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Birthday Ideas

Colorful Custom Crayons for Party Favors (+ free printable tag!)

Colorful Custom Crayons for Party Favors (+ free printable tag!)

For Reese’s first birthday we opted to send little goodie bags to all of the kids in her class on her actual birthday and host a small family-only party at home to celebrate. The question was – what do you send as party favors for a class of 10 one year olds? We brainstormed ideas…

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My Favorite Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe

My Favorite Carrot Cake Cupcakes Recipe

Anyone else have those freak out moments the day before a party, worried you don’t have enough food – then proceed to make more? Like enough to feed 4x the guests you have? Just me…? That’s how these carrot cake cupcakes ended up on our spread for E’s “Somebunny is One” birthday party.  I frantically…

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How to Dye Your Own Sprinkles

How to Dye Your Own Sprinkles

When it came time to prep everything for E’s first birthday, I had the hardest time finding sprinkles for her cake and cookies that matches the blush tones I was going for. There were options on Etsy but they were just so expensive! I can’t justify $30+ in sprinkles for a one year old’s birthday…

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Everything You Need to Know to Master Decorated Sugar Cookies

Everything You Need to Know to Master Decorated Sugar Cookies

If there’s one skill I swore I’d master after having kids, it’s a good sugar cookie. None of those fluffy slice and bake kinds. The moist, thin cookies in precise shapes with beautiful icing decorations. Now, I’ve never been much of an artist. I can’t draw, paint, or skillfully write in cursive. In other words,…

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White Chocolate Birthday Bark

White Chocolate Birthday Bark

I’ll be sharing a full post on our “Somebunny is One” celebration, but thought it might be fun to preview some of our favorite DIY projects that made up E’s first birthday celebration. First up, this decadent white chocolate bark. As we were planning the party, I was trying to find ways to balance all…

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