What’s your favorite childhood summertime memory? Mine was of nights spent on our street playing kickball, roller skating, playing handball against the side of the house and riding our bikes. We’d sing “Leader of The Pack” as we imagined our bikes turning into motorcycles- “Vroom, vroom, vroom!” One by one we’d hear our respective moms calling our names from the front porch and we knew it was time to come in. I don’t think moms do this anymore. It would… [Read More]
I’ve been a little busy picking up some blue ribbons … … and so has my college boy2. A chip off the ol’ cookie, if you will, and I couldn’t be more proud! I’ll tell you all about it soon! Have a blue ribbon – divisional winning – Best of Show, kind of day! We are! 🙂 SHARE THIS POST:
A sweet gal emailed me after seeing my margarita cookies and wondered if I would make them for a party she was giving to honor her mom on her 50th birthday. I thought her thoughtfulness and love for her mom was so sweet that I told her I’d be happy to RSVP with my cookies. The regular and strawberry margarita cookies would be served. I wrote a post on how to decorate margarita cookies but this time I made the… [Read More]
Today is a guest post by my BBF who met William and Kate in Hancock Park last week at the British Consulate ~Friday, July 8, 2011 Los Angeles British Consulate, Hancock Park The Duke & Duchess of Cambridge My sincerest apologies for not giving you any pictures…phones and cameras were forbidden and I was not going to be the one to break protocol. But you can find pictures of the Royal Couple on plenty of websites, she, in… [Read More]
We gathered for a happy, relaxed time together. The lanterns and bunting were hung in place. Party favors for everyone! The vintage mid-century bottle opener was also invited to the party. It was tied onto the drink tub with a festive ribbon. Several croquet games ensued. There were some very impressive wicked wicket shots and who knew croquet could become a contact sport! And of course there were plenty of frozen red, white and blue daiquiris. I thank my lucky… [Read More]
Green with envy ~My bestie is meeting the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tomorrow in LA. Although she has met the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh it doesn’t compare to the excitement she’s feeling to meet the newlyweds. She was given her “instructions” as to how to greet William and Kate ~ “…when you first meet the Duke and Duchess you should refer to each as “your royal highness” or if they are both together “your royal highnesses.” If… [Read More]
You are cordially invited this 4th of July weekend (and every day) to go over to RSM Patch. It’s a community online news site that I contribute to but you can also find a link to your community. There, in the RSM Patch, you’ll find my recipe for the The Best BBQ Burgers Ever which is always a highlight on the menu for our July 4th party.Just a couple of updates ~ I want to thank so many for your… [Read More]
Have you ever bought the cutest cupcake wrappers only to lose the pattern once you’ve baked the cupcake and you don’t like the gap of placing your cupcake into another wrapper once it’s baked? Me too, so I decided to test my theory. Knowing that cupcake wrappers stay together well if you don’t separate them, what about using two unseparated wrappers during the baking process? It works! The key is not to separate them otherwise they will turn out as… [Read More]
Happy summer! This week I’m re-posting my recipes and ideas to kick off summer and start planning for our 4th of July party. I have 3 perfectly colorful patriotic cocktails that all begin with the same base with slight variations. The cocktails can either be made with rum or made completely non-alcoholic so everyone can have something colorful and icy to sip. Besides adding a festive touch to your party, the daiquiris can be prepared ahead of time and stored… [Read More]
To honor and celebrate a very special recent UCLA graduate I made UCLA cupcakes for his graduation party. I started out with a new oh-so-yummy vanilla cupcake recipe, made a variation using vanilla bean paste and voila! Next, I had to lock in my colors. I fell in love with the Decco Drops I found at Williams-Sonoma (in-store) so I had to commit to using a slightly more aqua color than the true Bruin baby blue. This also meant using… [Read More]
Pretty Pink Petal Cake – A Wilton Cake Decorating Technique
Make-Ahead Frozen Buttercream Cake Decorations
Fourth of July Red, White & Blue Bunting Cupcakes
Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year Decorated Almond Cookies
Embossed Fondant Wedding Cookies – Part 1
Seattle (Macaron) Space Needle Cupcake Topper
Decorated Ghost Cookies With Fondant
Gentleman Jack (Jack Daniels) Cupcakes Recipe
