The wonderful Gordon Gossip led me to this latest find: Nonpareil, a beautiful online magazine with ideas, vendors, inspirations, DIYs, downloads, tutorials and more for weddings. (Though of course, many of the above can be applied to any occasion. I find all kinds of party ideas on wedding sites.) The spread shown here revisits the dessert buffet, with vintage … Read More ...
Ballet Shoe Cookies
How lovely is this idea? A ballet shoe cookie with ribbon. Very clever. Find the post HERE at Cake Journal.
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Video Game Cookies. Lots of ’em.
Look what I found! A place for the collision of geeks and cookie lovers: Snack or Die. A whole blog devoted to sweet treats that honor video games. Recent posts include Portal GlaDOS cupcakes and Kingdom Hearts Heartless cookies. OK, so I don’t know what those are (I once excelled at Intellivision and playing with my friend’s Atari, but … Read More ...
Cookie Decorating School
I have way too many degrees as it is, but I’d so love a phD in cookies. Bridget of Bake at 350 has created the University of Cookie, a place for learning (on the internet, that is) the art of cookie decorating through video tutorials. The introductory video covers a classic how-do-I? for novice (and not so novice) cookie … Read More ...
Earth Day Treats
Just a few more sweets for Earth Day:
- Make Earth cupcakes and Rice Krispie treats with Under the Table and Dreaming.
- Make Earth cake pops with vanilla and lace.
- And from yours truly, marshmallows and cookies.
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Kid-Friendly Mother’s Day Recipes
Find a roundup of Mother’s Day recipe ideas HERE at Family Fun, like these slipper cookies or these queen’s cupcakes. Not sure how I feel about the bagel family portrait, though.
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Button Cookies and Clever Packaging
Oh. My. Goodness. I haven’t stopped thinking about this cute button cookie packaging idea since I spotted them on Sugar and Meringue. So brilliant! Find the how-tos and a free download HERE.
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Cloud Cookie Tutorial
Visit forty-sixth at grace for yet another lovely photo tutorial: how to make cloud cookies. Find the tutorial HERE.
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What to Do With Leftover Easter Candy
Now, I just spent a day creating THIS POST on how to get rid of Peeps, but I guess you could try more realistic methods than putting them in a Starfighter to attach the Death Star (that sentence will make more sense if you click on “THIS POST“).
Here are some great ideas for using Easter Candy and … Read More ...
Amazing Alice in Wonderland Party
Even though I’ve already posted quite a bit on Alice in Wonderland parties, I couldn’t resist the fabulous ideas and photos from Sprinkle Bakes. Find tips on decorating these cookies and lots of other stunning goodies HERE.
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DIY Cookie Cutters
Find a great tutorial on making your own copper cookie cutters HERE at Roots and Wings Co. I love this. At the store, we had hundreds of cutters, but we used to make our own whenever we started getting the same unique requests over and over, like logos or cartoon characters. No matter how many hundreds of shapes exist, … Read More ...
Star Wars Cookies
First the Alice in Wonderland cupcake eye candy, and now the Star Wars baked goods… Find a roundup of clever cookies from various bakers HERE at OCWeekly. Picture shown from flickr user SweetSugarBelle.
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Colorful St. Patrick’s Day Shortbread Cookies
Find the recipe for these cute St. Patrick’s Dayshortbread cookies and the how-tos for rolling colors into the shortbread HERE at Cheeky Kitchen.
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Alice in Wonderland Cookies
Find the how-tos and supplies for making these Alice in Wonderland Wafer Paper Cookies HERE at one of my favorite shops, Fancy Flours.
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St. Patrick’s Day Pretzels and Rainbows
Check out the St. Patrick’s Day ideas over at Munchkin Munchies. I love these shamrock pretzels and rainbow cookies. Find the recipe for the pretzels HERE and the rainbow cookies HERE.
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