27 Aug

All-Time Favorite Pie Recipes from BHG

categories: food and drinks
All-Time Favorite Pie Recipes from BHG

I was browsing BHG for some good end-of-summer treats and came across this mouth-watering All-Time Favorite Pie Recipes e gallery! The top picture (Black Raspberry Cream Pie) is what immediately caught my eye, but there are plenty of other tempting treats for all sorts of tastebuds – from fruit-lovers to choco-holics!
Pictured above: Black Raspberry Cream [...]

20 Aug

DIY: Paper Treat Cones + Display

categories: DIY, decorating ideas, food presentation, party favors
DIY: Paper Treat Cones + Display

“Treat Cones” are such a fun way to display candy & other goodies at a party. They’re easy to make and can be tailored to pretty much any party theme or color palette, so the sky’s the limit on the style!
The cones pictured here are from a French Circus-themed baby shower that I styled last [...]

1 Jul

4th of July: Dessert Roundup (Take 2)

categories: 4th of july party, food and drinks
4th of July: Dessert Roundup (Take 2)

While working on the 4th of July dessert roundups this year, it quickly became clear that Martha deserved a post all to herself! There were just too many great ideas to choose from in her Red, White, and Blue Desserts gallery…here are 8 of my personal fav’s:
Pictured at at top: Individual Red, White, and Blueberry [...]

30 Jun

4th of July: Dessert Roundup (Take 1)

categories: 4th of july party, food and drinks
4th of July: Dessert Roundup (Take 1)

Looking for some patriotic treats to serve up this weekend? Check out these colorful, berry-licious ideas from ’round the web!
Pictured at top: fresh & healthy Red, White, and Blue Parfaits, Berry-Lemon Napolean featuring lucious lemon filling & flaky pastry, and Cinnamon Candied Apples displayed on tray of blueberries – all from BHG.com.

26 May

Margarita Cupcakes + Lime Frosting

categories: cocktail recipes, food and drinks
Margarita Cupcakes + Lime Frosting

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! Here’s one of the treats we indulged in after our BBQ yesterday… Margarita Cupcakes! I’ve been wanting to try this concept out ever since last month’s margarita cupcakes post, and am happy to report they tasted great (and very much like their namesake)! I went for the “shortcut” [...]

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 [...]

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