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 […]
Here is a series of photos showing how to carve a melon snowflake starting with a super simple pattern and adding more carving to make it fancier. You can see a variety of beautiful snowflake melon carvings in our previous post. You can use the snowflake design pattern that is available in our Holiday Carving Pattern set. Or […]
I’ve got six videos with quick pumpkin carving tips for you. The first video shows how you can draw your pattern boldly on your pumpkin, yet end up with no drawing marks. You’ll like this simple trick. It will give you a nice clean finished carving. Five additional quick pumpkin carving tips. You will find […]
In preparing for my TV appearance on Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family show, I experimented with an easy to make, easy to teach, watermelon bowl. Here’s the evolution of my leaf pattern watermelon bowl as I played around with the idea. This is now part of some new lessons we have available. Click here to […]
Want to see a charming idea for super fancy french fries? Take a look at how one of my student/customers, Lino Hermano make threes styles of carved potato flowers. He planned to fry and serve to his choir members that he directs at church. What a fun idea! White potatoes are not often used in fruit and vegetable carving […]
Both the transfer pattern paper and the pattern transfer fabric make transferring pumpkin carving patterns and watermelon carving patterns faster, easier and more accurate than other pattern transfer methods. How do the Pattern Transfer Paper and Pattern Transfer Fabric differ? That is what this article and this video are about. We introduced the Pattern Transfer […]
Want to dress up your soups and salads with unexpected and pretty carrot flowers? In this video lesson, I’ll show you 3 ways to make easy carrot flower garnishes. Whether you have special tools or not, you’ll be able to make these simple carrot garnishes. In the third method that I show in the video, […]
Is this 48 second video I’m going to show you a real simple way to add some love to your plate when serving a sandwich or toast. Last weekend my husband and I were on our way to brunch in La Jolla when we saw a sign for the Bella Vista Cafe. We are always […]
I received this text from one of my customers. It made me LOL. This was in response to trying out our new Transfer Pattern Fabric for the first time. When Ric wrote ‘jack’, I think he meant ‘hacked’. I also think that ‘angle’ was supposed to be ‘angel’. I guess he was too excited to […]
I’ve featured a lot of unique forms of food art on this blog and when I saw Nathan Shield’s pancake art on YouTube, I knew I had to showcase his special talent as well. While pancakes are simply a breakfast food to most people, Nathan manages to turn them into incredible works of art. Nathan began experimenting with pancake art […]
Nita is inviting you into the world of fruit and vegetable carving. You'll join thousands of others who've become watermelon carving and fruit carving experts using Nita's simple and easy-to-follow food art instructions! Her how to garnish & melon carving video lessons will show you how to sculpt beautiful fruit bouquets & arrangements! Create spooky pumpkin carving creations this Halloween.
Hearts and Roses Lessons
$22.95 – $26.95
Carving Letters and Words 1, 2 & 3
$54.97 – $69.97
Portrait Carving Course for Pumpkins and Watermelons
$119.00 – $147.00
Melon Basket Weave
$24.97 – $28.97
Pattern Transfer Fabric
$14.50 – $74.95
