What a great and scary idea for a summer party. Find the how-tos for crafting this watermelon T-Rex at Three8six.com.… Read More ...
DIY Icing Colors from Fruit and Veggies
Visit meals at home for how-tos on creating your own, natural, tinted icing from veggie and fruit juices HERE. As a cookie decorator, I’m afraid natural tints as these won’t meet every need I have for super-intricate designs (I simply must use the fake stuff for the vibrancy of Elvis’s sparkly jump suit), but I love this idea. So … Read More ...
Monogram How-tos
Visit Everyday with Rachel Ray to learn how best to monogram sweets. Find all 6 ideas here, including pears, brownies and plates.
Red, White and Blue Dessert Roundup
This weekend is Memorial Day here in the States, so I thought I’d gather some sweet red, white and blue inspiration. Find a slideshow of patriotic desserts HERE at Better Homes and Gardens, such as this parfait or this ice cream dessert. Family Fun has loads of ideas HERE, like this fruit flag or these ice cream … Read More ...
Know Your Fruity Desserts! (A Lesson from CakeSpy)
CakeSpy has assembled a very handy tutorial on funny named fruity desserts, including descriptions, links to recipes and interesting tidbits for each. What’s the difference between a crisp, cobbler and crumble? Slump, pandowdy, clafouti and buckle? Learn more here.… Read More ...
Fruit Juice Prettified
What a clever and pretty way to turn fruit juice into a party staple. Perfect for a spring shower. Visit Cookie magazine to learn how to create these fruit juice and gelatin molds.… Read More ...
Eye Candy: Food Architecture
If you have graphic design skills, I recommend a visit to Worth 1000. They offer tutorials, forums, galleries and contests for Photoshop, photography and more. Sigh. ‘Tis my dream to own (and learn) Photoshop. Their “Edible Architecture” contest is what struck me. I recommend scrolling through the amazing entries. The rules: take any building or structure and swap all … Read More ...
How to Can Fruit
As seen on Craftzine.com (find the craftzine post here)… learn how to can fruit from Instructables. See the how-tos HERE.… Read More ...
Baby Shower Ideas
Visit Tip Junkie to find a roundup of baby shower food ideas. Included: these melon ball cups (found on flickr here), these baby cupcakes found on Taste and Tell and these butterfly truffle pops found on My Little Cupcake Blog.
Zoomorphic Inspiration
Visit Junior Society (a super great kiddie culture and design site) for anthropomorphic inspiration (as in, attributing human qualities to nonhuman objects, and yes, I actually knew that word before this post, thank you very much). Specifically, zoomorphism (which I HADN’T heard before). Junior Society posted today in honor Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers, the veggie and fruit animal masters. … Read More ...
Cute Fruit Animals
What a clever way to make your fruit cuter. Find the how-tos for creating this apple frog here and strawberry mouse here at Family Fun. 
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Candy Bouquets
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about making candy bouquets can be found at “Incredible Edible Crafts.” The blogger gives tutorials, suggested resources and books, and plenty of links. She also provides links on how to make candy, edible crafts for kids and fruit and veggie creations. The idea here is an easy candy “sundae.”… Read More ...
Celebrate with… Mangos!
Who would’ve thought a tropical fruit could play such a big role during the holiday season? The National Mango Board. Check out their site for everything you ever wanted to know about the mango. And then some. They have info on the mango, recipes, a section just for kids, crafts and suggestions for entertaining with mangos. This wintery mango … Read More ...
Striped Fruit
This freaky fruit is no miracle of nature. The treats are easy to make (only one step!)
Disney owns the web site, FamilyFun.com, which is supposed to be a resource for moms, dads, and kids. But the clever craft and recipe ideas definitely transcend the family and have a universal appeal. Sure, striped fruit may be a good way … Read More ...
Eating Out
Its picnic time again, and being the mom of two little girls I have to say that I am particularly happy to come home in the evenings, throw some fun food together and take the whole family out on a picnic. It’s fun for everyone, especially me, no dishes and big mess to clean up after everyone’s eaten!
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