I am a firm believer in th
e proper use of punctuation, so imagine my glee upon reading The Washington Post‘s (note the use of a possessive apostrophe) Metro section this morning that today is National Punctuation Day, founded by Jeff Rubin in 2004. Learn more about National Punctuation Day HERE. To celebrate, the founder is hosting a … Read More ...
E. L. Fudge Halloween Ghosts
Check out T. Matthews Fine Art for the how-tos on making these cute ghosts from E. L. Fudge cookies. Find the instructions HERE.
Looking for the best fudge recipes Check out our World’s best fudge Recipes board on Pinterest and our roundup of boozy fudge recipes here. Still, want more fudge? Check out this Traditional Fudge recipe book
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Cookie Decorating Tutorial: Flooding
As one who has devoted over a decade to cookie decorating (and teaching others to decorate cookies), I fully appreciate the well-constructed, beautifully photographed tutorial on flooding found HERE at Sweetopia. Beginners and experts alike will find this lovely guide informative.
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Halloween Frankenstein Cookie Tutorial
Flickr, for those of you who don’t know, is a photo sharing web site. And yet it’s so much more than a photo sharing web site. Learn how to decorate Frankenstein cookies with a fondant flooding technique through step-by-step photographs HERE, through the flickr group, The Fondant.com Club. And see the entire photostream for fondant.com HERE, including … Read More ...
Cookie Games
Check out 2 Stews for how-tos on playing with your cookies HERE, with these spiral, bulls eye and dominos cookies. I don’t think I’d get very far playing dominos. I’m sure I’d nibble away my best pieces.
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C is for Cookie
Find a roundup celebrating cookie alphabets, including a video link to the Cookie Monster classic, “C is for Cookie,” (and that’s good enough for me), and a recipe for maple sugar cookies HERE at Junior Society.
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Cookie Cocktails
Cookies and cocktails, two of my favorite things. Cookie cocktails, my heaven. Find the recipes HERE at Rachel Ray, including liquid oreos, mint milano remix and vanilla wafter whirls.
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Under the Sea – Clam Cookies
Cookies that look like clams, that is. I found these easy-to-make “clams” HERE at the celebrations shoppe blog.
[tags]cookies, summer, clams, store-bought[/tags]
Are you hosting an under the sea themed party? check out these Under the Sea party decorations
. Perfect for Mermaid, Spongebob and beach-themed parties too.… Read More ...
Scrabble Cake
Find the clever, easy how-tos for making this scrabble cake HERE at Woman’s Day.
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Mad About Harry Potter
Great find from Gordon Gossip: Harry Potter fun at Hello my name is Heather. Check out the pretzel wands here, and broomstick stirrer how-tos and a recipe for butter beer here. And as a longtime fan myself, I can’t escape the madness. Check out my Harry cookies here.
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Play with Your Cookies
How fun do these colorful playdough cookies look? (And yummy, too!) Find the how-tos and recipe HERE at The Cookie Shop. A visit to see the other fabulous playdough cookie photos is a must.
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Fox Fortune Cookies
The Kitchn posted on these simple fortune cookie foxes as part of their Nationwide Newspaper Food Section roundup. Find more and read the history of these cookies at the denverpost.com.… Read More ...
iDiY Roundup: Free Paper Bag Printables
iDiY has a great roundup of free paper bag printables HERE. Goodies include these popcorn bags from Mushy and cute favor bags from the Wedding Chicks.… Read More ...
Martha’s Cookie Favor Slideshow
And now for Part 2, the cookie favor slideshow from Martha Stewart Weddings. Aaahh, a slideshow after my own heart. Find these fortune cookies, cutely packaged sandwich cookies, and my favorite, these cookie bags.
Watermelon Roundup
Tis the summer season for watermelon, so here’s a roundup of ideas for the sweet fruit (or, if you’re not in the top half of the world and are in the midst of winter, perhaps this may offer a wee bit of relief?):
Make watermelon “cupcakes” at blisstree.com.
Make watermelon Jell-O at Gourmet Mom on-the-Go.
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