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Birthdays

 

Retro mini cupcakes on handmade dinner plate cake stand

Birthdays

To properly celebrate my sister Krista’s 40th birthday, we planned a festive cocktail party at the fabulous art deco California Clipper Lounge. (…)

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Gift wrapping ideas for baby and kids

Baby & Kids, Birthdays, Gifts & Favors

Today I popped by my friend Anne’s to drop off gifts for five-year-old son, Gavin, and her newborn son, Graham. (…)

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Crafty birthday wishes

Birthdays, Gifts & Favors

Nothing says my birthday like a warm, sunny August day and the Air and Water Show. Shane created a cute message on my beloved sun-faded antique sign that I bought this spring in Brooklyn. (…)

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Personalized birthday rhubarb berry pie

Birthdays, Food & Drink

Growing up in upstate New York, Shane loved his grandmother Myrtle’s rhubarb and berry pies in the summertime. So this year for his birthday I decided to make a pie instead of a cake. (…)

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Cookie jar wrapping paper for gifts

Baby & Kids, Birthdays, Gifts & Favors

So today is my adorable niece Madison’s second birthday. I made her a super cool gift that I’ll post in a few days with instructions once she’s unwrapped her gift. (…)

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Phone Book Wrapping Paper for Gifts

Birthdays, Gifts & Favors, Showers

AT&T delivered piles of telephone books to my neighborhood a couple of weeks ago. Not needing ours but cringing at tossing the stack into the trash I decided to find some crafty uses for them. (…)

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Farmland CD Covers for Music Mixes

Birthdays, Everyday, Gifts & Favors

I made these three kitschy CD mixes to thank my friend Amy for letting me stay at her place for the first few days of my week in NYC. (…)

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Alphabet Cookies

Birthdays, Food & Drink, Showers

We co-hosted a couple’s BBQ last July to celebrate the engagement of my friend Heather (H) and her fiance Noah (N). (…)

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Gourmet Popcorn Bar

Birthdays, Food & Drink

As part of a rooftop movie night for my 35th birthday I created a gourmet popcorn bar. It was a big hit! (…)

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