Where parties start with a kiss of magic
As if you needed an excuse to wear a sombrero and sip on margaritas, the Cinco de Mayo holiday certainly provides one. (I am totally doing that this year. Mexican restaurant patrons beware!) If you’re having a celebration and want to add a few colorful Cinco de Mayo touches, check out the pinterest board I put together for the occasion!
Quick! Easy! Colorful! Yes, you can have it all with this cloth bunting--without needing to know how to thread a sewing machine. Seam binding tape and fusible webbing make these a snap. And the bonus to making this DIY? You can have banner bunting in rainbows of colors and patterns made to match whatever party you're throwing. Of course, for our motorcycle bash, checkerboard and red and teal were { Read More! }
Everything seems to happens in threes. We have had three friends undergo surgery in the past week, and our family felt like we wanted to do something BIG to let them know we were thinking of them -- and hopefully send a few healing smiles their way. It was a life-changing moment for me to discover that Office Depot made wide format prints in-house. For about $2.50 apiece, I printed out these { Read More! }
I'm going to make a small admission here. I didn't properly prepare for the Operation Shower event I volunteered to create a design for. It was a few busy weeks of travel and back-to-back shoots in November. Which meant a last minute scramble and very simple, but elegant effort (at 2am after a long flight.) Individual place settings are always a creative stress for me -- but with some gold { Read More! }
Several months ago, I had the true privilege to be able to volunteer with Operation Shower once again. Wonderful emotion, beautiful styling, and lots of creativity went into this baby shower event with volunteers from all over the state of Florida. And if you're up for throwing a vintage nautical party or military party, these designer tables are just full of inspiration. The { Read More! }
St. Patrick's Day is rapidly approaching, and our house is preparing for the onslaught of leprechauns (traps are made), pincher fingers (green shirts located) and a bit of revelry with our friends (green...ahem...beverages. check!) For a little tongue and cheek fun, I made up a "survival kit" for the day complete with all the little things you might need to celebrate.* Download { Read More! }
We have enough Sara Lee poundcake over here to celebrate for a few days, so we thought we'd update our little trifles for an Easter party! Take the recipe for the Lemon Raspberry Mini Trifles here, and add a pair of paper ears, a candy nose and a ribbon. Super simple, super easy and super fast to make a darling Easter dessert! { Read More! }
It's national pound cake day today! A whole day dedicated to that dense, moist, flavorful cake that pairs oh-so-well with a dollop of light and airy whipped creme and drizzles of fruit. I've partnered up with Sara Lee Desserts to bring you this easy pound cake recipe and a chance to win a Visa $50 gift card and coupons for three free pound cakes from Sara Lee. Be sure to click for your entries at { Read More! }
Photos courtesy of Zatarain'sAbout 5 months ago, I was contacted by the nice people at the ad agency for Zataran's to come up with some fun crafty-type activities to use for Mardi Gras-themed football parties, seeing how Super Bowl is in New Orleans this year. I was super excited to do this, and was even able to fly there to help set up the photo shoot. Really, super excited isn't a great { Read More! }
