How to Make Fabric Scrapbook Paper

I fell in love with the fabrics I used for the Mud Pie Bakery party.  

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How to Make Rustic Letters out of Sticks and Branches

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How to Make a No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie

Chocolate peanut butter no bake pie recipe.

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How to Make a Chocolate Graham Cracker Crust (Without Buying Chocolate Cookies)

Recipe for chocolate graham cracker crust made with cocoa powder and regular graham cracker crumbs.  No need for a trip to the store to get chocolate wafer cookies.

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Apple Cake and Cupcake Recipe with Salted Caramel Buttercream

Apple cake (which can easily be baked as apple cupcakes) is an amazing autumn recipe.  Full of chunks of fresh apples and fall spices, this apple cake recipe is the best of fall baking.

Apple spice cake cupcakes with salted caramel buttercream icing

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The Marigold Muerte Coctail--Perfect for Dia de los Muertos

Last year, I had the great pleasure of styling a Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.  For that party, I knew I wanted to create a signature drink around the marigold, an edible flower that's a traditional flowers used in Day of the Dead celebrations. I wanted to use fresh citrus flavors that compliment the bright flavor of the marigold flower, and this is the bewitching drink recipe I developed:  The Marigold Muerte.

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How to Make Fabric Ribbon

Have you ever made DIY fabric ribbon?  It's a great way to use up leftover fabric scraps, and the homemade fabric ribbon is so pretty and inexpensive.

DIY fabric ribbon tutorial showing two boxes wrapped with fabric ribbon.

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Funnel Cake Recipe and Tutorial for How to Make Mini Funnel Cakes

Homemade funnel cakes are easy to make with this recipe.  I like making mini funnel cakes the best, but this funnel cake recipe can be made in any size you desire.

Homemade mini funnel cakes being dusted with powdered sugar.

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Part Two of the Mud Pie Bakery Party (Dessert Table Time!)

Making a mud-themed dessert table presents a particular kind of problem:  how do you stay on theme and make the food look appetizing?  

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Part 1: The Mud Pie Bakery Party

Making mud pies is a classic kid activity, full of creative, dirty, outdoor fun.  That outdoor kid activity gets transformed into a fabulous birthday party theme in the Mud Pie birthday party.

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