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I just discovered that you can tint mason jars and make them look like this, and all it takes is a little Modge Podge and food coloring. I found this easy tutorial put together by Heidi of My Beautiful Mess.

What I like about this tutorial is that Heidi paints the jars on the outside instead of the inside like most tutorials I've seen. This way, if you want to use them as floating candle votives or as flower vases you can. Personally, I think I'm going to use them to store odds and ends.

These muffins are perfect to serve at a brunch (possibly a Mother's Day brunch) because they are delicious and oh so beautiful!

They are not like the muffins you buy at your local grocery store that are dense, sweet as cake, without a lot of blueberry flavor and it's all thanks to the buttermilk!! ** My secret ingredient!**

Tali from A Party Studio designed these sweet baby shower wishing tree cards and was kind enough to offer them to our readers. Thank you, Tali!

I love the whole idea of wishing trees because they let your guests write special messages to the mommy-to-be and baby that can be displayed during the shower on a branch, small tree, or even curly willow from the craft store, then saved forever.

Meredith at MJ Paperie created this collection of "Preppy Plaid" St. Patrick's Day printables, and we must have the luck of the Irish because we get to give them away! Thank you, Meredith!

The collection includes: cupcake wrappers, drink flags, cute food tents, rectangle bottle labels, round bottle labels, and pinch charms.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was recently sent a Cricut Expression 2 by the nice folks at Cricut, and I've been busy.

I have to say, there is a learning curve to using your Cricut, so don't be surprised if it takes a little while to get the hang of it. That's what I discovered for myself, and is also why I recommend starting with some easy projects, like those found on the Tags, Bags, Boxes & More 2 cartridge. (Perfect cartridge for party people, btw.)

I got an email a few weeks ago asking me for tips on how to put together a dessert table. I thought this would make a perfect blog post. So here are my basic ideas (click on the photos to see what parties they're from)...

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