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Our sweet friend, Courtney Whitmore of Pizzazzerie just came out with a new book, Candy Making for Kids. Courtney sent me a copy to check out and it is such a fun book! Candy Making for Kids is filled with creative ideas for doing just that….making candy creations easy enough for your kids to help. […]

Candy Making for Kids :: Book Giveaway!

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Our friends at Chronicle Books shared these inspiring quotes with us and we thought we would share them with you! We all need a little encouragement now and again! Chronicle pulled the quotes from the book, Mom Inc.: The Essential Guide to Running a Successful Business From Home and created these prints to inspire us all. […]

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I am so excited to share this new book with you today by Monica Pedersen, HGTV host and interior decorator. Her new book, Make It Beautiful: Designs and Ideas for Entertaining at Home is an absolutely gorgeous book filled with unique party themes, creative ideas and stunning photography. Monica is such an inspiration to me […]

Win a Signed Copy of Monica Pedersen's Make It Beautiful :: Giveaway!

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Oooh….get excited! I’m sure you probably have heard about Amy Atlas’ new book, Sweet Designs. If you haven’t…you’re in for a treat. Either way, how would you like to win a SIGNED copy? Amy has been such an incredible inspiration to me since day one of starting my blog (read more here) and I can’t […]

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Did you hear that the lovely Tori Spelling just launched a new book this week, celebraTORI? From the peeks we’ve seen, we can’t wait to get our hands on this beautiful party book. In the book, Tori teaches how to “unleash your inner party planner to entertain friends and family“.  Lucky for you, the publisher […]

celebraTORI by Tori Spelling :: Giveaway

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Last week, Chronicle Books celebrated the opening of a new store location at the Meteron in San Francisco. We were thrilled to be asked to design custom logo tags to send along with our blue diagonal favor bags (one of the new items in our shop!). For these tags, I used our 2.25″ circle punch. They […]

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A wonderful gift to give to children are books. As someone who loves to read (when I have the time!) I know how important it is to teach our children to love to read, too. Which is why I am so excited to introduce you to I See Me. I See Me’s award winning personalized […]

Adorable Personalized Children's Books from I See Me :: Fabulous Giveaway

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We are very excited to be part of the official blog tour for the new book, Sugarlicious by our friend, Meaghan Mountford. She sent me a copy of her new book and it’s filled with sweetness! From birthday ideas to holiday creations, it is filled with unique projects to satisfy any sweet craving. As part […]

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Well, the day has finally arrived. The much anticipated first book by sweets stylist, Amy Atlas is available for preorder. You all already know how much I love and respect Amy and her incredible, beautiful work. I have admired her from day one of starting my blog, had the pleasure of meeting her in NYC at Martha […]

Sweet Designs by Amy Atlas {Good Books}

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Earlier this year, we were contacted by the lovely gals of How Does She to participate in this wonderful project to raise money for the Red Cross. How could we say no? After literally months of creating, the “50+ Top Blogs All Time Favorite Recipes” cookbook is ready! You may have seen a sneak peek of this […]

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Holly Becker is one of the most inspirational bloggers that I follow. Her blog, Decor8 is one of the very first blogs that I started following when I discovered the blogging world in late 2008. Not only is Decor8 filled with gorgeous home decorating inspiration, but Holly shares her own lovely photography, beautiful styling, and […]

Decorate by Holly Becker + Giveaway :: Good Books

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If you haven’t heard the story of how I met Vana from Le Papier Studio, please read here. Vana was the very first Etsy shop I discovered, thanks to a great friend of mine who gave me an art print from her shop! Vana holds a special place in my heart! I am so thrilled […]

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