I posted on Amy Atlas’s dessert tables almost a year ago (see the post HERE), and I’ve been following her work since. She’s completely brilliant. See her fall table inspiration HERE. And click HERE for the template to make the…

Visit Martha Stewart’s Crafts Department blog for a round up of ideas for dressing up cake stands. Find the inspiration and links to how-tos HERE.

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Check out T. Matthews Fine Art for the how-tos on making these cute ghosts from E. L. Fudge cookies. Find the instructions HERE.

I find these apple caramel popcorn balls insanely cute, and it’s not just because I’m obsessed with sweet things on sticks. Find the how-tos HERE at Conversations with a Cupcake.

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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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Woman’s Day had so many edible craft ideas for Halloween, I need look no where else for the next month. Find ideas HERE and HERE and even HERE. A small sampling:

Make spiderweb pizza, skeleton cupcakes, enchanted witch brooms, and these creepy monster fingers.

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Literature and food comprise two central components of my life (friends have mocked me for citing Shakespeare and Wordsworth in my book on cookie decorating for goodness sake), so imagine my joy at finding literary food porn, where literature and food…

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…

Learn how to make these white chocolate ghost pops HERE at Roots and Wings Co. All the step-by-steps and a template for these easy sweets are provided. (And we all know how much I love stuff on sticks!)

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In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, visit Family Fun HERE for all kinds of pirate-y party inspiration, like this treasure chest cake or pirate ship.

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…but still everything we love. Check out her sweet new site HERE at bakerella.com.

And create the mood for your drinkables with these tumblers or DIY spooky soda bottles, found All You.

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Check out the Halloween drink slideshow HERE from Better Homes and Gardens for such goodies as this gremlin cocktail or this ghostly hot chocolate.

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I’m always searching for an alternative to fondant that actually tastes good, and while I’ve worked with marzipan before, I’ve never tried to make it myself. Find a recipe and how-tos HERE at the cookie shop.

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Find a great, gorgeous tutorial on making buttercream frosting (and some cupcake inspiration) HERE at Conversations with a Cupcake.

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And more from the lovely Better Homes and Gardens: Find a slideshow of party food ideas for Halloween HERE, such as these marshmallow fondant creatures and mummy wraps.

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The Hostess with the Mostess blog has rounded up the eerie edibles from the Better Homes and Gardens Tricks and Treats issue, such as these sweet skeletons and shepherd’s pie ghosts. Find the roundup HERE.

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