These moss-covered chocolate-peanut butter-cake pops are so delicious and a great way to use up leftover cake! Continue reading Edible Moss Balls – Cake Pops With Natural Green Food Coloring
Monthly Archives: March 2018
DIY Hyacinth Jars With Moss
Hyacinth are my favorite spring flowers! This year I made a simple Easter table decoration with recycled glass jars, fresh moss and pink hyacinths. Continue reading DIY Hyacinth Jars With Moss
Victorian And Edwardian Easter Candy & Desserts
Easter Cake With Candied Violets And Pistachio Nuts
‘The natural colors of violets and pistachio nuts unite to furnish a most attractive and somewhat showy decoration.
Wash a cup of butter in cold water to remove the salt, Continue reading Victorian And Edwardian Easter Candy & Desserts
Vertical Stripe Cake With Strawberry Meringue Buttercream
This vertical striped strawberry cake is a cake for a special occasion! Rich, sweet and strawberry-y! Continue reading Vertical Stripe Cake With Strawberry Meringue Buttercream
Old-Fashioned Carrot Cake With Naturally Colored Marzipan Carrots
This carrot cake recipe dates back to the 1920s. It’s so delicious, super moist and easy to make. Plus, the old-fashioned carrot cake is naturally dairy-free and gluten-free! Continue reading Old-Fashioned Carrot Cake With Naturally Colored Marzipan Carrots
Edwardian Easter Toys
‘In the language of the small child, “Easter is most as good as Christmas.” One readily accepts this conclusion after visiting the shops with their festive array of amusing toys and devices that delight the fancy of youngsters who still live in the land of Happy Delusion. Continue reading Edwardian Easter Toys
1920s Violets – Ribbon Flower Tutorial
‘There are certain types of girls and women to whom violets seem to belong.’ (Ruth Wyeth Spears, 1920s)
In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make authentic 1920s ribbon violets and how to wrap wire stems with embroidery floss. Continue reading 1920s Violets – Ribbon Flower Tutorial
Edwardian Easter Hats
‘Have you bought your Easter hat? It is certainly time to select something, and it is getting along into the days when one cannot longer postpone the hat crisis. […] That she who buys her millinery now pays two prices for it may be true. But it is also true that the first millinery is worth double the price of the later offerings. […] There is a new look about the early season millinery that is never observed later on. Continue reading Edwardian Easter Hats
DIY Moss Pots – Spring Craft With Living Moss
I love spring crafts with fresh moss! On our walk yesterday we gathered some moss to make these moss pots for Easter. Aren’t they beautiful? The moss looks so soft and velvety. Continue reading DIY Moss Pots – Spring Craft With Living Moss
25+ Naturally Green St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
Cake, ice cream, custard, bread, pasta & bread – all naturally colored green for St. Patrick’s Day!
You don’t need artificial food coloring to dye food vibrant green for St. Patrick’s Day. Use sunflower seeds for dark green, kale or wheatgrass for bright green, matcha for moss green, pistachios or green peas for light green, red cabbage for blue green, kiwi for yellow green, and spinach for light or dark green. Continue reading 25+ Naturally Green St. Patrick’s Day Recipes