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family portrait cookies and other cookie gift ideas for Mother’s Day

Followers may notice my recent obsession with these portrait cookies. I started with this gift for my niece. The next year I made these favors for her art-themed birthday party. And now, portrait cookies for my mom for Mother’s Day. This is my mom.   This is my brother and his family.   This is [...]



royal icing flowers on field-of-grass cupcakes

This is another one of those “whipped up with leftover icing” things. I’m not crazy about my piped designs, for which I blame my kids. Ugh, they always need stuff like dinner and formula. Point being, I really did whip these up. Too quickly. I may revisit the flower thing the next time I have [...]



the Spring/Summer 2013 Issue of Bird’s Party Magazine is here

Yes. Bird’s Party Magazine is officially out for your perusal and enjoyment and awe. This issue is stuffed with springy and summery and colorful party ideas for birthdays and showers. Why, they have parties for pink pixie fairies, parties for themes such as ice cream parlor, under the sea, yellow sunshine, bumble bee, nautical and [...]



bite-size baseball cookie pops

It’s a well-known fact that sports and I don’t mix. I played soccer a bit when I was a kid. Even field hockey. But I don’t do well with team sports. Tennis was my game. Singles only. I even played competitively in high school. But I just summed up my entire sports history. I don’t [...]



spring treat roundup from the archives

Geez, I’ve done a lot for Spring in the past few years. Which is funny since I much prefer Winter. I know, I know, I’m the lone person out there for whom this is true. But snow is so dang pretty, I never tire of it. Just wish we actually got some this year. And [...]