Ah, the perfect cookies for the gamers in your life! Find the post on these controller cookies and tips on how to decorate them HERE at the always-clever Not So Humble Pie.
[tags]controllers, gamers, cookie decorating[/tags]
Iced Fruitcake
Now here’s a gorgeous fruitcake… Find tips on frosting a fruitcake HERE at Savour Fare.
[tags]Christmas, fruitcake, dessert, marzipan, icing[/tags]
Gift Idea: DIY Cupcake Totes
What a great homemade gift for a foodie or baker: DIY cupcake totes. Find the instructions HERE at craftster, the idea originally from Nichole Heady, HERE.
[tags]cupcake tote, Christmas, homemade gifts[/tags]
Decorated Christmas Cookie Collection
Total self-promotion, but if you’re looking for easy decorated Christmas cookies (and this is the place to look for such a thing, after all), check out the collection I created for Reader’s Digest, including Rudolph, candy canes, stockings, trees and … Read More...
Candy Cookie Mix
For a pretty handmade gift, find a recipe for candy cookie mix HERE at Skip to my Lou, including a free download for this cute label.
[tags]Christmas, cookie mix, homemade gifts, free download, jars[/tags]
Peppermint Carnation Centerpiece
As found via Gordon Gossip, find tips on creating a peppermint themed party HERE at bliss tree, like this peppermint carnation sundae.
[tags]flowers, cupcakes, peppermints, party, Christmas, candy[/tags]
Christmas Goodies
Check out this cute slideshow of Christmas goodies from All You, including how-tos for making these Christmas cupcakes from store-bought candy.
[tags]Christmas, cupcakes, cookies, candy[/tags]
Binary Cupcakes
Oh so nerdy clever are these binary “Hostess” cupcakes from Not So Humble Pie. Find the recipe HERE.
[tags]Hostess, cupcakes, chocolate[/tags]
Chocolate Bacon House
Now here’s a unique twist on a classic: a chocolate bacon “NOT gingerbread” cake house (with a salami door!) Find the instructions HERE at Almost Bourdain.
We love Bacon here at Craftgossip, in face we actually created a Pinterest board … Read More...
How to Ship Homemade Baked Goods Without Them Arriving as Crumbs
There is nothing more heartbreaking than spending an afternoon baking for someone you love, wrapping everything up carefully… and then finding out the parcel arrived as a sad box of crumbs. Ask me how I know.
If you’ve ever wanted … Read More...
Meringue Roundup…
… at the kitchn. Find five ideas for using meringue HERE, like these peppermint meringues from Martha and these snowflakes from bhg. 
[tags]Christmas, sweets, meringue, peppermints, snowflakes[/tags]
Tiny Gingerbread Houses for the Rim of Your Mug
This brilliant idea from not martha awes me completely: tiny gingerbread houses that perch on the rim of your mug. I mean really. Can anyone in existence think of anything cuter than this? Find the how-tos, tips, and a pdf … Read More...
Bear Cupcakes
My favorite, quirky, clever cupcakatier (is that a word? no?), Clare Crespo, tells us how to make her bear cupcakes HERE at Yummy Fun. These cuppies are from her fabulous book, Hey There, Cupcake!.
[tags]bears, cupcakes[/tags]
How To Make a Igloo Penguin Party Cake
Toffee Apple Cupcakes with Toffee Arches
My jaw dropped when I saw these gorgeous cupcakes. Find the recipe and how-tos for creating toffee arches HERE (made with the Junior MasterChef cupcake kit) at Almost Bourdain.
[tags]apple, cupcakes, kids baking, toffee, sugar[/tags]
Homemade Candy Canes
I’ve never even thought to make my own candy canes, but now I definitely want to. Learn how to make them HERE at CafeMom.
[tags]Christmas, candy, homemade, candy canes[/tags]
Snowman Cupcake
There are tons of snowman cupcakes out there in the world, but I found this little guy to just be so dang darling. Find the how-tos and recipe HERE at Alice and the Mock Turtle.
[tags]snowman, cupcake[/tags]
Cookie Packaging Ideas
Visit Martha for a slideshow of cookie packaging ideas, such as using kitchen molds or mailer tubes.
[tags]Martha Stewart, cookies, Christmas, gifts, packaging[/tags]
Um. Wow. Gingerbread Houses
For creative inspiration, check out the impressive roundup of gingerbread houses over at Apartment Therapy. Click HERE for the post. Learn more about the picture above of The Farnsworth House in the New York Times.
[tags]gingerbread houses[/tags]
How to Make a Christmas Holiday Snowman Cake
So simple. So cute. Hence why Family Fun is one of my favorite sites for foodie ideas. Find the how-tos HERE.