May 23
The heat is here. Now you’ll hear me complain about the heat until the first crisp day of Fall. But this year, instead of mooching off of friends, I actually splurged on pool passes for myself, Maeve and Violet. I even bought a baby swim thing that essentially amounts to 15 feet of mesh material [...]
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Also posted in candy, cookie decorating, cookies, crafts, cupcakes, drinks, fondant, frosting, ice cream, kids, lollipop sticks, marshmallows, printables, royal icing, Summer
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Tagged cake pops, cookie decorating, cupcakes, ice cream, kids, marshmallows, Memorial Day, summer
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May 7
Followers may notice my recent obsession with these portrait cookies. I started with this gift for my niece. The next year I made these favors for her art-themed birthday party. And now, portrait cookies for my mom for Mother’s Day. This is my mom. This is my brother and his family. This is [...]
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Also posted in cookie decorating, cookies, flowers, gift ideas, Mother's Day, packaging, royal icing, Spring
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Tagged cookie decorating, cookies, gift ideas, Mother's Day
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Apr 25
Nope, this is not another dangers-of-facebook post. This is a why-I-love-facebook post. I, like many, visit facebook a lot. It’s one of my go-to spots to hit all day. Email, other email, other email, facebook. Linger too long, back to email. Maybe Pinterest. I do, very much, understand why many are wary about the dangers [...]
Apr 11
This whole kids-drawing-on-cookies thing is not new to this blog. My daughter first make her own cookie art HERE when she was just a wee lass of two. And I gave my niece these framed cookies and a set of markers for her 7th birthday. Well, I adapted that same idea for her 8th birthday, [...]
By meaghanmountford
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Also posted in cookie decorating, cookies, crafts, gift ideas, kids, packaging, party, royal icing
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Tagged art, favors, food coloring pens, kids, party
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Apr 4
There is a new, damaging trend going on. Facebook pages are popping up claiming to be “recipe sharing” sites. These sites post photographs and full recipes, or photographs with all the step-by-steps shown, multiple times daily. These pages are garnering tens of thousands of “likes,” in some cases hundreds of thousands, even over a million, [...]
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