Look at me! As guest blogger today for kids craft week over at celebrations.com (a great go-to site for entertaining advice, tips, recipes and so much more), this is one craft I came up with. Find the how-tos here at celebrations for making fish, Dots, and Sour belt candy pendants.… Read More ...
DIY Drink Umbrellas: A Fun, Easy Craft for Cocktails, Mocktails, and Summer Parties
I love this idea from ALL YOU. You can match your cocktail’s adornment with the rest of your party. Find the how-tos for crafting your own cocktail umbrellas HERE.
There’s something wonderfully cheeky about popping a tiny umbrella into a drink. Even the most ordinary lemonade suddenly feels like it’s on holiday. Over the years, I’ve learned that if … Read More ...
Have a Shot of Frosting
The frosting shot… what brilliance. Is this a brand new trend or have I just somehow missed it until now? I learned of this treat from Cupcakes Take the Cake, a go-to site for cupcake lovers. They first informed us of the frosting shot, as found at select bakeries, HERE. It’s exactly as it sounds–a shot of frosting. And … Read More ...
Craft a Watermelon T-Rex
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 ...
Funky Popsicle Molds
Who knew there were such fascinating options for popsicle molds? The Kitchn, where I found these goodies. Find their roundup of popsicle molds and where to buy them HERE, including this rocket ship mold. The Kitchn also led me to this slideshow of cool (pun intended) molds HERE at Country Living, such as this pop ring… Read More ...
Lime Ice Cubes
This belongs in the “easy, great idea” category: lime ice cubes. Perfect for an outdoor party. Find the idea here at Let’s Entertain, originally from myrecipes.com.… Read More ...
Summer Sweets from Wilton
Wilton.com always has tons of dessert ideas, including these for summer: a sandcastle cake, ice cream pops, and this mini sunshine cake.
Frozen Treat Slideshow
Parents.com has a slideshow of 7 frozen goodies on sticks here. It’s tough to choose my faves, but I like the banana split on a stick, the white grape pops,and definitely these dipped ice cream pops.
Make Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
Visit the site of one of my favorite magazines of all time, Real Simple, to learn to make cupcakes in ice cream cones. Find the how-tos here.… Read More ...
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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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 ...
Summer Entertaining Ideas
Find a slideshow of ideas for summer parties from Country Living, such as these streamlined ice cream sundaes, jars to keep the bugs at bay, and easy soda wraps.
DIY Waffle Bowls
Create your own waffle bowls (or cones, of course) with this Almond Mocha waffle recipe and how-to from Tramie’s Kitchen.… Read More ...
Grill Candy
It took me awhile to figure out this grill was actually candy. At first I thought it was real. Or a a toy. Or at least a cupcake. But nope. It’s made from candy melts. Visit Wilton.com for the how-tos HERE. As it’s been about 90 degrees the last couple days, I have summer and cook-outs on … Read More ...
Cool Down this Christmas
I’m so immersed in a Christmas world that is synonymous with snow and winter, comments about the heat-filled days of all those celebrating in the Southern hemisphere inspired me to search for a site NOT consumed with having a frosty Christmas. Taste.com.au is filled with such Christmas recipes. Cool down with their ice cream desserts, panna cottas and semifreddos. 
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