Haute Mom: Bachelorette Trista Sutter celebrates son Max's 1st.

Trysta and Ryan celebrate their son Maxwell Alston Sutter's 1st birthday with a sweet canydland themed celebration. Max Sutter who celebrated his first bithday on July 25th enjoyed a celebration featuring a menu of hamburger sliders, snow cone french fries and candy buffet complete with lollipop center pieces and chocolate cupcakes. As you can see the birthday boy, along with mom and dad had a smashing time.

Haute Mom's Tip: Cupcakes are a great idea for a first birthday party. Make the most of your theme by using a cupcake tower decorated with themed cupcake toppers.

An Over the Top Adventure: Kayaking in Laguna Beach

Family Friendly Escapes

I love going on outings with my family but there are days where my creative river runs dry- that's when a company like Cal Active comes in handy. Consider them your go to guide for all things active and fun in Southern California!

Check back later as we visit some of the activities and experience them first hand from a children's party perspective! Let us know if there are any activities you have always wanted to try but are unsure just how well it would work out for the whole family. We'd love to check it out for you.

Stay tuned.... we will be going on a grand kayaking adventure in Laguna Beach. Sea Lions, Dolphins and waves... Oh my.

The Buzz of a new arrival

New additions to the family always set the family abuzz with excitement. Why not celebrate the arrival of your newest one with a buzz-worthy bee themed event?
I am absolutely in love with bees and everything yellow this season, so I couldn't think of a more exciting theme for a dear client's baby shower. I can just imagine the cute chocolate devil's food cake beehive atop an adorable hive like cupcake tower! Napoleon bee de lys table cloths and fantyastic bee soap favors and thank yous are sure to send the guest buzzing about your big day for weeks to come.

Check out these yummy bee recipes:
Williams-Sonoma Beehive cake

Recipe for adorable Bee Cupcakes

Invites From Louella Press Honeycomb edition would set the tone for a fantastic day- not just for weddings anymore RSVP cards can take the hassle out of planning your big celebration.

>>> SOURCING:
Handcrafted Pewter Bee Hive Bank: Engrave able Silver Impressions $60.50, Wallace silver smiths: Napoleon Bee 45 pc. Flatware set- Horchow $174.90, Honey House Bee Bar Gift St Coldwater Creek $10.99, Slane and Slane Pave Bee Ring, Nieman Marcus $2050.00; Sur Le Table Bee Glassware Dessert Dishes Set of 6 47.50.

Capturing Memories

Isn't it amazing how scent can trancend time and space and take you back to the beginning of a memory? Remeber the smell of cookies baking in grandma's kitchen or the musky cologne of your first love? Fragrance is the score, the melodic undertone to our memory and I have found a fantastic candle line that combines the powerful relationship of scent and memory with an elegant 100% natural, long burning, soy based candle. With each of it's 12 luxurious scents Gem Bebe's candles will bring you over 60 hours of memories from the cotton scented bath time to the violet, amber, & oak moss of sweet memories. Each scent will leave you captivated- just as they have captivated some of Hollywood's most famous.

haute mom tip: Give these fantastic candles as nursery room gifts. I have used the travel tins as luxe baby shower favors.

>>>sourcing:
You can buy Gem bebe online at: Gem Bebe.com
Boutiques:
Bella Carta In Rancho Santa Margarita, Ca
Out of the Bleu in Foothill Ranch, Ca

Crustless Creativity

If your house is filled with picky eaters like mine, you'll love the crust cutter- a cute and inventive way to make a crustless sandwich while minimizing waste. Encourage healthy eating with adorable dinosaur grilled chesse or heart peanut buter and jelly sandwiches with the press of cookie-cutter like device. Each cutter has a repeat emblem in reverse, to cut two perfect and entertaining sandwich bread sized halves.

Haute mom's tip: For cute, kid-friendly appetisers & entertaining you could also take this tool beyond your average sandwich cutting borders and bring new life into cheese slices as well.... Oh, the endless possibilities!

>>>sourcing:

1. Hearthsong $6.95 each

2. Leaps and Bounds $4.95

3. Hearthsong $6.95

4. Amazon $14.95 for 4

Couture Kids Find: Musical Skirts

Check out this catchy, active, and incredibly fun, musical skirt from Hearthsong- a childrens playtoy company dedicated to preserving the fleeting essence of childhood. It's a perfect way to get kids moving, dancing, and giggling. Interactive and incredibly fun -the music starts the minute your little one begins to boogy. Go-go Gadget-like in nature, the sound eminates from a superior-sound-quality, motion-activated sound chip hidden inside the flounces of the polka-dotted, double-crinolined skirt. Simply donning one of the enchanting ballerina costumes is enough to turn children into graceful, expressive dancers, at least in their imaginations- accompanied by a full symphony orchestra playing Tchaikovsky. The Pink Dress plays Swan Lake and goes a long way toward bringing out the inner prima ballerina. The skirt comes in pink, polka dot and red and fits most children ages 3-6.

>>>sourcing: You can order the musical costume online at Hearthsong. Prices range from $26.99 to $32.98