Princess watermelon Carvings are a fun, unexpected and healthy way to make a “cake” for girl’s birthdays. Especially during summer when watermelons are plentiful. You can use this ideas to surprise and delight your birthday girl. A while back I published a blog post with an idea for making Princess watermelon carvings using a Barbie […]
Here are a couple of photos of carved watermelon portraits that were recently sent to me by students of my Portrait Carving Course. You’ll see many carved portraits throughout my blog. Our recently previous article shows how one customer/student carved a guest of honor’s face into a dozen watermelons. Hi Nita, This is my first trial of […]
One of my customers, who is a professional carver, purchased my Portrait Course a long time ago and never used it. Then recently, he was called upon to make some carved watermelon portraits for a private party. So, my customer, Ric Testani, needed to carve his first portraits. Ric was wise enough to set some […]
Yesterday I published some yummy appetizers with great eye-appeal that a friend of mine made for a casual afternoon party. In this post, I’ll show you some beautiful yet easy decorations that she used for the dining tables, and serving tables. These are simple and effective ideas that you can use for any party. Presentation […]
Little girls love their princesses. This Barbie cake made from fresh watermelon is great for celebrating girls’ birthdays. Make one of these and watch your girl’s face, light up. This short video will give you an overview of how to make one of these pretty Barbie princess “cakes”. If you aren’t seeing the video here, scroll […]
The idea for fresh fruit cake that I introduced several years ago has been super popular. Every time I post photos of fresh watermelon cakes adorned with other fresh fruits, I receive even more photos from my customer/students and blog readers. I recently published some photos of Healthy Birthday Cakes and sure enough, I received […]
It was a fun experience. The show’s hosts, Mark Steines and Cristina Ferrare (the beautiful super model from the 70s and 80s), made me feel comfortable. My producer Jessica Robertson did a great job of taking care of the details. They’ve asked me to come back again to show some pumpkin carving. I loved that […]
You can help pick the People’s Choice winner in the Watermelon Board’s online watermelon carving contest. In July I announced an online carving competition put on my the Watermelon Board. If you’d like to view the Watermelon carving entries that were submitted to the Watermelon Board online contest, do it today. All of the entries […]
Butterflies are beautiful creatures in nature and they’re equally beautiful as a butterfly tray display of fruit, veggies, meats and cheeses. I wrote a blog about creating a butterfly tray a few years ago. Since then several readers have sent me photos. Here are several uses of butterfly trays. Go ahead and create your own […]
Summer is the perfect time for making pretty watermelon baskets. They always get lots of ooohs and aaaahs. Beautiful Watermelon Fruit Salad Basket with rose carved handle Customer / student Larry Slawson made this beautiful watermelon fruit salad basket. He carved the roses and leaves into the handle of his basket and made neat zig-zag […]
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