As is now well documented (see here) mustaches as party decor are rather big now. And what a perfect treat for a boy baby shower. Learn how to make these HERE at Prudent Baby.
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Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest
Jif Peanut Butter is hosting their Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest. CLICK HERE for details to enter for a chance to win a $25,000 scholarship fund. Check out previous winners HERE.
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Carousel Cakes and Cupcakes
Every morning my daughter wakes up asking to go to the carousel. (Literally, every morning. She does go pretty frequently, too.) So in honor of her obsession, some carousel cake and cupcake ideas and how-tos:
Find carousel cupcakes HERE at Ladies Home Journal.
Find a carousel cake HERE at Wilton.
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Freezing Fruit
Find great, succinct information about how to freeze fruit HERE at Chow.
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Paper Candy Dish
I love this throwback to childhood-turned favor idea from Martha: a fortune teller candy dish. Find the how-tos HERE.
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An Ice Cream Cone Study
Which is your favorite? Waffle? Sugar? Wafer? Check out this study of your options, complete with advantages and disadvantages of each, HERE at CakeSpy.
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Food on a Stick
It’s well documented that I’m a sucker for food on a stick. Any food on a stick. So I was a sucker for this spread at Sweet Paul. Check it out HERE, created for a Food on a stick magazine spread for Parents magazine.
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Seashore Sweets
A round up of recipes and how-tos for sweets inspired by the shore…
1. Rose water Madeleines from Martha.
2. DIY fondant shells from My Romantic Home.
3. Make your own sea glass candy from Intimate Weddings.
4. Starfish cupcakes from the cupcake recipes, via Frost Me.
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Glow Cups, Glow Sno-Cones
How ridiculously genius is this idea from Giver’s Log? Glow rings inserted between plastic cups and filled with sno-cones. Perfect for an evening outdoors party. Find the how-tos HERE.
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Eye Candy: Cartoon Cupcakes
Check out Cupcakes Take the Cake for a roundup of cartoon-themed cupcakes from their flickr pool. Shown are Adult Swim cupcakes by death by cupcake.
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Cupcake Liner Giveaway at Sweetopia
Visit Sweetopia to enter the giveaway for cupcake liners from the renowned Vestli House. Click HERE for the details.
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New Feature! Recipe Tuesday. And What is “Edible Crafts” Anyway?
Trying to define “edible crafts” is part of the fun of this job. But it’s tricky. I often opt for foods that are manipulated to look like other things, foods made for gifts or with clever packaging, unique kitchen tools, foods made from an artistic hand and of course pretty much anything on a stick. But the downfall of such … Read More ...
Sugarplum Sorbet. With Champagne. And Amazing Photos.
Find the recipe for Sugarplum Champagne Sorbet–along with the trials and tribulations of concocting these beauties and ridiculously gorgeous photography–HERE at zested.
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8-Ball Cupcakes
Well, minus the 8-ball as black sprinkles are a tough find in non-Halloween months. As a (former, thanks a lot kid) pool player myself I couldn’t resist posting these pool hall cupcakes. Check them out HERE at A Crafty Escape, inspired by the book, Hello, Cupcake.
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PB and J Ice Cream Cone
Clever, if a bit odd. This PB and J ice cream cone is made from peanut butter toast and strawberry ice cream. Find it HERE at Craftzine.com. Find the detailed how-tos (including a recipe for homemade ice cream) HERE at Grathio Labs.
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