2009 February

9 Feb

Cherry Baby Cakes Recipe + 11 More “Best Cupcakes” from BHG

categories: birthday party ideas, food and drinks, valentines day

Better Homes & Gardens has a truly mouth-watering recipe gallery out called “Our Best Cupcake Recipes” that’s full of creative, sweet treat ideas for Valentine’s Day, birthday parties, baby showers, or really any time you feel like whipping up something special! Some favorites from the gallery (with recipe links) are pictured above and below…what looks [...]

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Read more → Posted on February 9th, 2009 at 8:00am

9 Feb

Hip Hostess L.A. – Sneak Peek

categories: decorating ideas, events, get inspired, theme parties

Hi Everyone – I want to start the new week with an apology for the light posting last week. I was pretty much consumed with getting everything ready for Thursday’s Hip Hostess Event at the SLS Beverly Hills – and since this party was so soon after the Boston event, I’ve been having a hard [...]

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Read more → Posted on February 9th, 2009 at 12:05am

3 Feb

SURPRISE GIVEAWAY: Kir De Vries

categories: home accessories, kitchen tools, reader giveaways

Winner Update: 2/10/09: This giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all 600+ of you who entered – WOW! And the {very} lucky, random winner is: Comment #142 – Tawnya, who said “The chandelier print is to DIE for. My husband is a painter and I would have paint a special wall (red) just for that [...]

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Read more → Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 12:16pm

3 Feb

Simply Stated: Old Hollywood Glam… with a Mod Twist

categories: Simply Stated, theme parties

With this week’s Hip Hostess Series event coming up quick – it’s probably no suprise that “Hollywood Glam” has been on the brain – and one thing I’ve discovered while putting everything together is how many different twists you can actually put on this theme! Today over at Simply Stated, check out some ideas for [...]

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Read more → Posted on February 3rd, 2009 at 7:59am

2 Feb

Thanks, Amy! (+ Valentine Candy Buffet)

categories: decorating ideas, food presentation, in the news

One of my favorite eye candy resources – Amy Atlas Events – was just featured in the premier issue of Southern Weddings magazine (a new glossy that’s loaded with great material, by the way)! Click here to download a pdf of Amy’s article…aptly titled “Oh, Sugar!“.
I was also excited to discover that Amy listed HWTM [...]

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Read more → Posted on February 2nd, 2009 at 2:46pm