Category Archives: i saw it on pinterest

Carrot in a Cake – Carrot Cake!

Posted on April 1, 2013 by queenvanna

So Easter is said and done, but I’m not ready to move on just yet.  Rather than call this an Easter cake, I’ll call it a SPRINGTIME, It’s 60 degrees outside (YAY!) cake! I made white cake batter and tinted … Continue reading →

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Polkadotty Goodness!

Posted on February 18, 2013 by queenvanna

For ha-ha’s I showed Big Girl the pinterest pin of the polkadot cake on Once Upon A Pedestal.  That cake is amazing, and I knew there’d be no way mine would ever look like that, but when anyone asked what … Continue reading →

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8 is great!!

Posted on February 4, 2013 by queenvanna

My little Bean turned 8 this weekend.  We had a small party with her friends at home. We stuffed a LOT of fun inside! She’s wanted a cupcake shop before she knew that cupcake shops were a “thing”, so we … Continue reading →

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Winter Ice Sculptures and Frozen Shenanigans

Posted on January 2, 2013 by queenvanna

Before the photo dump I’ve got prepared for today, Have a look at this!!  Chicago Parent is arranging a community activity for local folks to make ice balloons to display in a park – and they used my picture with … Continue reading →

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More Birthday Fun!

Posted on August 29, 2012 by queenvanna

So I wanted to show you a few more things I made to keep myself busy before and during Babycake’s 6th birthday! The obvious theme here is ICECREAM, YAY! including the “scratch and sniff” icecream cone t-shirt. The goodie bags had … Continue reading →

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peanut butter chocolate pretzels – what’s not to love?

Posted on July 6, 2012 by queenvanna

I’ve been lurking on pinterest again.  We have a picnic to attend tomorrow and will bring a dessert… what to make, what to make??  I saw awesome pics of these peanut butter pretzel bites on pinterest and ohyeahboy we had to … Continue reading →

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Homemade Peppermint Patties

Posted on April 4, 2012 by queenvanna

My girls love peppermint patties and the pictures on this blog and the simplicity of the recipe….  i had to try. i don’t have a good supply of colored chocolates right now, so i had to go with what i had.  … Continue reading →

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Rice Noodle Easter Nests

Posted on March 28, 2012 by queenvanna

Sticky, gooey, tasty, mess.  yum! super easy and makes little girls happy! we decided that since one batch makes about 18 nests and mom reeeeally doesn’t need 18 of these nests sitting in the kitchen all day that we’d package … Continue reading →

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i’ve been laying here 10 hours today and have accomplished nothing…

Posted on January 13, 2012 by queenvanna

so i’ve learned: i still like to make plans when i am high as a high-high-high thing.  did i make plans with you? remind me, cuz i’m sure we’ll have fun if i could remember.  i’ve made cakeball plans, i’ve … Continue reading →

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peppermints revisited

Posted on December 22, 2011 by queenvanna

so last year there was a small debacle regarding peppermint candies.  aaaand i had about 450 left.  so i tried these cute little coaster/trivet/thingies i saw somewhere, probably on pinterest. they didn’t turn out the way i hoped (peppermint candies, … Continue reading →

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