Party Time: Star Wars Birthday

It was easy picking the theme for my son’s 10th birthday as he’s a big Star Wars fans. First up, the invitation was the intro from the movies. I came up with the… Continue reading →

Party Time: Ever After High Party Table

Miss Parker turned 8 and to celebrate, the treats table was inspired by Ever After High. Pinks and purples were the colors of the day. Since Parker wanted a black-out chocolate cake, Melanie… Continue reading →

Party Time: A County Fair Birthday

I wasn’t sure I could top last year’s Maddie-licious party, but decided to try with a county fair theme after going to the Minnesota State Fair. With a little planning, fun prizes and… Continue reading →

Party Time: An Unbirthday Tea Party

UPDATED: We’ve added pictures from Bellamy Blue and more details. Our next celebration was an “unbirthday” tea party for Parker’s 5th birthday.   We decided to send invitations via Paperless Post. We love that… Continue reading →

Party Time: Maddie-licious

For Maddie’s 9th birthday, she decided she wanted a candy party. And so the wheels were set in motion for a Maddie-licious party.First thing was to get the invitation out. We decided to… Continue reading →

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Make This: Peanut Butter Buttercream

Serious Eats has an easy and delicious peanut butter buttercream recipe. It’s perfect on chocolate cupcakes. I added a chocolate ganache drizzle because who doesn’t like extra chocolate.

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Make This: “Hostess” Cupcakes

I had come across this NY Times recipe awhile back but never got around to making it. I still technically haven’t since I used the tried and true Hershey’s chocolate cake recipe instead.… Continue reading →

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Make This: Heart-Shaped Lemon Curd Sandwich Cookies

I was going to decorate sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day but the time go away from me. Then I remembered the jar of lemon curd my sister gave me. It paired perfectly with… Continue reading →

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Make This: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

These are perfect for any PB lover you know since inside each cookie is a small PB cup. (I used the ones from Trader Joe’s)  The cookie recipe is the one from Hershey’s.… Continue reading →

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Easy DIY: Orange Bath Bombs

The Lunar New Year is coming up (1/28) and one symbol of good luck is oranges. Last year I made tissue paper oranges. This year,  I figured I’d finally give bath bombs a… Continue reading →

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Easy DIY: Quick and Easy Teacher Gift

Package a gift card with an accessory for a quick and easy teacher gift. An iTunes gift card and a charging cable are a great combo. Throw in some holiday candy to fill… Continue reading →

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Easy DIY: Snowflake ornament wreath

I bought these ornaments last year on clearance to use a garland this year. Instead, I decided to turn them into a wreath.  I hot glued them together in a circle as large… Continue reading →

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Make This: Blondies

I couldn’t make brownies because I ran out of cocoa powder and I didn’t want to deal with cookies, so I decided on blondies with chocolate chips. I don’t know why I never… Continue reading →

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Make This: Mini Apple Pies with Crumble Topping

I couldn’t decide between making an apple pie or an apple crumble, so I combined them into a mini pie. I cut out circles of pie dough and placed them into buttered muffin… Continue reading →

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Make This: Brainy Cake Pop

While picking up gummy teeth for vampire donuts, I came across gummy brains. The looked just about the right size for the top of cake pops. Happy Halloween!