St. Patrick's Day

I love to take advantage of a holiday or an occasion to do something creative! My friend Michelle found this cute idea on a blog that she came across. We decided to get together one evening, have dinner (which was a delicious new recipe for White Bean Chicken Chili that Michelle made) and put these treats together. Kyla took these to her classmates for St. Patrick's Day. Lilly I'm sorry to say did not. Her pre-school has a strict snack policy to keep things on the healthy side (I was able to get approval for her Valentine cookie treats that she handed out though).


As you can see Lilly was dressed in green and just as happy to sport her clover tattoo to school.

Cupcakes for Jenny

I made these cupcakes for my friend Jenny. Jenny is sweetheart, she is my magazine swapping partner (the hubby is the delivery man because he and Jenny work together) and she forgives me when I take much longer than she does to send my magazine her way.

Jenny and her husband Corey are expecting their first baby next month, a baby boy. I inquired with the hubs when the girls at work would be giving a baby shower for Jenny because I wanted to make something to contribute. I had seen a tutorial on one of my favorite blogs for making monograms for decorating cookies. When the girls asked me to make cupcakes I decided that I would make monograms for Jenny's cupcakes. The "M" on the cupcakes is for baby boy Moran (Jenny and Corey's last name).

Cupcakes in Vanilla Bean and Chocolate variety