Large Cardboard Letter Party Props

I love using those paper mache 3D letters from the craft store as party props.  They're inexpensive and easy to embellish to match any theme.  

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Easy, Fresh Berry Trifle

I love trifles.  Those layers of fruit, cake, whipped cream, pastry cream...whatever you want to add, really.  They're so pretty, so fresh, so downright delicious.  And the awesomeness factor is increased exponentially when you make miniature trifles.

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Easy Spring Cupcakes Tutorial with Free Printable Vintage Seed Packet Cupcake Toppers

Make these AMAZINGLY easy spring garden cupcakes that look like a garden getting ready to grow.  It's easy with free printable vintage seed packet cupcake toppers

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Simple Open Face Cucumber Tea Sandwiches

Easy and beautiful open face cucumber tea sandwiches.  Perfect delicious appetizer for a spring tea party.

 

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Easy Herbed Cream cheese Spread and Dip

Easy, delicious, herb and lemon cream cheese dip is full of fabulous spring flavor.  It's equally fabulous as a vegetable dip or a sandwich spread.

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Mother's Day and Spring Ideas For the KIDS to Do!

Just in time for spring, I'm delighted to share the Mother's Day celebration I created for Yum!  Food and Fun For Kids magazine's latest issue, available on your news stands now.  (Unless you live in Arizona, evidently, because I can't find a physical copy anywhere!)

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Lemon Custard Pie with Graham Cracker Crust Recipe

Lemon custard pie with graham cracker crust is an easy to make, delicious lemon pie recipe.  It only takes 15 minutes to bake!

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Buttery, Tender, Easy Scones Recipe

This easy scones recipe makes the most delicious, buttery, tender, classic scones.  These are scones made with yogurt or sour cream rather than cream (and yes, even fat free yogurt works), and they're quick to make--just about 30 minutes from the first step until they're on your plate!

classic scone made with an easy scones recipe, cut in half and being drizzled with honey.

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Classic Lemon Bars Recipe

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Irish Step Dancing Birthday Party

When I was a kid, I was an Irish step dancer, and I absolutely loved it.  I took every class under the sun--drawing, horseback riding, flute, violin, piano, ballet, tap, modern dance, tennis, ice skating... you get the point.  And I loved doing it all, really!  But Irish dancing is the one thing that really stuck with me, and that I absolutely love to this day.  A night at a ceili (Irish social dance) sounds like my idea of perfection.  When I enrolled my oldest daughter in Irish dancing lessons, the most important thing to me was that she love it, too.

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