Oh to be so very very perfect a cookie decorator as Callye of The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle. Learn to decorate bandana print cookies HERE and camoflauge print cookies HERE.
Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipe from Sticky Fingers Bakery
It’s not often I post on recipes, or rather, recipes that don’t involve a cupcake turned into a frog or a brownie turned bird, but there are so many reasons to make an exception for this vegan chocolate cake. First, to save lives. As in, serving an allergy-free birthday cake can save a life, as confirmed HERE at CNN. … Read More ...
Favor Packaging Ideas for BRIDES Magazine
And one more post…. Here are some favor packaging ideas I created for the June 2011 issue of BRIDES magazine. At their request, I put the how-tos to make your own mash note tube packaging for candy and to make your own fabric sack favors HERE on my blog.
Tattoo Cookies for BRIDES Magazine
OK everybody, I’m indulging my own ego not once, but twice. (Well, twice in this hour.) BRIDES magazine asked me to make some tattoo heart wedding cookie favors to feature in their “Take It To Go” favor idea spread in their June 2011 issue. For anyone interested in making their own, I created a tutorial on my blog HERE.… Read More ...
Edible Flower and Bunting Cupcake Toppers
Crazy adorable flower cupcake topper that’s also edible? Wait, one more. Crazy adorable bunting cupcake topper that’s also edible? Yes, it’s true. Both exist, with a tutorial. (The secret is in the fruit roll up.) Created by Jenny of Hank and Hunt, find the how-tos HERE at The Sweetest Occasion.
Tutorial: Pom Pom Cupcake Toppers (and a Giveaway)
I’m completely on board with this trend of party decor as cupcake topper. Especially when the result is this yummy plate of cuteness. Find a step-by-step photo tutorial to craft your own tissue paper pom pom cupcake toppers HERE at 6 Bittersweets and find details to enter the 6 Bittersweets giveaway of a dozen pom pom cupcake toppers.… Read More ...
Candy-Filled Cherries
I spotted this clever packaging idea from Martha Stewart on pinterest (bestest site ever, if you’ve not yet found that addiction). Learn to make candy filled cherry favors HERE at Martha.… Read More ...
Vertical Salad Garden
As one who lived for many years in row houses and tiny apartments in the heart of a major city, I can’t help but pause–nay, linger and much appreciate–the brilliance of this vertical salad garden. Lettuces, arugula, strawberries, herbs… all standing up in a French riddling rack. Hmm. If only I could actually grown things. Created by Anne Philips at … Read More ...
Pool and Camp Cakes
Summer is on my mind, I guess. Though I never had a backyard pool and I never went to summer camp (ever, really, no summer camp here), I can’t help but appreciate the kid-appeal of these two cakes from BHG. Learn to make a pool cake HERE and a camp cake HERE.
Chocolate Chalkboards
These chalkboards are totally edible. No, one step further, not only are they totally edible, but they are chocolate. Chocolate! I wouldn’t have believed it myself were it not for the detailed instructions and step-by-step photo tutorial. Learn to make chocolate chalkboards (with pieces of white chocolate chalk, brilliant) HERE at Hungry Happenings.… Read More ...
Rainbow Cheesecake
Did you know there was such a thing? Learn to make rainbow cheese cake HERE at Tablespoon.
Hosting a Rainbow party? Check out these Rainbow party articles over on our Party Ideas Blog and these Rainbow party decorations
we found on Amazon and these fun Rainbow party items from Etsy. Looking for more food ideas, here are all … Read More ...
Critter Treats
Eeeeww. Or Yuuuum? Find Rice Krispie treats-turned-bugs HERE at Martha Stewart.… Read More ...
Grown-Up Freezer Pops
No high fructose corn syrup-food coloring blend here. These homemade versions of Freezer Pops have pureed fruit, young coconut water, crushed strawberries, chocolate gelato, limeade with pomegranate seeds and other wonderfully interesting flavors.
Check out the infinitely improved versions HERE at The Scent of Green Bananas… Read More ...
An All New BHG.com (and a Giveaway!!!)
I have a longstanding history with Better Homes and Gardens
. I swiped my mom’s magazines until I started having it delivered to my dorm room in college. More than a few years later, I still look forward to my magazine each month. And this obsession extends to the web site, as www.BHG.com is one of my first go-to sites … Read More ...
The Cube Mug
I can only imagine how much more organized my jumbled mess of mismatched mugs piled in my cupboard would appear if I had these instead. I can also picture these stacked in an office kitchen, and I’ve never even worked in a place with an “office kitchen.” Find the Cube Mug HERE.
