Do you have a mini Harry Potter fan in your household? Are you one yourself? This house is full of fans young and old(er). When our oldest started to become a superfan it was one of the highlights of my life. As her birthday approached I knew it had to be Harry Potter themed. Thing was though, it’s not like it was when I was growing up with Harry Potter merch everywhere. Granted, it is still everywhere, but for the…
Valentine’s Day approaches. People’s feelings about this holiday show both love and loathing. You either love it or hate it. Either way, if you have a child in school, chances are they are having a Valentine’s Day party. For that event, they will need some sweet wishes to pass out to all their friends and classmates. What better theme to use for your child’s valentines than the classic tale of Harry Potter? Love is such a prominent theme in Harry Potter. …
Have you ever heard the saying wash your hands and say your prayers because Jesus and germs are everywhere? I love that because it is so true. And, truth be told, the same goes for dust. It is everywhere and no one wants it there. I am grateful to live in a climate with much less dust than my previous city, but of course dust knows no boundaries. It shows up in surprising places sometimes and though it seem innocuous,…
Triple Berry Cobbler is so delicious it is one of my most requested dishes for parties and potlucks. My Perfect Peach Cobbler was posted a couple years ago with the fruit substitution mentioned. After all this time (and some photo upgrades) it was time to give triple berry cobbler its own post. Joanne Fluke‘s murder mystery series gave me the original recipe and the idea for variations. Since then, the surprise I see from people that this recipe comes from…
My whipped cream/cream cheese frosting is the best frosting ever. How can something that is already the best get even better? With chocolate of course. If you’ve tried the fluffy goodness of the regular frosting, now’s the time to try this chocolate rendition in my chocolate whipped cream/cream cheese frosting. When I was asked a few months ago to make poo emoji cupcakes for a friend I knew my regular frosting was not going to cut it, purely due to…
It’s just not the holidays without something sweet. Everyone agrees on that, right? While that’s luckily the case, cranberry sauce can be a polarizing subject. Do you get the canned style, the chunky culinary style or something else? Most people blame their choice on a consistency factor. So, what to do? Make or supply both? Not in my house. I try to simplify things with the holidays and have found this super simple jelly cranberry sauce to be the perfect…
Super Simple Noodle Soup was born in a week of pure sickness in this house. Nothing will make you stop and Just Be Slower like a house full of sick family members. Thank goodness I was on the better side of sick than everyone else or nothing would have been cooked or cleaned for days. Still, I wasn’t feeling my best so I needed a super simple recipe to appeal to even the worst of my patients, my toddler. The…
Just in case you’re new to my blog, I love cupcakes! My blog existed for a while before I incorporated my love of cupcakes, which was shocking. Now though I’ve been more in cupcake-making-mode and am sharing my Cupcake Ideas Gallery with all of you. I do not boast being professional by any means, but I am confident saying I can turn out some great designs, displays, and taste. Much of my inspiration came from watching Sandra Lee on her…
The best Christmas gift for kids isn’t difficult to figure out, though most of us overlook it. Put down the Black Friday ads for this one. Yes, really. If you don’t want to take my word for it, just ask Cornell University’s Dr. Gilovich who studied and found money spent on an experience leaves longer lasting happiness than buying things. Sure we all remember that amazing thing we received that one year, but if you think about it now, is…
Easy Emoji Cupcakes! Not sure what it is, but faces always seem difficult to achieve in cake decorating. Knowing that, I was always totally intimidated by making emoji cupcakes. Seriously. These simple emotional circles seemed to be a challenge I just steered clear of. Well, thanks to a cupcake class I took, Wilton replaced my fear : / with enthusiasm : D . Insert big grinning emoji here. Now it’s your turn to see how I made these Easy Emoji…