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cake, celebrate, cheesecake, how-to, sweets

How to Make a Wedding Cake: The Concept

Nov 03, 2014 | By Melissa

I may have been somewhat MIA over the last several weeks, but I promise I have not been idle. I have been hard at work on a wedding cake for a good friend of ours! When the idea first came around, it was almost a joke. You see, I have a frustrating tendency to volunteer […]

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celebrate, crafts, Fall, kidstuff

Farm Birthday Party

Oct 30, 2014 | By Melissa

It happened. My baby turned 2! I am still not sure how this is possible, but every day he is chatting incessantly and singing songs and creating new things and just delighting us. (What a big difference from what he was doing two years ago!) For example, this morning, he wanted to play with play-doh, […]

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How to Prepare a Special Feast (Without Wishing You Weren’t)

Dec 23, 2013 | By Melissa

This afternoon, as I was awkwardly stuffing the contents of four sacks of groceries into my fridge, it occurred to me that we haven’t really talked about Christmas dinner. That’s partly because the entire first half of this month was a blur for me, as I spent it organizing and cooking for a multi-day party […]

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Chocolate Prune Smash Cake + Curious George Party

Oct 22, 2013 | By Melissa

My baby is 1!! How did that even happen? In keeping with my goal to one day turn into Annie of Annie’s Eats, I planned the heck out of a birthday party for him. I landed on a Curious George theme (from the books, not the show), because my kid looooves to investigate anything he […]

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Strawberries and Cream Cake

May 06, 2013 | By Melissa

Well by now, you probably all know how much I hate fruit. But if you ever met my dad, you would seriously wonder how I turned out this way! He never met a fruit he didn’t like. In fact, he prefers fruit over chocolate (gasp)! So this year I got to play the host for […]

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Baby Jake

Oct 24, 2012 | By Melissa

Guess what!? I’m a MOMMY! Little Jake couldn’t possibly be more adorable if he tried. Dave and I are busy adjusting to life as parents…and let me just say it has been an adventure so far! Our little guy is so amazing, and we are so happy that he has *finally* joined us!  

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Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheels and Cookie Parties

Dec 14, 2011 | By Melissa

So our annual cookie party was last week! I baked and I baked and then I baked some more. I think I made more than 30 dozen cookies in total. And then I decorated. And thankfully my sister-in-law had mercy on me and came and helped me decorate. The key to keeping yourself sane when […]

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