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This dip is yummy and fabulous to serve at a Super Bowl party, New Year’s Eve party or any occasion where snacking is part of the fun. It’s fabulous with fresh summer corn sliced off the cob and I love it with Roma tomatoes.
Hot Corn Dip Recipe
December 14th, 2012Santa’s Footprints Christmas Morning
December 11th, 2012
How fun for children to wake up to Santa’s footprints! Trace a large pair of men’s boots onto paper or newspaper then cut out. Use as a stencil to sprinkle secret non-melting snow and magic dust (baking soda and glitter) to create Santa’s footprints in front of your fireplace or by your Christmas tree.
Fun Upside Down Snowman
December 10th, 2012
If it’s snowing where you are, gather family and friends and make this fun upside down snowman! While we don’t usually have to think about snow in Southern California, I remember making my share of snowmen when I lived in the midwest.
Cheesy Onion Casserole
December 8th, 2012
This Cheesy Onion Casserole is a fabulous side dish you’ll fall in love with!
Margarita Jello Shots
December 6th, 2012
Margarita Jello Shots are a slightly more sophisticated version of jello shots and add a touch of fun to your party.
Creme Brulee Fudge Recipe
December 3rd, 2012
This amazing Creme Brulee Fudge will be a favorite to serve to guests or wrap up for treats to give away. Incredibly tasty and wonderfully different.
Gold Streamers New Year’s Eve Invitations
December 1st, 2012
Gold Streamers Invitations are perfect for New Year’s Eve invitations, wedding shower invitations, engagement party invitations, rehearsal dinner invitations, birthday invitations and more…just change the wording.
Shop all New Year’s Eve Party Invitations
GIF is Named Word of the Year
November 15th, 2012GIF? What is a GIF? The word GIF, and the computer science behind it, has been around since the 1980s, but unless you were some type of media job, the chances of you ever hearing it are probably pretty slim. GIF, whose name is an acronym coined in 1987 stands for “graphic interchange format.”
The GIF has gained popularity in the past few years and it is something between an emoticon and a video clip, and a GIF looks like a short, slightly grainy video file that plays over and over again.
“GIF celebrated a lexical milestone in 2012, gaining traction as a verb, not just a noun,” said said Katherine Martin, Head of the US Dictionaries Program at Oxford University Press USA. The verb form “GIFing” is used to create short clips like the one above of fireworks over Paris.
Tumblr has a huge amount of GIFs posted and shared between sites and GIFing is truly an art form on the Tumblr platform where seeing “moving” images is the norm. So when you see or are sent an image with the extension “.gif”, don’t be surprised to see it playing on your screen like a small video clip.
Photo Source: Tumblr
Blooming Paperwhites Fragrant Holiday Decor
November 12th, 2012
Paperwhites are beautiful bulbs that are often forced to bloom around the holidays. As Paperwhites begin to grow as soon as they are planted, you will have amazing, fragrant flowers in 3-4 weeks. Paperwhite bulbs are easy to force as they do not require chilling to promote flowering.
Paperwhites need only 3” of root room so shallow containers will work well like shown in the photo above. Pretty glass or ceramic bowls are ideal. For one-of-a-kind presentations, scout antique stores and estate sales for unusual containers. You can plant Paperwhites in soil, glass marbles, pebbles or even tumbled beach glass. Because these flowers are usually discarded or transplanted after they have flowered, the planting medium doesn’t need to supply any nutrients for the plant.
Macaroons Party Invitations
November 12th, 2012It seems everywhere you turn, colorful macaroons are making an appearance. I was in the Miami airport and there was a beautiful case of colorful macaroons in a huge gift shop that was really hard to pass up. These little beauties are fabulous for a dessert bar, for lunch, brunch or a tea party too. Although we show the invitation for a bridal shower, you can change the wording on the invitation to fit your special occasion.
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