Creative food craft ideas
We’re moving next month (finally, after an 8 month house search whilst living from suitcases), so I’ve been mining home and decor sites for ideas. I found this idea for tart tin wall decor from Better Homes and Gardens. Insert a recipe from a vintage cookbook in a fluted tart tin, seal and Voila.
[tags]wall decor, fluted tin, recipe, … Read More ...
Craftjr has a great roundup of watermelon carving ideas, including this cute watermelon smiley face from wikihow and watermelon tea pot from the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
[tags]summer, watermelon, carving, smiley face, tea pot[/tags]
Visit Parents.com for a slideshow of 6 dried pasta crafts. Craft a train, barrette,tiara, and pencil cup. This one is much better than the one I made as a kid by gluing macaroni to a tin can and spray painting it gold.
[tags]kids, crafts, pasta, noodle, train, tiara, pencil cup[/tags]
What a clever display for these chocolate choo choo trains, made by the cookie shop from the rolled chocolate cookies recipe at Smitten Kitchen. Find the post HERE.
[tags]chocolate cookies, cut-outs, train, cutter[/tags]… Read More ...
I love this cute idea for displaying treats at a wedding or party: a lollipop stand. Find the how-tos for crafting your own HERE at Martha.
[tags]Martha Stewart, lollipop, stand, cone, party, display[/tags]… Read More ...
Despite their stunning likeness to the real thing, these peaches are all cake, complete with an almond “pit” in the center. Learn how to make them with step-by-steps HERE at Big Red Kitchen.
[tags]peach, cake, fruit, dessert[/tags]… Read More ...
These gingerbread ice cream sandwiches better use caution. Find the how-tos here at Martha Stewart.
[tags]ice cream sandwich, summer, beach, swimsuit, gingerbread[/tags]… Read More ...
I must say “Eat Your Dinner!” 20 times a night to my finicky eater. Not even two years old, I’m doubting she’ll have the wherewithal to create such stunning food art with these plates, but she has her share of creativity and they are definitely on my worth-a-try list. Make their (or your) dinner more fun with these funny face … Read More ...
Fondant has so many good qualities: it’s relatively easy to work with, it manipulates handily, and it creates beautiful, smooth cake decorations. But I use it so sparingly because I find the cloying taste unappealing. While I think a perfect, delectable fondant is something of dreams, homemade MUST taste better. I’m inspired to try this recipe for marshmallow fondant from … Read More ...
Make a cake based on a Threadless T-Shirt design and win! The Threadcakes online competition has and impressive panel of judges (Ace of Cakes, Cake Journal, Cake Wrecks, Baking Bites and more). Find the rules here. Find the prizes here. Contest ends August 3rd. 
[tags]threadless, threadcakes, cake decorating, competition, contest, T-shirt[/tags]… Read More ...
Every month until October, Gourmet is publishing twenty favorite cocktails from each decade from the 1940s to the present time. They are currently up to the ’60s. See the cocktail grow up HERE. With the tidbits and tales accompanying many of the cocktails, this is one history lesson I enjoy. Shown here: A 1940s sidecar, a 1950s madras, and … Read More ...
This is just one tiny idea for a wedding detail, but I found it so clever: a ribbon-wrapped lemon instructing “Pucker Up” on your dinner plate. Find this and much more inspiration at Once Wed.
[tags]wedding, lemon, ideas, favors[/tags]… Read More ...
Just for fun: Check out EatPES.com for amazing stop-motion animations. See what happens to corn, Good n’ Plenty and Peeps in Fireworks. Other foodie gems include:
Western Spaghetti (This one is a MUST see! The clever creator cooks a meal using inanimate objects to mimic food. Rubik’s Cubes, Post-Its, Pick-Up Sticks… pure genious.)
Get tips for making designs and words and all kinds of fun shapes out of pancakes using a ketchup bottle HERE at evite.com blog.
[tags]evite, pancakes, shapes, letters[/tags]… Read More ...
I know I already said I posted on my last July 4th dessert, but now I really mean it. Visit bakerella, queen of the cake pop, to see a lovely tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces.
[tags]Independence Day, bakerella, cake pops, red, white, blue[/tags]… Read More ...
