Sugar Transfer Cookies

by Helen Kain | Mar 28, 2022 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts, Easter, Spring Recipes

Buttery, crisp sugar cookies are welcome at any time of year. Fail-safe and endlessly adaptable, here they are decorated with Royal icing before edible transfer paper adds the final festive touch.     Print clock clock iconcutlery cutlery iconflag flag...

Floral Meadow for Easter

by Helen Kain | Apr 3, 2021 | Easter, Green, Pink and Red, Purple, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow

Easter is such a hopeful holiday. While I love Christmas, it marks the beginning of winter and many months of darkness. Easter, however, is the beginning of warmer and longer days (at least for us Northern Hemisphere dwellers). You can almost feel the world coming to...

A Little Bird Tells Me It’s Officially Spring!

by Helen Kain | Mar 20, 2021 | Blue, Easter, Featured, Spring Tablescapes, White

Chirp, chirp! It’s time to start preparing our nests.  Every spring, it’s the same. She starts nagging me to redecorate as soon as the weather warms up. What’s wrong with last year’s nest? It’s so … tatty … she...

Is it Spring, yet?

by Helen Kain | Mar 2, 2021 | Easter, Green, Spring Tablescapes, White

Hi there! It’s Maxcera Bunny speaking. Is it time? Can we come out yet? It’s still a bit chilly, but green shoots are popping up, and I’m hopping to go. I see a basket of flowers to nibble on, and hey – what are these things?  Little...

Sugar Cookies

by Helen Kain | May 12, 2020 | Cookies & Bars, Easter, Foundation Recipes

We have Heather Baird at SprinkleBakes to thank for this excellent recipe. It’s perfect for cut-out cookies as the dough holds its shape beautifully. Whip up some Royal Icing and let your imagination soar. It’s a fun way to spend an afternooon, and kids...

A Famille Rose Easter

by Helen Kain | Apr 9, 2020 | Antique china, Antique glassware, Easter, Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes, Vintage china

It’s a weird kind of Easter this year, as the Easter Bunny observes social distancing. We will need to hop to it and make do with pretty pictures and virtual gatherings. And some non-virtual chocolate. I set this table a few weeks ago, pre-pandemic, in blissful...