I present to you this cake decorating how to for beginners. Think of it as an amateur’s guide to Birthday Cake Decorating.

How to start:

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Flower pockets are a fun spring project and provide plenty of blooms all summer long. The pockets look sweet, and get buried directly in the soil! Better yet, even the littlest of hands can help make them. You’ll also love giving them to teachers, grandparents, neighbors and friends. They make a great little gift-for-no-reason.

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A perfect Spring-time project. Let’s make a wheatgrass centerpiece using some basic things from around the house. This is super easy, even if you’ve never grown wheatgrass before.

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For really eye-catching Easter Eggs, try dyeing, then découpaging.

Find full instructions below.

For the dye, use food coloring drops, boiling water and vinegar, mixed. Give the boiled eggs a rubdown with vinegar before putting them in the dyebath, and they take the color more intensely.

Carla sent me the most stunning photos of her home, and I loved every single one. But then she wrote back right away and asked “Did I erase too much of my kids in those photos?” That was something she didn’t want to do, no matter how gorgeous the pictures. I assured her we would understand, especially since there are a lot of good ideas to take from this tour.

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