Hellooooooo CANDY CART! We wanted to create the perfect Halloween candy cart that’s super charming for a Halloween party! Something a little more sophisticated and enjoyable for the “older kids” (aka adults) was our motivation

The Perfect Halloween Candy Cart!

I absolutely love essential oils! Every night, I diffuse lavender by my bed and have a special bedtime blend for Romeo. There’s so much you can do with them, we decided to make

DIY Essential Oil Candles

We did a little cocktail mixing and shaking a few weeks ago and created this beauty! It’s an Italian Paloma and it has grapefruit, orange, tequila, lemon juice, Campari and a few other

Italian Paloma Cocktail Recipe

I still have the invitation to my Kindergarten graduation with written instructions to bring a dozen of your favorite cookies. I chose my favorite peanut butter cookies and I can remember bringing the plate

Loaded Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

Before I dive into this delicious cocktail recipe, I’m sharing my favorite new line of dinnerware and a fun giveaway! Last month we went to Sonoma with Williams-Sonoma and Fortessa to celebrate the

Easy Hibiscus Gin Sour

How charming are these chocolate-dipped spoons?! And they’re beyond easy to make, in just a few steps, which is why they’re easy entertaining at its best! Chocolate-dipped spoons are great for after dinner

Easy Entertaining: Chocolate-Dipped Spoons

Do you know how easy it is to decorate a cake?! ANYONE can do it and we’re showing you with this gorgeous, pink velvet cake recipe! We topped this cake strawberries, raspberries, beautiful

Pink Velvet Cake Recipe + Easy way to Decorate it!

Anytime I make a punch for a party, it always has an ice ring! These DIY ice rings you can make for party punch add such a charming, vibrant touch to the punch

DIY Ice Rings for Party Punch

Creating a charming holiday table setting for Christmas has been a passion of mine since I was a kid! My mother would go nutty as

A Charming Holiday Table Setting

We’re going old school with these DIY reusable oilcloth bowl covers! They’re actually so useful and a DIY that I use often! I have this handy 10-piece glass bowl set that I use for mixing, storing, etc.

DIY Reusable Oilcloth Bowl Covers

Happy National Watermelon Day! Many of you might remember this old school watermelon sherbet bombe cake recipe from your childhood! We’re bringing back this fun watermelon ice cream cake and it’s looking mighty

Watermelon Sherbet Bombe Cake

Thanks to 2 very dedicated agriculture pioneers who believed in the little blue dynamos, we’re celebrating 100 years since the first commercial blueberries were sold from farm to table! July is National Blueberry

Blueberry Crunch Icebox Cake

We’ve been hard at work creating a water conservation-friendly, grassless backyard! When you live in a desert climate, it only makes sense to use as little water as possible for the landscape. Of

10 Grassless Backyards

How amazing is this DIY Fabric Marbling technique? Fabric marbling is such a unique method and an awesome way to create a cool pattern you can somewhat control and transfer to other surfaces. We

DIY Fabric Marbling

We teamed up with Tablespoon to throw a charming brunch with some easy recipes and fun decor! The gin and jam cocktail and super easy beignets are a must! Watch the video and

A Charming Brunch with Easy Beignets

Shortbread cookies are one of my favorite cookies! Not surprising since the two main ingredients are butter and powdered sugar! I can’t deny the crumbly texture with a subtle crispy edge and buttery taste! This

The Best Shortbread Cookie Recipe with Edible Flowers

A few months ago, we teamed up with Tablespoon to shoot 3 fun party videos!! We’re excited to share our first mini-episode, a fabulous Cookies and Cocktail Party with 3 delicious recipes! I

Cookies and Cocktail Party!

White plates are my favorite dishware staple and we use them everyday, but with this technique, you can create beautiful DIY watercolor plates that will add a pop of color to your dishware

DIY Watercolor Plates

Tulips are spring’s most coveted flower. Unlike other flowers, tulips continue to grow after being cut! They come in the most beautiful colors and look gorgeous alone in bud vases or even in

How to Care for Cut Tulips

I’m sure many of you have tasted Entenmann’s chocolate donuts. They sell them at most grocery stores and they have that harder, kind of waxy coating… I absolutely love them, haha! I wanted to

Baked Chocolate Donuts with Homemade Magic Shell Coating

There’s a place in LA that serves Soju and Sake fruit cocktails and after I tried a few, I knew I wanted to make some! Soju is a Korean distilled beverage made from

Make Ahead Soju & Sake Fruit Cocktails

This year’s DIY Advent Calendar is definitely my favorite so far! These tiny wooden houses lined up on my mantle are just about the most charming Christmas decor ever! I made the advent

