Last night we visited the book fair at my daughter's school.  I can't help but love going to the book fair, myself--remembering the excitement from my own book fairs when I was little, the anticipation of getting a new book, the many hours of tremendous pleasure I got from reading (and still do!).  Browsing those shelves was like going on a memory trip to a thousand different worlds.  Island of the Blue Dolphins!  The Cay!

I absolutely love Thai food.  LOVE it.  Especially yellow curry with chicken.  But we're cutting back on eating out, trying to save money and eat a healthy diet.    It was out of necessity, and an intense craving for a Thai fix, that I figured out this low calorie, insanely easy, incredibly delicious method for making yellow curry chicken at home.  In my crock pot.

As soon as I came up with the concept of the A is for Addalyn birthday brunch, I knew I wanted to use alphabet blocks in the design.  Pretty quickly, I came up with the idea of using stacked alphabet blocks as risers for a DIY tiered cake stand.

I used a lot of watercolor touches in the A is for Addalyn first birthday brunch.  Even one edible version, watercolor painted sugar cookies.

Last week, I showed you how I made a BIG gumpaste peony without using a special peony cutter.  Today, I'm showing you how to make incredibly eensy weensie tiny miniature gumpaste peonies.

These caramel apple oatmeal cookies beat out a bunch of other recipes to be the ultimate apple oatmeal cookie recipe around!  They deserve the gold medal.  They're amazing!

At the A is for Addalyn first birthday brunch, I wanted to serve (mostly) desserts that started with the letter "A."  It was a fun way to stick with the theme.  Today, I'm sharing an insanely easy recipe for Angel Food Coconut Macaroons.

I knew I wanted to make a ruffle cake topped with a big gumpaste peony for the A is for Addalyn party.

All of the treats we served at the A is for Addalyn party started with the letter "A."  It was a fun way to play with the theme.

Did you see yesterday's post about making the big floral monogram A for the A is for Addalyn party?  Well, now I'm going to show what I did after the party with all those roses.