Happy Friday everyone! This might be my favorite Friday Favorites yet! Driftwood City from Alisa Burke. I wonder if I could find enough driftwood on Lake Michigan? Painted Parasol Tutorial, also from Alisa Burke. Absolutely gorgeous! How to marble cookies from Sweetopia on Bake at 350. LOVE this technique...wonder if I need some decorated cookies anytime soon? Pencil vs. Camera set from Ben Heine on Flickr. Have a great weekend everyone! … [Read more...]
Fun Times with Royal Icing
Last week I had the opportunity of co-hosting a baby shower! The theme that we went with was Strawberry Lemonade, so all the decor and many of the appetizers and treats were based around the colors of pink and lemmony yellow! The first thing I decided to make was dipped Oreos, but I wanted to make it easy to decorate them. I made royal icing flowers the night before. They were super easy and turned out really well! They were so tiny and cute! Royal Icing Using Meringue Powder: 4 cups powdered sugar 3 tablespoons meringue powder 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 - 3/4 cup warm water Mix all ingredients in an electric … [Read more...]

