Smiling tiger cupcakes

These cute tiger cupcakes, with hand-painted fondant toppers, are by PJ'S Baby Cakes in Lincoln, Nebraska, via Flickr. Visit pjsbabycakes.com for ordering information.



And unrelated but beautiful love cupcakes:

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The Pretty Packages Party Highlights

What a great party we had last week!
You are all making the world prettier, one package at a time!

A big THANK YOU to everyone who linked up!
Here are a few of my favorites:



What child wouldn't LOVE getting their birthday present in this clown box?






Sandy at Sandy's Space created this magnificent can for Chinese New Year.  It will hold the mandarin oranges that she delivers to friends and family as a good luck tokens.  Isn't it pretty??
 I LUV these sweet tic tac valentines by Smile Monsters!  These would be in a big bowl on my desk if I was still in the corporate world!  A gift for ME and for my clients...can we say stinky coffee breath?


Happy Little Heart delivered a Valentine home run with this gorgeous see-thru red envelope package.  Isn't is the sweetest?!?!


You must go to Three Pixie Lane and open this lunch box! I stole some ideas for my son's Valentine's lunch...you will, too!
Oh!  You must read her post to the end...it has a surprise ending!!
Too cute!


Last but not least, these little strawberries from Craftberry Bush are just the sweetest little packages EVER!
Wouldn't they be cute party favors for a baby shower or a Strawberry Shortcake party?


Thanks again to everyone for sharing their wonderful ideas!
Don't forget to come back next month!!
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Smiles!!!



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My moms cookie cutters



Over the holidays I went back to Savannah to visit my mom and family. As most families do over the holidays - we baked. I had it in my head that I wanted to make Linzer Cookies, which are traditional Austrian cookies that I love. They're two cookies placed on top of each other with raspberry or strawberry jam in the center and a hole cut out of the top one dusted with confectioners sugar... so good. So in order to make these I needed some round cookie cutters and then smaller round cutters for the hole in the top cookie. I asked my mom where her cookie cutters were and I was happy to see that she had quite the collection. I am the youngest of 4 children and my mom was quite the baker when we were growing up (and still is) we have home video's of us decorating cookies at almost every holiday made with these very cookie cutters. Getting them all out brought back a lot of memories and I thought I would share her expansive collection with all of you.

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