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Delicious chai latte cupcakes and a virtual party!

Chai Latte Cupcakes and a Virtual Baby Shower

Incredibly delicious chai latte cupcakes

Today I am thrilled to be teaming up with a wonderful group of bloggers for a very special event. We’re throwing a virtual baby shower for one of our own. Our sweet friend Lauren Lanker of The Thinking Closet, and her husband Mark, are expecting their first baby (a sweet little girl) this June. If you’re new to the idea of a virtual shower, it is similar to a real shower but instead of one person hosting, each of us divvied up food, decorations, games and gift ideas. (you can find all of our recipes, projects and ideas at the bottom of this post).

Every shower needs a yummy dessert, right? I know Lauren loves chai lattes, so I set out to find a fantastic chai latte cupcake recipe to share. If you like chai lattes, I think you’ll love these cupcakes—they are that good!

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Wow your guests with this fun and clever baseball field fruit tray. Perfect for a sports themed birthday party or baby shower!

How to Make a Baseball Field Fruit Tray

Wow your guests with this fun and clever baseball field fruit tray. Perfect for a sports themed birthday party or baby shower!

I remember back during football season, I saw a lot of ideas for setting up vegetable party trays to look like football fields. When I started planning out details for the baby shower I hosted last month, I figured there had to be a baseball version. But much to my surprise, there were very few examples to be found! So after some thinking and sketching, the hubs and I came up with a design for a baseball field fruit tray.

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Old-Fashioned Butter Cookies

So light and delicate, these incredibly delicious old-fashioned butter cookies are sure to become a family favorite!

Light and delicate, but oh-so delicious—these old-fashioned butter cookies are incredibly delicious, and sure to become one of your family’s favorites!

My mom has been making these butter cookies for as many Christmases as I can remember. When I was old enough, she let me add the colored sugar sprinkles before popping tray after tray of cookies into the oven. Later, we’d enjoy these cookies with scoops of peppermint stick ice cream. So, these cookies are truly a part of our family’s holiday traditions!

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