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Stationery Card View the entire collection of cards. Happy Holidays! I love making cards with Shutterfly! Here is this years card....can you believe how much the kids have grown.

 Ingredients: 1 cup Thai Sweet Rice  1-2 ripe mangos, cut into bite-size pieces  4 Tbsp. palm sugar or brown sugar  1/4 tsp. salt 1 can coconut milk water  Preparation: Soak the rice in 1 cup water for 20-30 minutes or up to 4 hours. Do not drain the rice. Simply add 3/4 cup (more) water, plus 1/4 can coconut milk, 1/4 tsp. salt, and 1 Tbsp. Palm sugar. Stir this into the rice. Bring to a gentle boil, then partially cover with a lid (leaving some room for steam to escape). Reduce heat to medium-low Simmer in this way for 20 minutes, or until the coconut-water has been absorbed by the rice. Turn off the heat, but leave the pot on the burner with the lid on tight. Allow to sit for 5-10 minutes.  To make the sauce, warm (do not boil) the rest of the can of coconut milk over medium-low heat (5 minutes). Add 3 Tbsp. sugar, stirring to dissolve. Taste-test the sauce for sweetness, adding more sugar if desired. (note that it...

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How would you like to win a Baby Bullet set to get started on making baby food yourself? Enter with the Giveaway Tool below for your chance to win! This giveaway is open to US Residents only, ages 18 and older. It will run from August 7, 2013 through August 21, 2013 at 11 PM CST. Welcome to the Baby Bullet Food Making System Giveaway! Hosted by:  Savory Savings LoveMy2Dogs and GottaGetMyBodyBack Sponsored by: Baby Bullet Have you thought about making your own baby food, but decided not because you thought it would be too hard or take too much time?  Have you heard of the Baby Bullet?  It is a food puree system by the makers of Magic Bullet – but with special blades and cups just for baby food!  This easy to use machine is convenient, fun and fast!  Krista over at Savory Savings had a chance to review the Baby Bullet and has shared her thoughts on why she wishes she had this when her little ladies were babies and how she is using it now when...

A little while back we celebrated Aurora's 5th Birthday Party. This is a party that I literally had been planning since the day after her fourth birthday. Since she always loves to make things interesting for me, this time she picked a Fairy and Pirate theme. She loves fairies but she also has many little boy friends at school and we didn't want to leave any of them out. We celebrated it at the Shoreline Interpretive Center in my town. Aurora and her cousin Liam. This party incorporated a lot of DIY (since I was at home on maternity leave) products from many awesome vendors, and items that I had won from giveaways. This party was also pretty special since I got to help out one of my favorite vendors and now friend Julie from Cakes and Kids . My party got to be in a commercial for AliBaba.com that featured their customer success stories! The invitations and printables were custom designed by BellaGrey Designs  I had fondant topper...