lace inset on front and back. Elasticized waist for stretch and comfortable fit.

 UPDATE 8.5.12  We have exiting news! Eileen from Fleet Collection, has given Latika soap's readers an exclusive 15% off discount on  Fleet Collection's  website:  www.FleetCollection.comAll you need is this Coupon code: LATIKA15
The coupon expire on 5/30/2012 11:59 PST

Enjoy it! And don't forget to share your choices on our Facebook page! 

Thank you Eileen and Lisa!

Travel & Toiletries Bag by JordaniSarreal

In addition to adding instant style and organization to your luggage, this bag is machine-washable, perfect to use time and time again. Fully lined in cream cotton, you'll find this bag to be both the stylish and functional piece you need for your Spring & Summer travels.

 

 

Mint fox felt pin by Hanaletters

hand cut and hand stitched, this cute fox is made to order

All these items made it to my wish list!

 You can find them and more mint green beauties on my "mint plus" Pinterest board

XOXO

Mazzi