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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Avocados and guacamole are as important to a Cinco De Mayo party as awesome Cinco de Mayo Invitations are to getting your guests excited and in the mood to party.
Something I didn’t know about avocados is that they do not ripen on the tree. Avocados “soften” or ripen after they have been harvested.
It can take up to four or five days at room temperature (around 65-75 degrees) to ripen firm, green unripe avocados. Storing them in the refrigerator can slow down the ripening process, so store them at room temperature out of direct sunlight.
If you can only find unripe avocados, the recommended ripening process is to place the unripe avocados in a brown paper bag with a banana or an apple for 2-3 days until they are ripe. Of course, you will need to have shopped a few days in advance of your party to try this.
If you wait until the last minute to buy avocados for your party, you might be visiting a few stores to find ones that are ripe and ready to serve.
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Tags: Cinco de Mayo Party
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Sunday, February 26th, 2012
Usually if you’ve seen one snowman, you’ve seen them all, or so I thought until I saw this snowman. Hope he makes you smile too!
Tags: snowman, snowmen, upside down snowman
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Make books easy for kids to recognize and find with this cute Hanging Book Display. How to tutorial at Penny Carnival.
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
For special occasions, or for a party, surprise guests with wild flower ice cubes. You can freeze edible flowers or fruit such as raspberries or mint into your ice cubes for water glasses. How pretty would these be floating in champagne or wine? (Make sure the flowers you use are edible.) Here’s the how-to.
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
Stick pieces of uncooked spaghetti into your frosted cake before you add plastic wrap and preserve your cake’s beautiful frosting. Great travel tip too!
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
What a cute idea for a toddler buffet! Serve this mini ice-cube tray buffet at a child’s birthday party or any event you want to keep toddler’s busy and feed them right.
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
If you love your cakes cute, delicious and stylish, you are going to love cake Pops —these delightful little treats were designed by one of London’s most fashionable bakeries. Since cake pops arrived on the cake scene a few years ago, these delicious, moist cakes on sticks have been a fabulously huge hit with any and everyone that has a sweet tooth.
In her second book, Pop Party, Clare O’Connell features 40 brilliant and tasty ideas to create the perfect party pop for any occasion, including 25 awesome new cake POPs designs, 5 layer cakes and 10 party props. You’ll find everything you need to know for your cake POP journey, and every recipe and project has clear, easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step photography so you’ll be cake POPping in no time!
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Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Aren’t these cute? Valentine’s Day conversation hearts cheesecakes. My mouth is watering. Get the tutorial and recipe.
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Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh, My!
The best-selling authors are back, applying their oversized imaginations not just to cupcakes but to cakes, cookies, pies and other treats.
You’ll find recipes for refrigerator cookies, pie dough, pound cakes, bar cookies, cheesecakes, and Jell-O that are transformed into amazing and playful desserts. There’s something for everybody in this book, and each and every single item you need for the recipes can be found in your supermarket or convenience store.
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Fun Valentine’s Day manicure.
See FabFatale for the colors used on this manicure.
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