DIY: How to Decorate a Candy Buffet or Dessert Bar

When hosting an event decor is key. A popular trend is setting up a candy buffet or dessert bar. Create an eye catching table filled with color and deliciousness that your guests can enjoy at the event ans also take away with them. Below are some of our favorite ideas and color combinations to help inspire you while planning your next fabulous event!

Garden Party Inspiration

The weather is gorgeous in LA today, making it the perfect time to throw a fabulous garden party. Here's some inspiration...

Cocktail Party Ideas: Speakeasy Soiree

I just love the Party Planner guide that West Elm has on their site. My favorite set up is the Speakeasy Soiree. Aside from the gorgeous decor items that you can buy they also have links to download the invitation, recipes, to do list and even a music play list! So if you want to plan a party but are limited on time check this out. 

Party invitation

Cocktail Recipes

Hammered metal serveware

Banded glassware set

Twig barware kit

The UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital Kaleidoscope Ball – Designing The Future

Words cannot explain the amazing evening we had at the first annual UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital Kaleidoscope Ball! More than 20 of the most prominent award-winning visionaries from the world of design and architecture have come together to create 10 extraordinary dollhouses, featuring the style and sophistication of these designers' life-sized projects. Renowned architects Richard Manion and Robert Meiklejohn have supervised the construction of these scaled-down masterpieces (1" to the foot). The "fantasy rooms" showcase the remarkable vision of the finest interior designers in our country:

• Natasha Baradaran • Chris Barrett • Joan Behnke • Cari Berg • Tim Campbell • Mark Cutler • Elizabeth Dinkel • Waldo Fernandez • Adam Hunter & Lonni Paul

• James Magni • Jeffrey Alan Marks • Mary McDonald • Philip Nimmo • Martyn Lawrence Bullard • Alexandra & Michael Misczynski • Estee Stanley • Ron Woodson & Jaime Rummerfield • fashion designer Monique Lhuillier

We loved all the designs, one after another we fell in love the tiniest details from the tufting on the walls, to the miniature champagne glasses, tiny little Vespa's and more! The best is that each of these homes was auctioned off to help raise money for an amazing cause. And having the opportunity to watch some young girls discuss these miniatures made the whole experience even more grand. We hope that one day soon all little kids have the opportunity to play with their friends and their toys with no worries on their minds. Here are a few of our favorite images from the evening:

The Cari Berg and Mark Cutler dollhouse was inspired by the Beverly Hills Hotel

Designer Adam Hunter straightens out his home designed with Lonni Hunter

Jim Magni and Joan Behnke Dollhouse

A replica of Designer Monique Lhuillier's New York Flagship store

Woodson and Rummerfield's Malibu Beachouse set with everything from mini surfboards to a Vespa!

Mary McDonald and Martyn Lawrence Bullard got every detail right with this mini mansion

Christine London's outdoor oasis

Christine London's Georgian Garden complete with a tree house

Designers Tim Campbell and Philip Nimmo dollhouse complete with miniature Helmut Newton photography

Natasha Baradaran and Waldo Fernandez

Additional scenes from the inaugural Kaleidoscope Ball "Designing the Future" event benefiting the UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA on April 17, 2013 at The Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.