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  • Hand Lettering Inspiration

    Being a designer, I really appreciate creative hand lettering! Lately I’ve been seeing more casual, colorful layouts on everything from greeting cards to packaging and magazine ads.

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  • Creative Stitching with Aimee Ray

    If you love stitching and embroidery, you’ll need to check out Aimee Ray’s book, Doodle Stitching: The Motif Collection. Aimee does some wonderfully creative stitching-—I’ve seen a lot of her projects for this book in person, because I used to sit right next to her at work! We were both designers for a greeting card company,…

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  • Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

    I am a big fan of dark chocolate. I actually prefer 60% cacao or even 72% or even 80% to milk chocolate! I love the rich cocoa flavor without it being overly sweet. Do any of you feel the same way? If you like dark chocolate, or even if you just plain like chocolate, I…

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  • Potpourri in a Vintage Bowl

    I have several pretty vintage bowls and they’re perfect for holding potpourri. In this bowl, I started with some inexpensive potpourri I had purchased and added some of my own dried flowers—roses and baby’s breath from a bouquet, and dried lavender and rosemary from my garden. I also like to add eucalyptus when I have…

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  • More Cupcakes by Naomi

    Naomi, the creative cupcake decorator I blogged about a few days ago, has a website set up for her baking business. I really like the design of the site–it’s simple and it showcases her cupcake artistry very nicely (she also bakes yummy-looking cakes and cookies). I especially like her cupcake line art in the logo.…

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  • Cupcake Eye Candy

    Have you heard of Hello Naomi? I’ve just discovered her on the web as I’ve been looking for tips and inspiration on cupcake decorating. I was “WOWed” by the many photos I saw of her work!

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