Spring Inspiration: Entertain With West Elm
Just in time for your spring entertaining West Elm has exactly what you need to entertain in style this season. These black and white dishes are to die for. The bold motifs patterns will be a stylish and chic choice for indoor or outdoor entertaining.
Drinks are safe with these cute sleek and stylish Hammered Acrylic Glasses, so no worries when serving up your guest cocktails outside,
For a cool serving tray go for the cool bold patters of the Melamine Jungle Flower Tray.
Bring nature to the table. A collaboration ed with famous design duo PATCH NYC to create this collection of witty, chic ceramic serveware.
Enjoy your spring entertaining!
celebrate life in style…
Easter Inspiration: It’s All About The Egg
Easter is on Sunday April 4th so here are some beautiful ideas of how you can decorate your eggs this year. I think we all know that when it comes to decorating for Easter, it’s all about embellishing the egg!
1. For a totally jeweled and dazzling egg, create beautiful Bejeweled Eggs. Create different sparkling eggs for your loved ones. Easy to make and you can use different size and styles of jewels.
2. Welcome spring and Easter with an pretty bunch of Flowered Eggs, these will lighten up your Easter table.
3. Soft as a baby chick, the Felted Easter Egg Ornaments are felted wool egg ornaments that make fetching embellishments for a centerpiece or Easter tree fashioned from a cherry blossom branch.
4. Elegant Eggs, how gorgeous are these pastel beauties!After coloring the egg, attach fabric scrapbooking flowers..
5. Linen Box with Chocolate Eggs: Fill a pretty linen or paper-covered box with artisanal chocolate eggs, and to finish, tuck a small silk blossom in among the treats. Beautiful and delish!
Wow, these are all so pretty, which will make first and which will be my favorite I wonder?
Enjoy!
celebrate life in style…
Contest Giveaway: Calligraphy by Jennifer
Do you want calligraphy invites but think you can’t afford it? Then this is the perfect contest for you. Jennifer, our super fabulous friends over at Calligraphy by Jennifer is having the best giveaway contest: 15% off your entire order, free return ground shipping (U.S.) and 25 free thank you notes designed by Jennifer. Even better, there is a lucky winner every Monday!
So how do you enter, here are all the details.
Good luck!
celebrate life in style…
Spring Desserts: Sugar Cookie Pops
Sugar Cookie Pops, these sugary, Candyland-inspired cookies are delicious showstoppers. “Plant” your colorful cookies in a “pot” of jelly bean “soil” to welcome Springtime at your house.
Here’s the recipe:
Makes: 4 1/2 dozen
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
2 large eggs
3/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
Colored sugars, sparkling sugars, and multicolored jimmies
4″ white craft sticks
Preparation
Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy; add sugars, beating well. Add eggs, oil, and vanilla, beating until blended.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture, blending well. Cover and chill dough 2 hours or overnight.
Shape dough into 1 1/2″ balls. Roll each ball in colored sugar or jimmies in individual bowls, pressing gently, if necessary, to coat balls. Place 2″ apart on ungreased baking sheets. Insert craft sticks about 1″ into each cookie to resemble a lollipop.
Bake at 350° for 10 to 11 minutes or until set. Let cool 2 minutes on baking sheets; remove cookie pops to wire racks to cool completely.
Enjoy!
