I need to credit the celebration shoppe for this awesome find: the kid friendly cereal buffet from The Purple Pug blog. Check out the details HERE.
[tags]cereal, breakfast, parties, kids, buffet[/tags]
Cupcake Ants and Bees
I just adore these buggy ideas for decorating cupcakes featured on the Hostess with the Mostess blog. The ideas are originally from the often-talked-about-on-this-blog book, What’s New, Cupcake?
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[tags]bees, bugs, ants, cupcakes, books, picnic, summer[/tags]
Old Fashioned Soda Bar
Find tips on creating an old fashioned soda bar for your wedding or party HERE at Project Wedding.
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Seaside Lunch Bento Box IDea
As one who basically grew up with sand in my toes (my great grandfather was a light house keeper), I’m a sucker for any seaside-themed food. So of course I adore this muffin tin lunch from another lunch. Find tips on making this spread HERE, which includes an octopus hot dog, a lobster quesadilla, and a pail of … Read More ...
Recipe Tuesday: It’s Not Easy Being Green
1. Spinach and green apple salad from Food Network.
3. The dish that inspired this post and that, as a big fan of The Muppet Movie, simultaneously freaked me out and intrigued me (but more the former): Crispy fried frog legs from 2 frugal foodies.
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DIY Ginger Ale
Find tips to make your own ginger ale HERE at the kitchn. Find the original recipe and how-tos HERE at Crumpets and Cakes.
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Jelly Bean Balloon Bouquet
Make a balloon bouquet with jelly beans, skewers and licorice lace HERE at the Food Network.
UPDATE: Check out the comment below and the comments on this project at Food Network. Apparently the picture perfect image doesn’t quite match the task of sliding jelly beans on a skewer…
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Tutorial: Fairy Wand Cookies
Learn how to make these fairy wand cookies, perfect for a fairy birthday party, with this step-by-step tutorial at Bubble and Sweet.
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Sweet Stands Giveaway at the Amy Atlas Blog
Check out this great giveaway over at Amy Atlas’s blog, Sweet Designs: hello hanna sweet stands. Adorable. For details on how to enter, click HERE. To see the hello hanna
shop, click HERE.
Minion Cake Toppers
Learn how to make this fondant Minion for a Despicable Me cake HERE from a spoonful of sugah. See the cake these topped HERE. And if you are totally out of the loop (like me, really? how did I not know this?) and want to know what Despicable Me is, click HERE.
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Pat Benatart
Learn how to make this ’80s inspired tart HERE at Serious Eats, courtesy of CakeSpy. And yes, yes, the blond hair and blue eye shadow possible anomaly was addressed by some astute commentors, but I have pretty blind trust of CakeSpy. I’ve seen pics of Pat with blue eyeshadow, and she did go a bit blonder over time.… Read More ...
Cookbook Giveaway!!!! Two Ways to Go Green: Preserving vs. Eating Fresh
Thanks to the generosity of From Storey Publishing, I have two yummy books to giveaway! in Put ’em Up: A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guide for the Creative Cook, by Sherri Brooks Vinton and Recipes from the Root Cellar by Andrea Chesman.
My love of things in mason jars is well documented on this blog, so it’s about time I looked … Read More ...
Stuff on a Stick Contest
Remember way back when, a few minutes ago, when I posted about the banana split on a stick at instructables? Turns out it’s an entry for a Stuff on a Stick contest. Finally. A stuff on a Stick contest. Find more details HERE. Shown is pizza on a stick by scoochmaroo.
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Banana Split on a Stick
When this next idea from instructables was submitted to me, there was a comment “I know how much you guys love all things on a stick.” Yes. Yes I do. And I’m glad I’ve conveyed that, because it means things like THIS are submitted to me. Brilliance. Learn how to make a Banana Split on a stick HERE, from … Read More ...
Vintage Toy Inspired Birthday Party
I love the details from this Vintage Toys Birthday Party featured on the Hostess with the Mostess blog. The party was created by Bella Grace Party Designs. Check out the candy shop, the milk shots, and the dessert table.
[tags]milk, birthday parties, toys, kids, dessert table, cookies[/tags]
