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This easy lemon garlic shrimp is by far our favorite shrimp recipe. It’s got a great burst of flavor garlic butter without feeling heavy and takes about 10 minutes from start to finish.

What we’ve learned is that with shrimp, if you keep it simple, use fresh ingredients, cook the shrimp quickly and on high heat, you end up with something delicate and delicious.

Now if you need a banner for any occasion, we've got you covered! Yulia from Sarah Hope Designs created these three amazing 5" printable circle banners in different color combinations (purple/pink, green/blue, and red/yellow/blue) with all the letters in the alphabet so you can spell out anything you want!

Each collection includes letters A-Z, numbers 1st-10th, and two blank circles, perfect for birthdays or any other occassion.  Thanks to Yulia, for hooking us up!

For those of you who don't know (and I didn't know until these parties starting popping up on our site), Ninjago is a line of ninja Legos that are very popular with boys 7-14. There's a whole immersive world of minifigures (heroes, creatures, and skeletons) to draw on to put a Ninjago party together! Take a look at these great Ninjago inspirations... (Click on the photo to see the whole party.)

We're seeing a lot of very cool Monster High parties on our site.

For those of you that don't know, Monster High is a line of dolls by Mattel whose characters are  related to or are the offspring of famous monsters.

We've been seeing a lot of Hello Kitty parties on our site. What I love the most about these parties is how easy they are to add other elements to make them unique.

Here are some of my favorite Hello Kitty combinations... (Click on the photo or link to see the whole party.)

Melissa Newell from My Party Passion knows her way around a budget party. She's added 42 fantastic parties to our site so far. Because of her expertise, I've invited her to be our new budget party contributor. Welcome, Melissa!

Melissa is a big fan of the dollar store. So below are her: