One of my favorite signs of spring is the Washington Post Peeps Diorama Contest. This year is the third annual Peeps Show, and for the past two years I kept thinking “next year I’ll enter.” Well, next year I’ll enter. The rules are simple. Make a diorama of a famous occurence, scene, event from past, present or future using Peeps … Read More ...
Retro Cereal Boxes
I just read here on the Simply Stated food blog that General Mills is bringing back their retro packaging for one month only at Target! I’m a sucker for all things retro (hence, why I can spend hours watching “I Love the 80s.“) But I have to agree with the packaging design site, The Dieline. They … Read More ...
Put a Shirt on that Cupcake
With full credit to Cupcakes Take the Cake for the discovery, find these cupcake “sleeves” at the Roundabouts site. They offer all kinds of themes for parties, holidays and events and can create custom sleeves. Just a sampling: sushi, alien, gumball, popcorn, and ice cream.
A Candy Experience
I first saw this darling lollipop centerpice display on the hostess with the mostess blog (a great go-to for entertaining), which led me to this fantastic candy store, Dylan’s Candy Bar. Dylan’s “merges the worlds of art, popular culture and fashion, with candy.” They have over 5,000 types of candy, including imports and novelties. Their site offers candy, chocolate, … Read More ...
31 Birthday Cakes! (and easy step-by-steps for each)
So I was on Design Mom (uber wonderful blog, incidentally, to which I shall be returning), and saw their post on these “31 Awesome Birthday Cake Designs” at parenting.com. And yes. Yes they are. Each cake has a photo labeling all the fun parts. And each cake has a step-by-step recipe. Find a castle, a basket of … Read More ...
Baby Shower Cupcake Idea
I love this idea for decorating cupcakes at a baby shower: fondant letters. The blogger at “Confessions of a Bakeaholic” has graced us with beautiful photographs from a baby shower she hosted, including links to recipes she used. Find the cupcake recipe and instructions for working with fondant here.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Reusable Snack Bags
Does this count as an edible craft since it’s made of a material you don’t actually eat? I’ll go with the general food-related theory on that, because these eco-friendly snack bags are so cute. The tutorial for making them can be found here at “we wilsons,” a super crafty blog, that I found posted on craftzine.com.… Read More ...
Grape Popsicles…and a Great Vegan Blog
How easy and clever and pretty, oh my. Check out these frozen, skewered grapes (or “grape kabopsicles” as they are named) at the “Raw Vegan Foodie” blog as well as other vegan goodies like papaya jerky and lemon-dill kale chips.… Read More ...
St. Patty’s Day Roundup
We have a bit o’ time before St. Patrick’s Day, so I may have some more round ups, but as it IS March, green is on my mind. First, celebrations.com is always a good go-to for party ideas. Visit their site here for St. Patrick’s party themes, kid friendly parties, beer gear, facts and a history of the day. They … Read More ...
Edible Alice in Wonderland
If Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy didn’t exist, Alice in Wonderland would reign as my all time favorite book. Note, I didn’t even discern “children’s” here, really, all time favorite. I’ve even written near-theses on the topic. Hence my excitement over the Alice dinnerware found by the indie crafts blog here. Well, imagine how ballistic I went over … 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 ...
Easy Cookie Bouquets
As one who made cookie bouquets for a living (here) for about a billion years, and as cookies are piled up all over my life (see here and here and here), I found these super-easy-kid-friendly cookie bouquets from You Can Make This absolutely charming. This site and accompanying blog are filled, and I mean filled, with incredible … Read More ...
Candy Bouquets
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about making candy bouquets can be found at “Incredible Edible Crafts.” The blogger gives tutorials, suggested resources and books, and plenty of links. She also provides links on how to make candy, edible crafts for kids and fruit and veggie creations. The idea here is an easy candy “sundae.”… 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 ...
Children’s Books for Foodies
As a foodie with aspirations to write children’s books, the blog entry at “Dog Hill Kitchen” of course caught my eye. The blogger has compiled a list of kid’s books with food, such as classics like “Green Eggs and Ham
” to more modern tales like “The Story of Cherry the Pig
.” the illustration below, from … Read More ...