Author Archives: groovycraftchick

Canon EOS 1DX Camera and Camera Bag Cake

Posted on January 27, 2013

Making cake for oneself or loved ones is an ethereal, slow, rainy Sunday kind of thing to do. Making cake for other people – that’s a whole other kind of cake – a high amount of pressure combined with shortened … Continue reading →

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The Groovy Craft Chick blog – 2012 in review

Posted on December 30, 2012

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 30,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading →

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Wonder Woman Cake

Posted on December 27, 2012

My birthday was in early November, and we had a dessert party to celebrate. When I asked my children what theme of cake I should make (me), they insisted on Wonder Woman. I have always loved Wonder Woman – if you … Continue reading →

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Ding Dong! Wicked Witch of the West Doorstopper

Posted on November 6, 2012

Ding Dong! Wicked Witch of the West Doorstopper.

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Ding Dong! Wicked Witch of the West Doorstopper

Posted on November 6, 2012

Can you believe I made this?  My kids think they’re hilarious!!! And I’m really pleased with the way they turned out. I ended up using Pebeo ceramic paint for the red – painted over top of the clear glaze, then … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Pumpkins – May the Gourd be with you

Posted on October 31, 2012

Well, you probably guessed we weren’t just going to be able to draw smiley faces on pumpkins. R2D2 unfortunately isn’t carved completely – more later. But for now, these guys are doing a great job guarding my doorstop.

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Chocolate Spider Cupcakes … EEEEEKKKK!

Posted on October 31, 2012

For my kids daycare party, I bought a Wilton cupcake kit to make spiders – kind of cheating, but super fun for the kids to assemble. Yum! Thank goodness I had a couple of spiderweb cookies lying around!!  

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Haunted Gingerbread Facade

Posted on October 31, 2012

Ok, I know, purists will say this is not a “house”, technically. It probably should pass as a giant cookie standing up. Nonetheless, it’s funny, and the kids helped me make it, and we’re going to eat it pretty darn … Continue reading →

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Hallowe’en Cookies for my Tricksters!

Posted on October 30, 2012

It wouldn’t be Halloween without some giant gingerbread cookies in the shapes of ghosties, Frankensteins and Spiderwebs! Halloween is in full swing at our house! I stayed up waaaay too late decorating these – hopefully I’ll have a chance to … Continue reading →

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How-to: The Tintin Cake

Posted on October 23, 2012

Some time ago, I made the above Tintin cake. It was one of the first cakes I’d ever done that involved painting with food colour directly onto rolled fondant. I get a lot of questions about how I did the … Continue reading →

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