DIY Wooden Houses Advent Calendar

This Gooey Chocolate Cherry Crock-Pot Cake is definitely going to be a Halloween tradition in our home!! Around this time a year, I keep my slow cooker on hand as it's the best

Gooey Chocolate Cherry Crock-Pot Cake

This year I teamed up with Apothic Wines to create some special recipes that will be out in 2015! I know, the wait is long, but it’s been an amazing project I’ve been working

Sangria Granita Snow Cones

In Mexico, during the Day of the Dead celebrations, sugar skulls and sugar art has been a tradition since the 17th century. They’re created from homemade sugar paste, put into molds, then decorated

How to Make Mexican Sugar Skulls

We had to put the half gallon of apple cider we have from our apple picking adventure to good use, so Moscow Mules it is!! As much as I love a standard Moscow Mule

Apple Cider Moscow Mules

With baking season upon us, I thought it would be helpful to have a charming “cheat sheet” or conversion chart, as it’s called, lying around for convenience! So today we’re pleased to share

Charming Printable Kitchen Conversion Chart

We love celebrating seasons here at Sugar and Charm and I’ve made it known that my favorite seasons are fall and winter. I love all of the activities a new season brings and

The Ultimate Pumpkin Pie

There are so many great apps for shooting, editing and customizing iphone photos that it’s hard to keep track of them all. The standard editing ones are great, but today I’m sharing the

6 Incredibly Fun Photo Apps

I’ve always been attracted to the charm a dining nook or small cafe-style table and chairs add to a kitchen. Especially if there is already a formal dining room, a kitchen nook is

15 Charming Kitchen Nooks

There are several easy and creative ways to transform a bland backyard into a mini-oasis. Below are 10 simple ways to add a little charm to your backyard, without any major renovations! These tips

10 Simple Ways to Add Charm to a Backyard

Lately, I’ve been enjoying cocktails made with tea. This Peach Tea and Rum Cocktail definitely takes the cake. It’s a “peachy” twist on an old Charleston punch recipe from 1783! Who knew hip

Peach Tea and Rum Cocktail

I've been seeing half painted (or 3/4 painted) rooms lately on Pinterest and I'm really inspired by them! It's a cheaper option to wainscoting, but gives a similar and colorful look. And I

11 Chic Half Painted Rooms

Hot summer days are upon us and we’ve been soaking them up with homemade popsicles! If you follow Sugar and Charm on Instagram you might have noticed us snacking on some coconut water

Coconut Water Fruit Popsicles

There are a few reasons why this cake is named the Heaven and Hell Cake. First and most obvious, it tastes like heaven, but it’s also hell to make. At least that’s what I

Heaven and Hell Cake Recipe

When we go to Paradise Cove, I’m always tempted to order the pineapple mojito because they serve it in a pineapple cup and it makes me feel as if I’m on a tropical

How to Make a Toasted Coconut Pineapple Cocktail in a Pineapple Cup

In honor of Motherʼs Day I wanted to invite a few of my fellow mom friends over for a relaxing backyard tea party. Just a few hours without our beautiful children to chat,

Mother’s Day Backyard Tea Party

When summer hits, many of us will be dusting off our outdoor furniture and stocking up on some new items to refresh our backyards! I had a goal to have our backyard somewhat finished

10 Beautiful Small Backyards

I’m pretty excited about today’s post! We’ve teamed up with Astrobrights Paper to create 4 simple, bright and colorful paper crafts for your next party! The possibilities are endless when creating charming party

4 Colorful Paper Party Ideas

Happy Monday! Here’s a sweet and very easy blondie recipe to start off the week! This is my favorite recipe for the best toffee chocolate chip peanut butter blondies ever! I usually make

Toffee Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Blondies

My friend came over the other day and brought me a bag full of yellow grapefruit. I’m usually a pink grapefruit kind of gal, but when I tasted it, I couldn’t believe how

Yellow Grapefruit Margarita Recipe

Ever since our trip to New Orleans, I’ve been dreaming about the deep fried, fluffy, piled-high-with-sugar beignets recipe at the legendary Café Du Monde. The historical French Market has been serving up the

Traditional New Orleans Beignets Recipe

This Carrot Margarita recipe was inspired by the cocktail served at Flora Farm in Cabo San Lucas. I thought there is no way a margarita made with carrot juice can taste good…can’t happen.

