A simple, charming idea to combine art with ice cream, summer and kids: Painting on ice cream with food coloring. Find the idea HERE at Tinker Lab.
Spool of Thread Cake Pops (and a Vintage Sewing Party)
I just love it when sweets so perfect as a spool of thread cake pop land in my inbox. Especially cookies and cream spool of thread cake pops. Guest poster 6 Bittersweets shares the tutorial HERE at Pure Joy Events… Read More...
Chili Cheese Fry Cupcakes
I know I repeat myself, but on the list of stuff-that-always-gets-me: Savory cupcakes. Or any food that acts like other food I find crafty. Find a recipe for chili cheese fry cupcakes, yes, chili cheese fry cupcakes HERE at 1 … Read More...
Bugs and Sweets
A few summery sweets for those-who-like-bugs. Made with M&Ms, icing, oreo crumbs, and melted chocolate, find them HERE at the Cake on a Stick facebook page.
Chomp Chomp Snack
As in, hurry up and eat your snack before the cucumber crocodile snatches it up. Find tips on making this kid-friendly (or for the crocodile-wary, kid-unfriendly) lunch HERE at The Nature of Grace.
Angry Birds Snack
So I’ve officially downloaded Angry Birds, I’ve just not yet played it. I’m afraid of the addiction, I think. For those afflicted, try these Angry Birds made from watermelon, cucumber, olives and melon HERE at Little Food Junction.
Ketchup Art on Your Eggs
A simple idea to brighten your breakfast with some art from Cute Food for Kids: ketchup and eggs. Check out the fish bones HERE and the sunny side up HERE.
Tutorial: Cupcake Art
And as long as you’re visiting Sisteroo, check out the DIY Gemmy Cupcake Art, courtesy of the “Artist” sister (the chocolate butterflies were from the “Lawyer” sister). I know it’s not an “edible” craft, but it’s a cupcake and … Read More...
Chocolate Butterfly Cupcake Toppers
Learn to make these lovely chocolate butterfly cupcake toppers HERE at Sisteroo. And PS. Loving the concept and design behind this blog, “four wildly different sisters (artist, lawyer, actor, shrink) with very similar penchants for cooking, designing, crafting and … Read More...
Watermelon Cookies on a Stick
Just yesterday I put “watermelon wedges on a stick” on my list of foods to serve at my kid’s birthday party, like a jerk. I’m pretty sure my kid would rather I put these on the list: Watermelon wedge cookies … Read More...
Book Review – Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl Tales from an Allergic Life
I’m giving away a signed copy of Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl: Tales from an Allergic Life
, by Sandra Beasley. Who happens to be my friend. Yeah, I got to read this in manuscript form, thank you very much … Read More...
Ice Cream in a Bag
Did anyone else know you could make ice cream in a Ziploc bag? Learn how HERE at 2 Little Hooligans, from the Disney Family Fun magazine.
Shhh… New Secret Recipe Site
Well, now it’s all out in the open. And those out there looking for more involvement in the food blog universe best pay attention. The Secret Recipe Club is a new site from our very own Amanda, she of… Read More...
3-D Pirate Ship Cookies
And easy, too, with no decorating, only stacking. So very smart. Learn to make ’em HERE at The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle.
25 Baby Shower Cakes
First Parenting.com brought us 30 great birthday cakes, then they brought us 31 more. Now, find a roundup of 25 baby shower cakes HERE, with how-tos. Shown are the baby buggy cake, rocking horse cake and baby … Read More...
Potted Chocolate-Mint Pudding
These may look like darling pots of herbs, but they are really pots of chocolate-mint pudding. Find the how-tos HERE at Martha Stewart.
Just How You Like It Coffee Mugs
Live in a household with multiple coffee and/or tea drinkers and or multiple coffee and/or tea drinkers with multiple fixin’s? find the Milk and Two Sugars mug HERE.
Rubik’s Cube Cake
Any other kids of the ’80s out there who got so frustrated by their ineptitude with the Rubik’s Cube they tried to take it apart and reassemble it solved only to realize that merely leaves you with a broken Rubik’s … Read More...
DIY Hostess Cupcakes
I never, ever tire of seeing homemade versions of Hostess Cupcakes. These look especially yummy. Find the recipe HERE at Pass the Sushi.
Heart-Shaped Eggs
UPDATE: The original link is from a source that created a collage of photos without citing the original source!! I’ve deleted the collage and original post and am replacing with the correct image and link. Great apologies to Anna The … Read More...