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Category Archives: cupcake toppers

Ballerina babycakes.

… This year I had a few Valentine’s Day ideas, and all of them, or almost all of them, reminded me of fairy tales. Or stories. All by coincidence. Months ago, maybe around Halloween, I ordered these ballerina toppers with absolutely no idea what I was going to use them for. And then, Pola (my [...]


February 07, 2012

Winter Wonderland.

…… No recipes today, just pictures. Those are my grandparents, above, with my uncle as a little boy. How A Christmas Story is that picture!? All he needs is a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock, carbine-action & a thing that tells time. Although he seems pretty into that gun he’s [...]


December 25, 2011

Think pink.

October, aside from hosting the most awesome Halloween, is also Breast Cancer Awareness month, and as the daughter of a 5-year survivor, I think it’s important to support the cause any way I can. If that means wearing a pink ribbon, or telling someone who otherwise wouldn’t know, or sharing information about a program that [...]


October 25, 2011

Oh hey, pumpkin.

Halloween is a big holiday for me. It’s not only my favorite, it’s just an all-around great holiday to decorate & bake for. I know I’ve mentioned that before. I’ve also mentioned before that I just love Martha Stewart’s specialty holiday magazines. Each year for Halloween & Christmas I’m like a crackhead feenin’ for her [...]


October 13, 2011

Fiendish figs.

Before I get started with fiendish figs, let me say that my fiendish feline is extremely excited. See, because at this time of year everyone hangs up cardboard cut-outs or pictures of black cats, or has light up black cat figurines, and because stores are selling stuffed black cats & black cat costumes, etc, she [...]


October 11, 2011