Flower-Topped Birthday Cake With Chocolate Icing Birthdays During our recent weekend visit in northern Michigan, my friend Jennie and her two girls made this flower-topped chocolate iced birthday cake for me. Pretty, yes? Ten-year-old Elizabeth did much of the baking, mixing...Flower-Topped Birthday Cake With Chocolate Icing... »

Comments (4)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 9/2/2009  | 

Beeswax cookie cutter personalized birthday candles Birthdays Last year I made a personalized birthday rhubarb berry pie for Shane's annual 4th of July birthday barbecue. So this year I wanted to make something equally festive ...but keep the baking to a...Beeswax cookie cutter personalized birthday candles... »

Comments (3)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 7/6/2009  | 

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. Guests saddled up to the (gorgeous) art deco bar to enjoy 1940s-style...Retro mini cupcakes on handmade dinner plate cake stand... »

Comments (5)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 11/18/2008  | 

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. I recycled and altered my chalkboard gift tags idea to wrap Gavin's birthday treat....Gift wrapping ideas for baby and kids... »

Comments (7)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 9/28/2008  | 

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....Crafty birthday wishes... »

Comments (1)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 8/16/2008  | 

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....Personalized birthday rhubarb berry pie... »

Comments (5)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 7/6/2008  | 

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. In the meantime here...Cookie jar wrapping paper for gifts... »

Comments (1)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 4/22/2008  | 

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...Phone Book Wrapping Paper for Gifts... »

Comments (8)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 4/14/2008  | 

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. Back when I was a...Farmland CD Covers for Music Mixes... »

Comments (1)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 4/10/2008  | 

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! Supplies: 8.5"x11" red and yellow paper Admit One tickets (at Party City)...Gourmet Popcorn Bar... »

Comments (0)  | Permalink  | By Kathy on 8/17/2007  |