The Decorated Cookie

a whole new decorated cookie!!

Yes, world (by “world” I mean “anyone who used to visit here regularly”), your eyes don’t deceive. The decorated cookie is all new and improved. I have a whole new address, www.thedecoratedcookie.com, and site to match. It’s the middle of the night and I spent three hours driving with a four-year old tonight, so I’ll [...]

partying with conversation heart bark

While I’m not exactly a bluebird-on-my-shoulder kinda gal, I have no ill will whatsoever about Valentine’s Day. We’re not big on celebrating in my house, but I promise, there is no bitterness involved in the smashing of conversation hearts necessary to make these. And I also realize, dear reader, that the smashing of conversation hearts [...]

GIVEAWAY!! Sugarlicious sneak peek prize pack AND piping frosting on cupcakes

UPDATE: Congratulations to Marlene, Kristy, Adrienne, Monica and Lindsay! (Also known as the 5 numbers that the Random Number Generator chose to win.) Thank you all for your participation, there are lots more giveaways ahead! I was surprised at how many frosting pipers were in the bunch. Sara-Jayne, best of luck to you, how exciting! [...]

bite-size Superhero cookies

Super crazy quick post today, I’m afraid, because I’m knee deep in planning lots of Sugarlicious events! It’s going to be a fun month, that February. But anyway… on to Superheroes: Even though I pretty much always feel like I’m 13 (in that awkward middle school kind of way), I’m definitely well into grown-up territory [...]

GIVEAWAY!! Sugarlicious sneak peek and all about cookie pops

UPDATE: Congratulations to Christina, Amber, Julie and Amanda!! (I have one more winner, too, so I’ll add her name as soon as I hear back. If I don’t, I’ll draw another, but I’ll give it a wee bit more time.) Thank you everybody for your wonderful comments!! Now I’m going to add some melted chocolate [...]

making doughnuts with the Babycakes Donut Maker

(Note I’m still on vacation in Florida, but I wrote this whole post before I left. Isn’t that prepared of me?) My mother-in-law got my daughter–well, me–the Babycakes donut maker for Christmas, which may or may not have been my suggestion. And I should note, that Babycakes has never heard of me and has no [...]

Revisiting Twinkies, HoHos, SnowBalls and CupCakes

Gasp! Did you all know that Hostess filed for Chapter 11? I learned this from the source of all my (sweet) news, CakeSpy. She reposted her popular collection, “51 Ways to Kill a Twinkie” (that, by the way, I remember well and I featured it over at Edible Crafts back in ’08!). I don’t have [...]

GIVEAWAY!! Sugarlicious sneak peek and marshmallow subway art

UPDATE: Congratulations to our winners!! Julia, Ruth, Maureen, Regina and Cathryn!!! Your prizes are on their way. And thank you to all for participating! There will be pleeeeenty of chances to win more great prizes, I promise. I’m back with another giveaway to celebrate the almost-release of Sugarlicious! which will be available next month. To [...]

OMG OMG OMG!!!! Sugarlicious…

And I’m NOT one to use that crazy texting lingo all the kids use. But you know what has compelled me to break with my grammar rules? My book. Yep. My book. So here’s a little story. You see, I’ve had the flu all week. I got some boxes in the mail on Friday. Now, [...]

red and aqua kitchens

Hi everybody! Hope you’re having a nice weekend so far. I’ve had the flu (or something similar) since Wednesday and am still feeling the aftereffects, so I’m hopeful to kick it today. Sigh. While I recover, I thought I’d share my latest Ideabook over at Houzz with you: Red and Aqua Kitchens For those unfamiliar [...]