Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh, My!
You’ll find recipes for refrigerator cookies, pie dough, pound cakes, bar cookies, cheesecakes, and Jell-O that are transformed into amazing and playful desserts. There’s something for everybody in this book, and each and every single item you need for the recipes can be found in your supermarket or convenience store.
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How amazing are these Vietnamese Lanterns? They would be beautiful decorations for any party, celebration or home decor. Purchase these beautiful silk Asian Lanterns from Vietnam in over twenty colors, five styles and several sizes to choose from. Lighting kits also available.
David Tutera is a leading lifestyle expert and host of Discovery Channel’s popular show Party Planner with David Tutera.
Tutera’s book, The Party Planner
The book details his approach to ten theme parties including summer and winter cocktails, a harvest feast, a Christmas dessert party, a Chinese New Year celebration, a wine-tasting gathering, and special occasions such as a a wedding proposal, a birthday party for kids, and an enchanted wedding anniversary dinner set in a forest.
Tutera urges you to consider the five senses when planning an event: the taste, the sound, the look, the touch and the scent.
He has thrown in his own personal suggestions of cocktail recipes, favorite songs and other cool ideas. The book is also sprinkled with plenty of “Tutera Tips” for invitations, entertainment, decor, floral arrangements, table settings, menu ideas and room transformation.
David demonstrates that to throw an extraordinary party, it doesn’t take a lot of money. Following his fresh twist on entertaining, you can throw a fabulous, yet easy, affordable party for any occasion.
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Wouldn’t these beautiful peach cookies be a delicious dessert to serve at a bridal shower, lunch or brunch? This recipe was created by Italian Food Forever in honor of her sister-in-law Rose-Ann.
If you’re serving ice cream and cake at your party, here’s a great idea to make a sticky situation a breeze.
Line a cupcake pan with paper baking cups, then place individual scoops of ice cream in them. Put the pan in the freezer for up to several hours.
After you’ve cut the cake, remove the scoops from the paper baking cups and put them on the plates or serve the ice cream scoops in the cups, and drop them onto the plates. Source: Real Simple
I’ve always loved puffy top cupcakes and how they look frosted, but mine were always hit and miss whether I achieve them or not. So, the secret is to fill your liners 3/4 full of batter, reduce your oven temperature to 325 and bake a few minutes longer.
Source: Pinterest
Shred your used gift wrap to use as gift box lining or colorful shred. Line your shredder with a plastic bag to store your shred. Fold or cut your wrapping paper to size to fit through your shredder first, then shred away. You might want to use a new plastic bag for each color wrapping paper to easily keep the shred colors separate. Source: Pinterest
Beautiful way to dress your windows for the holidays. Christmas stockings, snowy greens, Christmas ornaments in the colors of the season will warm up any room. Photo from trendytree.com
Hot glue googly eyes, a red pom pom for the nose and brown pipe cleaners for antlers, and you’ve turned an ordinary six pack of soda or beer into a heard of reindeer! What a fun gift or party treat. Idea from Life of a Modern Mom.
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