Birthday party guests usually bring gifts, not cake. So imagine my surprise when at my daughter’s eighth birthday party I answered the door to a mother holding a beautifully decorated cake complete with candles. Sonya and her son Jake stepped in and opened my eyes.
We found an assortment of fun wooden birdhouses at Michael’s and knew we could do something colorful with them, maybe even make some cute gifts for teachers or the holidays.
The birdhouses sat in a box untouched for a while and then we moved them cross-country with us. As I unpacked them, my daughter and I decided it was time to do something fun! We decided to use up what we had in the house and as always, we had plenty of craft supplies. We took a couple of days to work on these, except for the solid-colored one, which Maggie painted in about an hour. This is one of those crafts that can be as simple or complex as you want!
Pastry chef and author, Paula Shoyer, makes warm weather entertaining easy and delicious.
Every great celebration is just a little sweeter with a great dessert. As summer sets in and warm weather brings us outdoors for barbecues, picnics, and concerts now is the tastiest time to reach for seasonal and sweet fresh fruit. Pastry chef, teacher and cookbook author, Paula Shoyer, has created a light and easy summer dessert perfect for anyone who loves to create something special for family and friends that’s also dairy free!
