Birthday Brownies

This year birthdays have been tough to celebrate. Our family decided to hold one dinner to celebrate all six birthdays in our little clan. I was to bring these marinated veggies I’ve become famous for in our family, dinner rolls, and the dessert. And in true Katie fashion, I decided to make five different types…

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Lemon Blueberry Pie Ice Cream

For Father’s Day, I asked my dad what his favorite dessert was. He said anything with lemon and blueberry in it, so I came up with lemon blueberry ice cream “pie”! Homemade lemon blueberry ice cream, topped with (store bought dough) pie crust cages and homemade whipped cream. Served in champagne glasses for extra fancyness!

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Money Cake

A money birthday cake for my sister! She loves googly eyes, so all the “candles” on the top row have little faces on them 🙂

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Purple Skull Tote Bag

Canvas tote bag made for Ara’s birthday. I found the swirly skull pattern online, adapted it to meet my needs, traced it onto the fabric and freestyle machine embroidered it. It’s lined with a complementing fabric and has extra long straps.

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Birthday Balloons

For my sister’s birthday, I tied cash to a bunch of helium filled balloons, taped those balloons down onto a box at strategic heights and then trapped all the balloons under a layer of wrapping paper, so when she opened the box, all the balloons would pop out, but not fly away!

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Strawberry Shortcake Pop Cake

Who remembers those delicious Strawberry Shortcake ice cream pops? My husband challenged me to make him a giant one for his birthday cake and I can’t believe how good it turned out! I even used a spoon to take a “bite” out of the corner for dramatic effect. Usually, I prefer make my own ice…

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Mom’s 65th Birthday Party

Hunk a-hunk of burnin’ pumpkin! Cheesecake Sandcastle For my mom’s 65th birthday party, we threw Mom an Elvis Presley Beach Bash, complete with surfing Elvis cardboard cutout! But since her birthday is in late September it had a bit of an autumn slant. The homemade cheesecake sandcastle wasn’t an easy task!

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Party Time Wreath

Every Memorial Day and Labor Day we throw these big potluck BBQs to 1) celebrate the beginning and end of summer and 2) Josh and my birthdays! His birthday is at the end of May and mine is at the beginning of September, so it works out perfectly. This year I wanted to make a…

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Kat and Kayla Cakes

Our friends Kat and Kayla both have birthdays at the end of October, so they decided to have a joint birthday party this year! I made the Owl cupcakes for Kayla because she loves owls. They’re made from Oreos and Reese’s Pieces. The Bud Light cupcakes are for Kat because she loves Bud Light. The…

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