Carrot Margarita Recipe

It must be the caffeine in the tea, or maybe it’s the combination of the gin, tea and honey… whatever it is, this Earl Grey tea cocktail is an energy booster! I’ll sip

Earl Grey Tea Cocktail

This cocktail has changed my mind about whiskey. Really it has! I never enjoyed sipping on any type of whiskey drink because of the strong taste, until this one. And who knows, this

Drunken Leprechaun

Sparkling wine alone is delicious, but I prefer it in a cocktail! With the Oscars this Sunday, I pulled together 15 of the most beautiful cocktails using bubbly! The sophistication of Champagne and

15 Fabulous Sparkling Cocktails

Every day and every breath is a gift, so why not celebrate and eat fudge?! And with this fudge recipe, making it has never been so easy. There are only 5 ingredients in

5 Ingredient Raspberry Marble Fudge Recipe

You guys are going to love these ginger cocktail recipes and homemade ginger syrup! It’s incredibly easy to make the syrup and extremely versatile when it comes to mixing hand-crafted ginger cocktails. It

Homemade Ginger Syrup & Ginger Cocktail Recipes

You're gonna go bananas over this cake! When we were visiting Zan's family over the holidays, his mom told me about a Butterfinger banana cake she's been making for the boys since they were

Butterfinger Banana Cake

If you follow me on Instagram, you know I painted one wall in my dining room with chalkboard paint. I was hesitant at first, but then decided to do it because, my goodness,

Transferring Type and Logos to a Chalkboard Wall

Our first Christmas in our home called for a Sugar and Charm holiday party and toy drive benefitting one of my favorite Los Angeles non-profits, Baby2Baby. I’m happy to report the party and drive

Cookies and Cocktail Holiday Party & Toy Drive

The Old Fashioned can be a little intimidating because of its age, staggering taste of bourbon whiskey and just the simple fact that it’s known to be the original cocktail. In other terms,

Burnt Orange Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe

Alright, it’s been about 85 degrees in LA the past week, but on the day I made these there were clouds in the sky and fall was in the air. I think it

Hot Chocolate on a Stick Recipe

Let’s start this off by Zan’s reaction to the pie, “it’s by far the best pecan pie recipe I’ve ever tasted.” Yup, he really said that and I don’t get that reaction too

The Best Brown Butter Rum Pecan Pie Recipe Ever!

Hellooo Friday! It’s the weekend before Halloween, which means major party time for many of you. You’ll be happy to know that I have the BEST sangria recipe ever for Halloween! I call

Black Sangria Recipe

If you think you don’t like beets, you haven’t had them like this! The vibrant color alone makes you want dive in with a delicious piece of toasted pita. I know I don’t

Best Beet Dip Ever

Last week Zan and I escaped to New Orleans for a few days. After hearing it has some of the best food, amazing jazz bars, baby alligators that you

New Orleans Travel Diaries

I was excited when Better Homes and Gardens invited me to try the new line of dishware they sell at Walmart. Since I have a set of round white dishes, I chose some modern,

Sweet Mornings – The Best Frittata Recipe Ever!

In honor of all the Labor Day BBQs that are going down this weekend, we’ve created DIY tiki torches out of classic American liquor bottles. I originally spotted this idea at my friend

DIY Tiki Torch Bottles

We're proud to present Sugar and Charm's party buying guide! It's an excellent resource for buying party essentials like drinks and snacks for entertaining up to 24 guests! If you ever need to

Party Buying Guide

I’ve made Moscow Mules several times and they’re always a hit and very refreshing. I also like that they’re extremely easy to make (we love simple around here!) and a multi-seasonal cocktail. Moscow

Blueberry Moscow Mules

Happy Monday! I know you all enjoyed the first weekend of summer, yay! With a plethora of lemons that grow around here I’m always thinking of different ways I can use my favorite

Watermelon Lemonade Recipe

I love sipping on a good margarita when it’s a beautiful, sunny day, but sometimes margaritas can be a pain to make because of all the ingredients. There’s also an art to making

Lemonade Margarita

When we were in Turks and Caicos this past Christmas we learned how to make the Island’s signature drink recipe — a Rum Punch. We made them a few times everyday in our

Turks and Caicos Rum Punch Recipe

“I want my geese to lay gold eggs for easter!” Just like Veruca Salt, I wanted a few gold eggs for Easter, so I made it happen with some beautiful gold leaf. For my

Gold Leaf Easter Eggs!

After having the incredible lemon ricotta pancakes at Plow in San Francisco, I was determined to come home and make some! The pancakes at Plow had a strong lemon taste, which I loved,

Sweet Mornings – Lemon Ricotta Pancakes with Homemade Ricotta

I usually make these cookies around the holidays, but as the years go on I'm learning that they're actually a terrific year-round chocolate cookie! By far they are my most requested cookie to

My Favorite Chocolate Cherry Cookies

I’ve eaten a lot of brownies in my life (is that such a bad thing?) and I can honestly say these salted caramel brownies are absolutely amazing! I adapted the recipe from the

Salted Caramel Brownies Adapted from Baked

I first tried this vanilla bean panna cotta recipe when our close friend Todd made it for us on New Year's and I knew I needed to make it and share the recipe

The Best Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta Recipe

What better way to celebrate an anniversary than peanut butter caramel cheesecake?! Today is our four year wedding anniversary! When I think back on that day, I can’t believe four years have passed.

