May 22, 2013

Pinata Cake – Birthday Fun

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While living here in Mexico we are learning new traditions with each celebration.   Today is my husbands Birthday and we learned that smashing a piece of cake in the birthday boy/girl face is a tradition.  Now, I can’t confirm that is true or was it that our friends  just wanted to smash cake into his [...]

DIY Gift Card Lei

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Jazz up a gift card present with this fun idea of creating a Gift card and candy lei for a fun Mothers Day gift, Birthdays or Teacher gifts using Gift Gloss Click here for Whipperberry  step by step how to instructions  

How to Make a Donut Birthday Cake

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  Celebrating a Birthday over breakfast?  or have a Birthday person who just is NOT that into cake?  Try this fun and sweet Donut Birthday Cake from Best Friends For Frosting. This fun donut cake offers the ability to  pick out and use your favorite donuts and frosting flavors. Click here for full how to [...]

DIY Birthday Cake Door Mat

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Let all those that arrive at your front door know when you are celebrating a Birthday in your home with this  DIY Birthday Cake Door Mat  or What a fun tradition when your kids arrive home from school on their Birthday to discover a welcome mat celebrating them. Click here for full how to instructions [...]

Craft Paint and Kraft Paper: Fun Gift Wrapping

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Giftwrapping can be quite costly, especially when packing an oversized gift. I’ve come up with an inexpensive gift wrapping option to use when wrapping your next gift! You’ll find it’s as fun as cake decorating, but much faster and easier. Follow the steps on the  SC Johnson Home Economics blog to create your own gift [...]

Free Happy Birthday Chalkboard Printables

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Print and Frame these free Happy Birthday Chalkboard Printables and use at youe next Birthday celebration to honor the birthday person or give as gifts to family and friends Click here to get your free Birthday  chalkboard printables from Nest Of Posies.

2 DIY Fruity Lip Balms

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For your next girls night out or girlie birthday party make these simple  DIY Lip Balms created by Cozy Friedman  author of Cozy’s Complete Guide to Girls’ Hair, and beauty expert and author of Bonding Over Beauty, Erika Katz.  FRUITY LIP BALM To keep lips soft and silky, this fruity lip balm exfoliates dead skin [...]

MOM Tip – Cupcake Stand

Mom Tip- I discovered long ago that the Children in my house tend to favor cupcakes over cake for their Birthday parties. So, I A few years ago I invested in a Cupcake stand that holds 23 cupcakes. I have used it over and over and over again for Birthday parties and other celebrations. I [...]

DIY MOMS -Printable Birthday Card + Tags

Do your kids attend birthday parties? Tired of spending money on cards and gift tags?  Now you can save money with this simple and easy way to create Birthday gift tags and cards for all those upcoming kid birthday parties your kids will be invited to. The Executive Homemaker blog has FREE printable DIY Birthday [...]

MOM Tip: Portable Single Cupcake

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  Mom Tip: The next time you need to wrap up individual cupcakes for a party, bake sale or  class event try  using this simple idea of placing each cupcake inside of a 9oz plastic cup (Hefty Crystal Clear 9 oz)  then place cup  inside  a cellophane treat bags or use plastic kitchen  wrap.  Use [...]