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Caramel-Banana Muffins
This is one of those recipes that I’ve had in my “stack of recipes to try” for some time now, meaning to try it and just never getting around to it. But the good news is, I finally got around to it, and I’m glad I did—this is a really good muffin recipe! It’s from Midwest…
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Spring Flowers from my Garden
It was so nice to see the flowers start blooming this spring, brightening up the outdoors with their vivid color! It had been a longer-than-usual and colder-than-usual winter, so I was really ready for spring to come this year. I love to watch the new growth in a spring garden, as buds start appearing on…
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Pretty Things
Every now and then, when I want to look at beautiful images of flowers and other pretty things, I visit A Creative Mint. The author of this blog, Leslie, is a talented photographer and also has a background in interior design and architecture. I like the way she adds different borders to her photographs—it makes such…
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All Things Work Together for Good
We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. ROMANS 8:28 We always have hope because God is working for our good in all things. That’s so encouraging! Even though it’s hard to see and understand how God is working when we’re…
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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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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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Chocolate Truffles
We had a recipe exchange at work about a year ago, and my very creative friend Alisa made this awesome recipe card design for the dessert she was sharing. I think it’s the most creative recipe card I have in my collection! Alisa did the art and hand lettering on it…she is so talented! 🙂…
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The Power of His Name
We sang this song at church today…it beautifully expresses the power and authority of Jesus. Listen to this song by clicking here:
NancyC 