15 Sep

Gallery: 17 Frightfully Good Cupcakes

categories: food and drinks, halloween
Gallery: 17 Frightfully Good Cupcakes

I’m loving the designs in this 17 Frightfully Good Halloween Cupcakes gallery from BHG for 2 reasons: 1. They’re clever & creative. 2. Most of them seem pretty simple & easy!
A few favorites pictured above, {clockwise from top left}:
1. Peeking Monster – would actually be great for Monster birthday parties year-round, too… and could [...]

1 Jun

Esty Love: Stock Paper Scissors

categories: birthday party ideas, paper love, party favors
Esty Love: Stock Paper Scissors

Etsy is such a great place to look for unique embellishments for your party! The Stock Paper Scissors shop is another great example. They offer adorable cupcake toppers/favor tags, coordinating banners/party hats (all custom), mini notecard sets (great for party favors!) and more great stuff.
I’m especially loving this fun Monster Mania design… and thinking they [...]

5 May

Margarita Cupcakes

categories: desserts, food and drinks
Margarita Cupcakes

After an exhaustive (in a good way) search for margarita cupcakes on flickr, I noticed that tons of people were crediting “VCTOTW” as their recipe source, which was a bit perplexing at first. Google came through as always though and quickly helped me decipher the strange code – which turned out to be shorthand for [...]

26 Apr

Mint Julep Cupcakes Recipe

categories: desserts, food and drinks
Mint Julep Cupcakes Recipe

Mint Juleps are a “must serve” at any Kentucky Derby party, right? Well, now there’s another fun way to serve this traditional Derby favorite: sweeten up the party with tasty Mint Julep Cupcakes – cleverly garnished with short straws and fresh mint leaves, of course!
We made these cupcakes for a local news segment today… and [...]

17 Apr

Adorable Owl & Bird Cupcakes

categories: baby shower ideas, bridal shower ideas, desserts
Adorable Owl & Bird Cupcakes

I’ve finally found the perfect dessert inspiration for this Owl Baby Shower theme: these adorable red owl cupcakes from baking guru hello naomi! And the red robin design would be perfect for a “Love Birds” bridal shower or Birdie-themed baby shower. Swoon.

18 Mar

Absolutely Amazing DIY Birthday Cakes!

categories: birthday party ideas, desserts, fun for kids, kids party ideas
Absolutely Amazing DIY Birthday Cakes!

Parenting.com has a fabulous birthday cake gallery/tutorial that is nothing short of AMAZING! Each of the 31 cakes in this gallery comes with step-by-step instructions on how you can recreate it at home. There’s some serious creativity & resourcefulness going on here!
Pictured at top: Castle cake – featuring ice cream cone turrets…SWEET!
Pictured below: Pirate Ship [...]

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