Blueberries: Not just from the grocery store

Wikipedia says:  Blueberries are “perennial flowering plants with indigo-colored berries from the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium (a genus that also includes cranberries and bilberries).” OK, that’s nice, but what ARE they? Well, until I started picking them, I never really thought about it much. It’s a berry from a bush, from somewhere. Some people figure they just came from the grocery store. After the big […] Read more…

Baby Shower on a Budget : A Diaper Cake ??

This past weekend I threw a Baby Shower for my Niece and things have been a little tight, budget-wise, around here lately…like for the past 4 years! Never fear, I’ve thrown tons of parties in the past and as a pack-rat, I keep everything!  Last year I threw a Bridal Shower for my cousin. That […] Read more…

Berry Bliss Jam – Jam you just can’t buy!

When life gives you strawberries,… You can’t make ‘lemonade’, and you can’t just let them rot! Last week I posted to my Facebook a photo of a wedding cake that I’d helped my Mom deliver one gorgeous Saturday afternoon. It was a really simple cake. Very rustic buttercream icing slathered over moist white cake, but […] Read more…

Happy Hair Help !

  OK, a while ago I gave my Mom a ‘hair color kit’ and even wrote out some instructions…since I have a Blog, I understand that I should have ‘videos’. A hair color tutorial is the perfect victim! Not to mention, my hair is a MESS ! A Hot Mess – and not in a […] Read more…

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