Peanut Butter, Caramel Cheesecake to Celebrate 4 Years of Marriage

Mini fondant pumpkin pies on top of pumpkin cupcakes! How much do you just want to gobble one of these down? I had to make them after seeing it here. That little piece

Oh, Hey Little Slice of Fondant Pumpkin Pie

I truly enjoyed this drink for days and it is my beloved cocktail for fall. Not only was the cocktail incredible, but the process of making homemade apple cider was so much fun!

The Best Homemade Apple Cider Cocktail Ever!

Jolly Rancher punch? Oh yes. I made this last year for our Halloween party and not only was it a total hit, but it was super easy to make! And it tastes like

Spiked Jolly Rancher Punch

Banana breakfast sandwiches – yum! As expressed in a previous post, I’m telling you again that I really love Tyler Florence’s baby food book, Start Fresh, because that’s exactly where I got this recipe!!

Sweet Mornings – Banana Breakfast Sandwiches

I was browsing through my very adored and cherished Martha Stewart magazine they so generously give Sugar and Charm every month and I spotted this DELICIOUS recipe. A few things I love about these pancakes...

Sweet Mornings – Blueberry Dutch Pancakes

These are called french toast puffs and they’re the most delicious version of french toast ever! A crispy and crunchy outside with a soft, almost doughy like, puff inside. Seriously amazing! See below

Sweet Mornings – French Toast Puffs

I saw this idea on Martha’s website and I had to make my own mini terra-cotta votives! Aren’t they adorable for fall entertaining?! You can make any size (even really large!) and add any scent

diy terracotta votives

Strawberry Crunch Icebox Cake The end of summer is upon us and Labor Day is right around the corner. Time to get the red, white and blue out for one more summer BBQ. I

Strawberry Crunch Icebox Cake

We make it so easy for people when we just hand them gift money in a card… Don’t you think they should work for it a little more? The answer is Money Balloons!!

Last week I made three cocktails for Style Me Pretty and Macy's. I wanted to share my favorite one with you... the Honey Citrus cocktail. It's fresh squeezed grapefruit juice and orange juice, with Skyy

Honey Citrus Cocktail

I’ve been wanting to make a pie in these 4 ounce mason jars I have laying around. With Easter only a few weeks away, I thought a Lemon Honey Meringue Pie would be

Mini Lemon Honey Meringue Pies

It's been one of those weeks! Sorry I haven't posted too much, but I've been doing really fun things like organizing our new apartment (since we moved two weeks ago), preparing our documents for taxes

Lavender Mojito

I did it – I finally made a candy bar! I’ve been wanting to do this for awhile, but never got around to it. So while I was home taking care of a

Homemade Snickers Bar Recipe

Okay, I know this red velvet cheesecake is totally overboard, a caloric craziness and a lot of time in the making, but it tastes OH SO GOOD!!! It consists of an original cheesecake

Red Velvet Cheesecake

Growing up, these Italian sodas were my favorite!! My mom and I would always stop by a little coffee shack on our road trips to Oregon. I remember ordering the blueberry Italian soda

I was reading the magazine Edible Santa Barbara the other day and I came across the best two-page advertisement I've ever seen. It was for St-Germain and inside the magazine they provided card stock tear-outs

Summer Drink Recipes from St-Germain

I love the idea of infusing sugar! The wonderful uses of infused sugars are endless. You can use the citrus or lavender sugar in a poundcake or sugar cookie recipe to add a

Butter-less chocolate chip cookies, what else can I say? I conducted an experiment last night… I tried making chocolate chip cookies without using butter. Why? Because most of the time when I use

Butter-less Chocolate Chip Cookies

We’re loving these Anthro-inspired zinc letters! Kristin, a very lovely Charmer, sent over this easy and affordable craft project. We’ve all seen the silver letters at Anthropologie and other darling stores, but it’s

Anthro-style Zinc Inspired Letters

Enamel painted vases – I’m in love! If you like to paint, I have a really fun project to share today! My inspiration for these easy DIY enamel painted vases came from a restaurant

Enamel Painted Vases – Easy and Beautiful!

These Roly Poly Santa Cookies are the cutest of the cookie bunch! They’re buttery and delicious and you’ll almost feel bad for eating their legs and head, but you won’t regret it once you

Ho, Ho, Ho! Roly-Poly Santa Cookie Recipe

I’m so excited to share these DIY Chiffon and Tulle flowers from Project Wedding. They are absolutely beautiful and you can use them in so many creative ways! I was thinking you can make

DIY gorgeous chiffon flowers

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