Party with Food: Beach themed girls night

This is my table set up for girls night! Its summer time and I thought a beach themed party would make us feel relaxed.

Decorations:
Starfish (Michaels)
Starfish Platter (Party City)
Individual beach themed plates (Michaels $1/plate)
Mini bowls (Target $1/piece)
Blue and white containers (Michaels)

Menu:
Chips and homemade salsa
Ranch sour cream dip with veggies (container sour cream with Hidden Valley ranch packet)
Goldfish
Pretzel rods
Coconut cupcakes
Vanilla cupcakes
White Sangria
Fish bowl punch

What you'll need:

Fish bowl punch-

Fish bowl
Blue nerds (gravel)
Swedish fish (fishies)
Ice
5 oz citrus vodka
5 oz malibu rum
3 oz blue curacao
6 oz sweet and sour mix
16 oz pineapple juice
16 oz sprite
3 slices each lemon, lime and orange
Layer nerds on bottom of bowl, lots of ice, swedish fish on top of ice. The ice has to go first or the swedish fish will sink. Add remaining ingredients.

White Sangria-
Fruit pieces (apples, grapes, oranges, limes, lemons)
White wine ( Reisling works well)
Sprite
Citrus vodka
Simple Syrup

Coconut Cupcakes-
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup shredded coconut
3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)
1 1/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon almond
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup buttermilk

Cream cheese frosting-
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
12 oz cream cheese
4 cups confectioners sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Blue food coloring
1 1/2 cups shredded coconut for garnish
2 graham crackers for garnish
Mini umbrellas for decoration

Preheat oven to 350.
Sift flour, salt, and baking powder in medium bowl. In the food processor, pulse coconut untill finely chopped. Whisk into flour mixture. In separate bowl, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg one at a time followed by vanilla and almond extract. Next add flour mixture alternating with buttermilk into sugar mixture. Pour batter into cupcake liners. Bake for 20 minutes roating halfway through. Meanwhile make frosting. Start by beating butter and cream cheese together. Next add confectioners sugar one cup at a time followed by vanilla. Frost!

Now time to decorate!
In a small bowl add a few drops of blue food coloring to shredded coconut and mix. This will be your waves!!

In a sandwich bag crush up graham crackers. This will be your sand!

Add mini umbrellas to your beach!

Vanilla Cupcakes-
1 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks)
1 1/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup buttermilk

Cream cheese frosting-
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks)
12 oz cream cheese
4 cups confectioners sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Blue food coloring
Teddy grahams for garnish
Gummy savers for garnish

Same directions as coconut cupcakes without the coconut.
For frosting add a few drops of blue food coloring.