Spring is one of the best times for a bridal shower. And we’re gearing up for spring!
I’ve been doing a few things for Wedding Essentials Magazine and these free fill-in-yourself bridal shower invites are one of them. Three invites for three adorable spring themes: tea party, yarn and silhouette.
Download all three invites over on the WE blog!

After I saw this post I decided to make birthday cakes from cans for Josh’s birthday.

I went with white cake and used raspberry whipped cream (delish!). Here’s how I did it.

1. Get your cans ready by removing the label, washing them out and buttering and flouring the inside.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and make cake according to recipe on box, put cans on cookie sheet and bake. I baked mine for 35 minutes.
3. Let cakes cool and remove them from the cans. Mine slipped right out.
4. Cut off the ugly top (and eat!). Then slice the good part into 1/2-inch slices.
5. Make your frosting. I used heavy 1 1/2 cup whipping cream , 2 teaspoons vanilla and 1 tablespoon sugar, whipped it together and folded in real crushed raspberries.
6. Make two cakes by layering cake, then whip, then, cake, then whip. Top with more whip and raspberries.

I love the versatility of these little cakes. I might try chocolate cake next time!

You’ve seen our Sweet for the Holidays cards, right?Well, we have a matching wine label and tag free download over at maché magazine.
Head over and download them for all of your last minute gift giving needs.

May your holidays be full of jingle mingling!

Psssssssssssssst. We’ve stocked our etsy shop with all sorts of goodies and are offering 15% off today only.

We think our newest addition–the maché magazine A Year In Food 2012 calendar–is the perfect gift! Don’t you?

Just enter CYBERMONDAY11 at checkout to get your discount.

Happy shopping!

We are SO flipping excited to show you what we’ve been up to lately. We launched a new magazine! It’s all about food, entertaining and survival, and we’re sure you’ll love it.

We’re both journalists at heart (we create publications for our day jobs!) so when Adam and Joanne of Inspired Taste started thinking about ways to show off their photos we decided there was no better way than to start a magazine. It’s given us a chance to show off our invites, create other party goods and crafts and plan awesome parties for our friends. Plus, the magazine design? Yeah, that was us. And it was oodles of fun!

Enough chatter about maché magazine from us. Go CHECK it out for yourselves!

PS–We’d love to hear what you think of it!

We’re going cherry picking this weekend. Maybe I’ll make this divine Almond Cherry Crumble. If I don’t eat all of the cherries first…

{photo from honey & jam}

Sticky fingers cupcake from Real Simple, Tasha ombre chain head wrap at Nordstrom.

There’s nothing better than a snowball when it’s 100 degrees outside. Plus, this has to be the swankiest snowball truck I’ve ever seen. It’s in Baltimore too!

{photo from Skylite Snowballs}

Lava Flow (recipe from squidoo)
There are numerous variations for making a Lava Flow. This biggest difference is that somerecipes use 1 oz. of light rum and 1 oz. of Malibu® coconut rum. When Malibu® coconut rum is unavilable you can use 1 1/2 oz. of light rum and 1/2 oz. of coconut cream.

Ingredients
1 oz. light rum
1 oz. Malibu® coconut rum
2 oz. fresh or frozen strawberries
1 small banana
2 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice
2 oz. coconut cream

Preparation
Blend the 2 rums and the strawberries in a blender to form a smooth paste. Pour this mixture into a tall (Collins or Hurricane) glass. Rinse the blender. Blend the banana, the coconut cream, and the pineapple juice in blender with crushed ice until smooth.

Pour this mixture into the glass with the rums very slowly and watch as the strawberry mixture oozes its way to the top along the sides of the glass creating the flowing lava effect. Garnish with a pineapple wedge and paper umbrella.

I could sure go for one of these right about now! Find more summer luau ideas here.

{photo from squidoo}

One of the highlights at the National Stationery Show was the letterpress recipe card scavenger hunt. Organized by Amber of Fly­wheel Press, 14 letterpress designers partnered with Legion Paper to create amazing recipe cards to hand out. All of the cards fit nicely into a cute recipe box. It was a great way to break the ice and initiate a chat with some inspiring stationers.

a. favorite design (Down Home Cookin’), Alber­tine Press (teal pattern), Black­bird Let­ter­press (blackbird pie), Blue Barn­house (A recipe from hell!), Ding­bat Press, Fly­wheel Press (yellow polka dots), Igloo Let­ter­press (purple tablecloth), Mag­i­nat­ing (Bon Appetit characters), May Day Stu­dio (craft paper hearts), The Nic Stu­dio (orange enjoying a meal), Old Tom Fool­ery (Let’s cook!*), Paper Mill Designs (bright green), Pis­ta­chio Press (teal on gray flourish), Sapling Press (Dear Dinner), Wild Ink Press (fork and spoon)

{photos from my iPhone}