This weekend is going to be a whirlwind of activity!  Fun activity, but insanely busy.  At least until Sunday, when I fully expect I will spend as much of the day sleeping as my 3 year old will allow.

I love color. Bright, bold, beautiful color. But there's an exquisite beauty to tone-on-tone palettes that get their interest from playing with texture. That was part of the inspiration behind the whole Secret Garden baby shower I styled last year.

I've been hard at work on the next issue of Festivities magazine, and have been baking up a storm, trying all sorts of recipes, finding just the right one for the parties.  For the last few days, I've been trying different recipes for pralines.  One batch tasted great, had the right texture, but I crystalized it and got an unattractive bloom over the top of the pralines.  Not good enough for a magazine photo shoot.  I tried another recipe, this time Emeril's.  

Did you like the paleontology cupcakes I made last week?  

Recipe for amazing, tried-and-true homemade caramel corn. And a bonus tip for making the caramel corn golden! Perfect for St. Patrick's day, a 50th anniversary, or delicious pirate's booty.

Remember when my Irish step dancing party was featured over at The Party Wagon?  And how I promised to come back the next day and do the full party post?  And then didn't?  Well, I'm finally getting around to it!

I had a different blog post planned for today, but these photograph paper lanterns were just too good not to share immediately.

Looking for some fabulous ways to dress up plain wrapping paper and make some amazing, creative gift wrapped packages?  I've rounded up 10 of my favorite ways to decorate plain gifts and make them something truly special.

Dinosaur bone paleontology cupakes made for a birthday party at the natural history museum.

Big thanks to The Party Wagon for featuring Tikkido today!  We're so excited to be launching a giveaway for a set of 12 of our fabric covered birthday hats.