The first thing I decided to make was dipped Oreos, but I wanted to make it easy to decorate them.  I made royal icing flowers the night before.  They were super easy and turned out really well!  They were so tiny and cute!

Royal Icing Using Meringue Powder:

4 cups powdered sugar

3 tablespoons meringue powder

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 – 3/4 cup warm water

Mix all ingredients in an electric blender and beat until stiff peaks form.  Put into icing bags and use various tips to make different shaped icing designs.  I spread out a sheet of parchment paper and just went to town making flowers!  It made soooooo much that I just put the leftovers in a bag to use later.  I think that as long as they are kept dry they will last quite a while!

The next day, I used some Wilton Candy melts and dipped half the Oreo’s in the melted white candy melts and placed upright on the parchment.  I immediately added one little flower to each.

Let set, harden, and you’re good to go!  Yum!  (Hint:  The tray that they are on is just my small cutting board, covered in white cardstock and an organza ribbon tied around it.  I left all the beautiful serving trays in storage when we moved for my husband to attend grad. school.  Our current apartment is too small for all of it so I just made do with what I had!)

I made a few napkins this weekend. Of course I used the new stamp sets! I wanted some for birthdays or if we have company over for dessert. I used the Hey Cupcake set and the StazOn ink. The StazOn ink is permanent. Then I just embellished the cupcake with french knot “sprinkles”. (Thanks to my friend Celia for showing me how to do a french knot!)

Here is a general one that I did for everyday eating.

Ready for the instructions?

Start with the Bough set, a napkin, StazOn ink, and a water soluble transfer pen. (I love the water soluble transfer pens, you just get them wet and they wash away!)
Mark two dots in the middle of your napkin to help with the stamp placement. (If you click on the picture you’ll be able to see mine.)
Stamp the branch on the napkin.

Then I used the lazy daisy stitch to make some hand embroidered flowers on my branch.

Finish it off with a french knot in the middle of the flower and a herringbone stitch along the bottom.

This is another color combination I did.

Now for the entry rules:
Leave a comment on this post by Friday night, June 28, 2008. In the comment, tell me what other things, besides stamps you’d like to see me carry in my store. Would you like to buy paper kits that I put together with coordinating colors of cardstock? Special types of ink pads? Unique packaging to stamp and embellish for gift giving? Let me know what floats your boat and be entered into the drawing! Thanks so much!