There are so many great ideas for every aspect of life collected on the blog, Gordon Gossip, that you can easily spend a big piece of your day just scrolling. Thanks to Gordon Gossip for making my job easier today! Here are just a few recent sweet finds: These cupcake liners from Elinor Klivans found here. (Those who … Read More ...
O’ Chronicle. How I Love Thee.
I have a secret obsession that will soon be secret no more. Chronicle Books. I’m working on Cookie Book Number Two, and it is my dream to have Chronicle as my publisher. If you’ve not heard of Chronicle (could it be?) I suggest you click here immediately. Chronicle’s books are funky, hip, chic, unique, and beautifully crafted. All of them. … Read More ...
Gorgeous Rose Ice Cubes
This idea for rose ice cubes from the site, “Vintage Glam Weddings,” can easily be applied to any sophisticated soiree. Use the cubes in an ice bucket to chill bottles, and dress up the bar. I love getting tips from wedding sites, and no wedding is even necessary. Also check out these DIY chocolate truffle favors and soda … Read More ...
Sweet Pizza and Other Food Look-Alikes
Another sweet idea from Family Fun… this cake, icing and fruit “pizza.” Looks almost like the real thing. And super easy to make (find the instructions here).
Also check out their April Fools recipe section for more food-that-looks-like-other-food, such as this meatloaf cupcake.Or these faux fries (made with bread). Or this sugary meal (made with … Read More ...
It’s an Orange, It’s a Candle
What an oh so clever use for an orange! The creative mom from “Mom in Madison” gives us the easy step-by-steps and accompanying photographs for making your own orange peel candles. And, I’ll say it again (apolgies for sounding like a broken record to those who regularly read my column), once again, this blogger demonstrates the importance … Read More ...
Cupcake Coin Purse Giveaway
Support the craft bloggers of the world! Visit the Aussie-based blog, “Apparently Jessy…A Blog About Cupcakes & Craft Amongst Other Things,” become a follower, leave a comment and enter to win this super cute hand embroidered cupcake coin purse. Enter to win here before February 27.
… Read More ...Celebrate Mardi Gras
February 24 (Tuesday, of course) is Mardi Gras. Get tips for celebrating with food from these sites:
The Food Network gives recipes for this colorful King cake (shown above) as well as tons more Fat Tuesday fare (like Cajun friend okra and Po’ Boys). Also find a recipe and instructions for a King cake at Andrea’s Recipes. The post … Read More ...
Bread Bows
Cute is the best word to describe these little bows made from foccacia. The blogger from “la prochaine fois” gives us the recipe for foccacia as adapted from the book, “The History of Bread,” by Bernard Dupaigne, as well as photographs of a more traditional version (with cheese!) and her darling, sculpted version.
And the bread bows serve … Read More ...
Literary Inspiration of a Nonfood Kind
This is day two of my I Heart NY posting, and I promise to return to food tomorrow. Included here are some pictures from the glam media Fashion Week event at the Library Hotel in New York City that I attended yesterday for Craft Gossip. The final photo is of a plaque embedded in the sidewalk in front of the … Read More ...
I Heart NY
Bravo to glam media! Glam media, whose portal to the world can be found at glam.com, the fabulous fashion, beauty, home and living site, was my kind host for the day. In honor of Fashion Week, they welcomed us bloggers to the Writer’s Den suite in the grand Library Hotel (which, my other host–in the form of providing … Read More ...
Dress Up Your Dinner Glasses
These gorgeous wine glasses are brought to you by one of my favorite sites, the hostess with the mostess blog. Find the link on the hostess blog here. The design, made with rub-on transfers, is also removeable, so you can switch the designs depending on your party theme. Oh so clever. The product used by the hostess blog … Read More ...
Pig Themed Party Food – Piggy Bites
Even though this post is a year old, the minute I saw these piggy bread bites, I had to post. I just think they are so adorable. Visit “Cafe Chocolada” for the recipe and instructions. The blogger adapted the recipe from “oblakica” (in Croatian), who in turn got the recipe from a Dr. Oetker cookbook. I can’t get over … Read More ...
Free Download for Candy Boxes
A hearty (groan, bad pun) thank you to the blogger at “Mushy” for giving us these free, downloadable patterns to create candy boxes. She provides photographs of each step, too, making this an easy project and super cute Valentine’s gift.
… Read More ...Make Your Own Bread Bowl
I’ve always put bread bowls in the category of “cool concept, but probably too difficult to make my own.” Seems I was wrong. The lovely, info filled site “Apple Pie, Patis, and Pate” (pretend the accents are in place, as how to do this eludes me), gives us a simple-seeming recipe and how-to. The site’s subtitle, “On … Read More ...
Hip Chocolate Sculptures
A huge kudos goes to the blog, “If It’s Hip, It’s Here,” for compiling these works by amazing chocolate sculptors. (Shoes by Gerard Petzl…His site is also endlessly fascinating.) See penguins, cities, saints and more. Whole dissertations can be written on the intersection of art, decadence and consumption, I believe, and viewing such work confirms my … Read More ...