March 3rd, 2012

My family and I are loving the explosion of creative Muppet-related items appearing in the world! And I’m always on the look out for new ways to decorate cupcakes. There are no how-to instructions but I think I can figure it out with a little work. Love these! The Muppets by ~gertygetsgangster on deviantART

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January 2nd, 2012

Muppets: Kermit and Fozzy Bento by ~mindfire3927 on deviantART TOP: Kermit (kiwi, asian pear, nori details), rainbow (pickled radish/food color), shredded carrot. BOTTOM: Fozzy (riceball, unagi furikake, radish/nori details, potato hat), sauteed brussels with pecans.

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December 28th, 2011

Penguin Cake by ~sparks1992 on deviantART There is so much to love about this wonderful winter cake: the igloo, the diving penguins, the snowballs…it’s all fantastic!

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December 29th, 2010

Our annual family Christmas outing to downtown Seattle was a wonderful day this year. It was the baby’s first year with us and our niece joined us again. It was a whirlwind day of Teddy Bear Suite, Seattle Center, Westlake carousel and, of course, our favorite part: the gingerbread houses at the Seattle Sheraton. This [...]

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December 13th, 2010

About this time every year, I force the family to join me in an afternoon of messy edible fun decorating something made of gingerbread. Sometimes it’s a gingerbread house…one year it was a gingerbread train…and another year it was a gingerbread Christmas tree. This year we decorated gingerbread boys and girls. I used the word [...]

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December 1st, 2010

We are quite fond of gingerbread people here in the Mitchell household. It’s one of our favorite holiday traditions. We found some wonderful gingerbread people designs over at Zazzle.com that are on the top of our wish lists! We really like the dissected gingerbread man and the gingerbread man with the “no-bite-himself” collar. Too cute! [...]

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September 29th, 2010

I know cupcakes are trendy right now and I can certainly understand why. They’re small which makes them so cute when they are decorated and they are the perfect portion for those folks who care about stuff like that. I like them because I get a variety of flavors all at once and most bakeries [...]

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