Those Sew Sweet Mother’s Day Cupcakes

Writers are often told to avoid big long words when a simple short word will do. Good, because then we can use “MOM” for these cupcakes instead of “Trust Me, People, She’s The Bestest Most Wonderful-est Mother Of Them All”. The latter *would* allow for more cupcakes to eat, and more cupcakes to eat is [...]

March of the Olive Penguins!

Clearly I’m more than fashionably late to the party, because a quick search shows that a whole bunch of you out there have already made these marching olive penguins. Anybody know who first came up with the idea? Our Big Earth has one version of the whole how-to. Somewhere around here I read the suggestion [...]

Babybel Loraxes!

In a minute, I’m going to completely forget that you’re supposed to eat these Babybel cheeses. Can someone run out to get Cute Food for Kids [previously] another couple armloads of Babybels? She has a bazillion ideas! Who knew? More Lorax-inspired food ideas! She made a happy pile of Babybel boys, too! Lots of Ladybug [...]

Those plastic eggs as mini snack containers

If you’re like me, you’re just now getting around to putting away the Easter decorations. (You took them down, yes, but the next step, putting them away…oh that can take a while to accomplish.) If you’re like me, you grinned when you read the tip on using plastic Easter as small snack containers. Convenient!, you [...]

Shooshee shoap!

I am admittedly not jumping up and down to make sushi soap. Devouring real sushi makes more sense to me. I am, on the other hand, fascinated with my inability to clearly say sushi soap ten times fast. Shooshee shoap! Shee what I mean? It’s almost as bad as girl gargoyles and guy gargoyles. Gurgle [...]