I might as well rename this blog “I love cheesecake.” I can’t help it! Cheesecake is the perfect make-ahead, crowd-pleasing dessert. It doesn’t require frosting and it comes out of the freezer as good as fresh. For this pink and gold birthday party, I knew I wanted a cheesecake with a plain top (for decorating), …
Monster Truck has to be one of the hardest party themes! I really struggled to come up with something cute for my nephew’s 4th birthday party, and finally settled on these tires. (Thanks, Pinterest!) I used store bought mini donuts and piped melted chocolate in Vs as the treads. Still not “cute,” but pretty fun!
This fruit pizza was an Easter Vigil tradition in the family of my college friend, Trish. It was such a crowd-pleaser that we often had it at other celebrations, as well. It’s been years since I had it before making it myself, and I liked it even more than I remembered! (I skip all the …
One of my mother-in-law’s annual Easter traditions is a cake in the shape of a lamb. She usually makes her cake in advance, and rather than traditional cake in the mold, she molds layers of ice cream, instead. Unfortunately, a few years ago, the freezer holding her already-completely-decorated lamb cake was accidentally unplugged, and she …
If you have a mini muffin tin and a flower cookie cutter, these pies are a super easy and cute spring project! I used store-bought pie crust, rolled and cut out with a cheapie flower cookie cutter (the one that comes in a set like this). Press the dough flowers into a mini muffin tin …
Of all the many ways I’ve decorated eggs, gold leaf eggs are my favorite! The first time I tried it was with a cardboard box kit from the Easter section (below). Later, after not seeing a similar kit for a few years, I bought a gold-leaf starter kit (like this) and found it to be …
Our new, rather unruly, husky gave us the idea for this group Halloween costume: Three Little Pigs and the Big, Bad Wolf. Once again, we turned to felt + cardboard + elastic. The noses are paper towel rolls covered in felt with puff paint nostrils. The ears are hot-glued to old headbands. Everything from the …
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E! My husband and I, unsurprisingly, both showed up to the pumpkin painting party with Disney ideas. I’ll post his amazing Jack Skellington pumpkin soon. For Mickey and Minnie, I used acrylic craft paint and the help of painter’s tape to make the center line. I stamped the white polka dots with an unused …
We have a box of felt in our attic that comes down exactly one day each year: October 30. Even though Halloween falls on the same day each year, and even though it’s the very last day of the month—with no possibility of sneaking up on us—Greg and I find ourselves in a yearly panic …
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As previously stated here, here, here, here, here and here, I love a good cheesecake. Not only is cheese my “love language” (making cheesecake my favorite dessert), the very fact that cheesecake freezes beautifully makes it a welcome addition to nearly every holiday or party I host. Something I can check off months in advance? …