Cocktail Napkin Swap-ettes Listed!
WooHoo! The Cocktail Napkin Swap-ettes are listed!Click here for the original post and go to the comments section to find out who commented before you! Thank you to everyone who participated.I hope you have fun shopping, giving and receiving!
… And The Grace Kelly Book Winner Is…
pink green & southern said… I absolutely love Grace Kelly and would love to read this book! Congratulations!True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 30 Result: 27 Thank you to everyone who entered. It was fun. I have just finished reading What Would Audrey Do and I will be hosting a ‘pass-along give-away’ for this too. (I completely made up this term but I like it) 🙂
Blue Skies
My Grace Kelly book ‘Pass-Along-Give-Away’ ends tonight. The ending of the book is a real surprise and talks candidly about her isolated life in the palace. Very interesting! The author actually interviewed her but decided to publish their conversations long after her death. You know how some stories stay with you? This is one of them for me.The response has been great for the Cocktail Napkin Swap so if you’d like to join us we’d love to have you! You… [Read More]
Cocktail Napkin Swap!
One thing I love are cocktail napkins.They can help set the entire tone of the party right off the bat! I thought it would be fun to organize a cocktail napkin swap because it is easy to do, and it’ll be an inexpensive exchange with minimal postage costs. If you think so too, you are invited to join the fun! I think this will start the summer off in style! Won’t this be fun? 🙂 I haven’t seen a swap… [Read More]
Grace Kelly Book Give-Away!
I have finally finishedHigh Society: The Life of Grace Kelly by Donald Spoto so I’d like to share the love of Grace by passing it along to one of my followers. My copy. Kate Spade is having a vacay contest and yesterday one question was … “What picture was Grace making when she met her Prince in Monaco?” If you guessed To Catch A Thief … *obnoxious buzzer*… you are wrong! She had wrapped that film long before meeting Prince… [Read More]
“Oh, Sheet … Cakes”!
’tis the season to wrap up spring team sports and to remember the good times with a party that always includes a sheet cake! I’m going to let you in on a little secret to making a BIG “wow factor” that you can do and you don’t even need to bake the cake! 2 words ~ Color. Flow. What is ‘color flow’? Basically, it’s thinned out royal icing and you can find the recipe and technique here. For the logo… [Read More]
“Butterfly Cookies” – Decorated Cookie of The Month
I was inspired by The Butterfly Cookies I saw on the Fancy Flours website. The Butterfly Wafer Paper Set is the key ingredient for the effect. I read their ‘how-to’ but I did things a bit different. You will need: Sugar Cookie Recipe (previous post) Royal Icing Recipe (previous post) • Blue and Lavender Butterfly Wafer Paper Set (SKU: 3601-WP-BCS-1) • Butterflies Cookie Cutter Set (SKU: 4300-RM-BF-1 ) • Edible Clear Writing Gel (SKU: 9999-CK-GL-1) to act as ‘glue’ for… [Read More]
Is This The Best Job A Woman Can Have or What?!?
At least I think so! To my fellow maternal comrades~“Wishing you a very happy and fun Mother’s Day!” So far I’ve had a great Mother’s Day weekend ~ Dinner with friends in Pasadena on Saturday night at RedWhite + Bluezz.Killer jazz, great food, excellent wine and non-stop laughter.A stroll around Old Town.Tulips from my bro and sis-in-law.A gift from Mr. PM of Photo Shop Elements and a year’s worth of lessons of my choosing at the Microsoft store beginning today.3… [Read More]
