I know, I know…a Christmas tree in July?!
In case you didn’t already know, July is National Ice Cream Month! To celebrate I’ve teamed up with Treetopia (who believe their trees don’t have to be limited to one holiday!) and five other bloggers to bring you sugary sweet ice cream themed holiday tree ideas.
What’s even sweeter? Treetopia is giving you the chance to win special treats through their social media giveaway, and brand ambassador, Jen Perkins’ Facebook live contest!
Ready for my ice cream themed creation?
Tada!
I started with a pink lighted tree from Treetopia, of course, and decorated it with DIY ice cream ornaments and ice cream string lights.
I used tissue paper to create pastel scoops and placed them in real sugar cones and cute ice cream cups.
Then I used colorful mini marshmallows and candies to decorate them!
For snow cones I used tissue paper and party hats!
For extra sweetness I used twine and taffy to make little filler ornaments. 
By the way, the pastel pink tree gets even pinker once you turn on the pink lights!
Can’t forget the sprinkles! I filled Treetopia’s iridescent ornaments with rainbow sprinkles! 
To top it all off I used the rest of my tissue paper and a party hat to make a giant ice cream cone. 
Make sure you check out the rest of the blogs to see more sweet inspiration:
And don’t forget to check out Treetopia’s Facebook page for details on how to win some special treats!
I invited everyone over for a quick meet and greet so I set out different types of Risata Wines and some snacks to nosh on. 
I wanted a casual vibe so all I did was lay everything out on a table and a few chairs scattered around.
We also hung string lights to add a nice glow in the evening hours. Don’t the mylar balloons spelling out happy phrases look great against our new hedge? I’m thinking about leaving these up full time!
We also served a fruity moscato punch that’s super easy to make. All you have to do is puree a handful of strawberries and a handful of pineapple in a pitcher.
Then pour in a bottle of chilled 
Serve cold with a strawberry to garnish!
Cheers to summer celebrations!
Sew the pieces together at the sides, leaving one side open.
This adorable dessert will take your Halloween shindig to the next level. Here’s how you make them.
Add the pears to the pan. Bring back to the boil, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Reserving the syrup, remove the pears from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside to cool on kitchen paper. Use a melon baller or small teaspoon remove the core from the pears.
Brush the pears with the cooled sugar syrup and starting from the bottom, wrap the pastry strips around the pears. When you come to the end of the pastry strip, brush the end lightly with syrup and press to adhere to the next pastry strip. Leave an opening near the center of the pear for the eyes. Continue wrapping until you reach the top of the pear. Place two cloves into the pear where you want the eyes to be.
Preheat the oven to 400F. Place the pastry covered pears on a baking tray. Brush the pastry with beaten egg and sprinkle with granulated sugar. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Spray paint. That’s all you need. I went with gold and white of course.
I painted the entire pumpkin with white satin paint (satin or gloss work best) and then sprayed the stem gold. I didn’t use tape or anything around the stem because I like the way the gold over-spray looks on the top of the pumpkin.
This was originally a concept I had for a gingerbread house but I thought they made perfectly fine gingerbread cookies and gave up on the other four walls. Can you blame me based on my questionable cookie decorating skills?
You can also trace the pattern onto cereal or gift boxes. To color them you can digitally fill the pattern in with color before printing, or you can use paint, crayon, or colored pencils to fill it in. Then use cardboard pieces for the roof and base. Whatever works for you!
You can use miniature trees and accessories like cars, animals, and snowmen to bring the scene to life, and as you can see every house has a tree up in the window.
For this one I used paper straws to hold up the carport.
And for this house I cut light shapes out of scraps of felt and glued them on. 
Another thing I did was used metallic gold tape to create abstract line patterns.
Melodrama 