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About lynndaviscakes

This blog is for everyone who likes to try something new craft projects, easy holiday crafts for the entire family, decorating cakes and cupcakes, to all of books published on Amazon.com. The books are on the cakes and crafts but also adventures stories from children to teens. I have retired from the corporate world and now enjoy taking adventures with my grandchildren and going on adventures and learning new things that I will share with you. I hope you enjoy some of these posts. All the best, Lynn

Egg Crafts for All Ages Book just released on Amazon.com


Decorating eggs has been an art form for centuries.  Carl Faberge made incredible jeweled eggs for the royal court.  We hide decorated eggs for our children at Easter each year.  Not matter what your skill level is decorating eggs are fun … Continue reading

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How to get out of the dog house for Father’s Day Tip #7


Gift Idea – My father is a farmer at heart so my brother and I bought him a wheelbarrow and some tomato plants for Father’s Day.  This is a great gift and hopefully he would forget about the streaking.  Fat … Continue reading

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Getting out of the dog house for Father’s Day Tip #6


My husband loves to build military models and had built a wooden box and lined it with plastic to float the 6′ submarine in to see if it would float.  The box looked like a coffin and I hated it.  … Continue reading

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Getting out of the dog house for Father’s Day Tip #5


In my biology class there was all kinds of snakes in their glass enclosures.  I thought it would be fun to walk them across the senior lawn at lunch time.  I recruited one of my friends and we took them … Continue reading

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Getting out of the dog house for Father’s Day Tip#4


This little race car just might get you out of trouble for pulling your car in the garage with flames coming out from under the hood.  How was I to know you had to keep putting oil in that darn … Continue reading

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How to get out of the dog house tip #3


For those of you who do not know what streaking is; in the 1970’s people would take off all their clothes and take off running naked.  It was socially acceptable in the 70’ and you just never knew when you … Continue reading

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Making a Griffin Egg Night Light


This griffin egg was made using an Ostrich egg.  To cut the egg I used a drill to make a hole then using some needle-nose pliers to gently chip out the opening.  The egg was painted black and when the … Continue reading

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Get out of the dog house for Father’s Day Tip #2


Each year when the family would gather at Father’s Day my dad loved to tell all of the funny stories that my brother and I put him through when we were growing up.  Most of these stories are written down … Continue reading

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Get out of the dog house for Father’s Day Tip #1


Real Estate Signs in the Front Yard – One of the guys I dated had a mother who was a Real Estate Agent.  One morning I woke up to my Dad yelling for me to get out of bed and get … Continue reading

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Father’s Day Computer Cake


This 1/4 sheet cake is fast and easy to make.  The computer is made with two chocolate bars.  I typed up the message and printed out a picture of a key board and sealed them in self laminating pouches.  They … Continue reading

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Train Cake for Dad


Is the guy in your life a train nut?  Well I have one!  He went so far as jacking up center support beam in the basement and moving it so that his trains could go back and forth between the rooms.  … Continue reading

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Emu Egg Night Light


This emu egg is perfect size for a night-light.  It is 4 1/4″ tall.  I used a craft drill and the smallest bits that come with it to etch the egg and then had to break into my husband’s drill … Continue reading

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Memorial Day Star Cake


This star pan is perfect to make a great dessert for your Memorial Day picnics.  The red stars are made with candy melts and the mold was purchased from Michael.  Best wishes to all of you for a safe and … Continue reading

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2 Headed Dragon Egg


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Memorial Day Star Rice Krispy Treats


 

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