Category: Celebrate.

  • birthday white elephant.

    birthday white elephant.

    It’s my birthmonth so I’m sharing an idea for your next birthday celebration: host a birthday white elephant gift exchange where you provide all the gifts. It’s a party idea that is sure to surprise and amuse all your guests, and everyone leaves with a surprise party favor. There was…

  • birthdays at sticky.

    birthdays at sticky.

    After a hiatus, I’ve managed to find my way back onto the Sticky Art Lab team! Way back when I first started my handmade business Feed the Fish co, I popped up at a winter market (in 2011!). Since then I’ve been on and off a part of Sticky –…

  • gingerbread house.

    gingerbread house.

    Many years ago I decided I wanted to make a gingerbread house from scratch, and it was way too much work. So now I’m now a huge fan of kits; there are so many variations! I’m kind of obsessed with the kits I’ve found at Michaels and Joann – a…

  • brigadeiro.

    brigadeiro.

    Chocolate dessert craft time! I purchased an Easter Egg decorating kit from Tiny B Chocolates in South San Francisco. The kit came with everything I needed to fill an Easter egg chocolate shell with brigadeiros! Popular in Brazil, brigadeiros are like fudge bonbons. They are bite-sized pieces of decadent, rich…

  • sushi cake.

    sushi cake.

    Need an alternative idea to cake? Why not a tower of sushi! You could take this a step further and make your own sushi, but if you have a favorite sushi spot, you can whip this ‘cake’ up in five minutes or less! When it comes to celebrating Hubby’s birthday,…

  • pastry picnic.

    pastry picnic.

    Park hangs idea! Pick up pastries. Invite friends. Have a pastry picnic. To make things simple we kept it local with pastries from the farmer’s market, then a stroll to a nearby park. Friends can join for either or both parts ~ the picking out and the consuming of yum…

  • tiny hearts.

    tiny hearts.

    Valentine’s Day is my favorite crating holiday. Here’s a super simple DIY to adorn your home, your love day tree (that should be a thing!), or a gift. Materials: Create tassels to your desired length and thickness (See tassel tutorial for detailed instructions.) Use a non stretchy cord for the…

  • birthday parfait.

    birthday parfait.

    For Bebe’s actual birthday we celebrated at home with a “Birthday Parfait” (keke) and a balloon arch photoshoot! Here’s how you can throw a birthday parfait of your own. Birthday Parfait For our birthday parfait I gathered: For funsies we also crumbled chocolate scones (leftover from our Outside Party!) on…

  • outside party!

    outside party!

    Bebe is two! For birthmonth we celebrated with an outside party, which is just a fun way to say a party at the park, because Bebe absolutely loves the outside and often exclaims ‘Outside!’ when he needs some fresh air and room to run. The sun sets so early, so…

  • highlights and sneak peeks.

    highlights and sneak peeks.

    Happy New Year! I’m kicking off this year’s posts with a Top 4 highlights from 2022 + sneak peeks to some 2023 posts! You ready? In no particular order… 1. Reinstated (low key) birthmonth activities. If you’ve been following along you know I enjoy multiple smaller celebrations throughout the month…