Valentine's Day Dessert Table Part II

Photographs by Belathee Photography.

I'm back today to show you more pictures of the Valentine's Day dessert table that we created for Better TV. In yesterday's post, you were able to see some of the items on the table like the romantic ruffled buttercream cake, key cupcakes, and "Be Mine" glasses with strawberry milk. In this post, you can see a bubblegum pink macaron tower {my kids loved that dessert}, a scalloped paper cake stand, and custom chocolate bar wrappers. I'll post some do-it-yourself tips on these items soon!

In addition to the "Love is the Key to my Heart" theme, we also included a quilted diamond pattern in the bubblegum pink, pale pink and grey palette. You can see the quilted diamond pattern repeatedly throughout the table including the cupcakes, vessel liners, backdrop, and the scalloped paper cake stand. The color palette really worked with that pattern.

It was a lot of fun putting this table together and a wonderful experience working with the people at Better TV. It's also an incredible learning experience seeing what goes into making a segment. Producing a segment is so different than producing an event or styling a dessert table, and let me tell you, it is a incredible craft. I have so much respect for the behind-the-scenes people that pull the segments together and am fascinated with what they do. I'll have to do a behind-the-scenes of prepping for a tv segment to show you what goes into the production. I have some more upcoming TV to share with you soon so make sure to stay tuned!

A big shout out again to Wiley Valentine, Baked Ideas, and Belathee Photography for contributing to this shoot!

Valentine's Day Dessert Table

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and what a better time than now to create a dessert bar filled with sweets! We recently made a dessert bar for Better TV and gave their viewers some do-it-yourself tips for making a Valentine's Day spread for a loved one.

Playing off the theme "love is the key to my heart" we included key cupcakes and custom "love is the key to my heart" chocolate bars. We opted for a bubblegum pink, light pink and pale grey color palette instead of the expected pink and red palette. I've wanted to play with those colors for some time and thought Valentine's Day would be the perfect holiday to experiment with the palette. On the table were some delicious goodies including a macaron tower, ruffled buttercream cake, and lots of pink candy! To give it a nostalgic feel, we served strawberry milk in "Be Mine" glasses. The ladies from Wiley Valentine designed the beautiful paperie elements for the table for us and Patti Paige of Baked Ideas created the elegant key cupcakes and heart cookies for us. Annabelle of Belathee Photography stopped by and captured these gorgeous photographs.

As you are getting ready for Valentine's Day...consider making a dessert bar for your loved one instead of giving a simple box of wrapped chocolates. You will certainly get the key to your loved one's heart if you create a dessert bar like the one above! I'll be back tomorrow with more details of the table including the macaron tower and a handmade cupcake stand!

I'll also be back at 12pm EST today to tell you the winner of the sought after Rosanna cake stand giveaway. We had over 865 people enter the contest for our first product giveaway! Be sure to come back at 12pm for the results!