Hungry? Eat your clothes. Not kidding.

Just ran across this bizarre site.
Edible clothing.
yep.

Like this hat.

Okay, you might be saying, Linda, be serious that is just a chick with a cinnamon bun in her head. Oh yeah? Well, what about this from a recent fashion show where all of the

 elements were made of chocolate?

 I am thinking it could be the next Project Runway challenge.

Sure, we have all seen candy underwear. Those sheets of nasty green stick to your teeth "candy" and even some made of the strung candy necklaces or Smarties. But what about knitting up a pair yourself, with licorice laces?

   
Oh, what the heck. Let's go all the way. Give me a meal. Give me a spaghetti dress with a meatball necklace.  In the words of Tim Gunn, "Designers!??! Make it work."

Perks of being a blogger with local blogger friends

You can invited to some pretty cool events. I have been asked to evaluate sports cars, read advance copies of celebrity books, sample wine and travel to places I never would have known about.

Last night, I was able to tap into my technologically creative and organizational side- at the same time- when I was introduced to the personalized card company called tiny prints.

I wish this had been around when my kids were born. Although my personalized chocolate bar wrapper was a hit. It had required a lot of guesswork and I still think the results could have been better.

Tiny Prints makes the perfect big impression for any occasion, but last night we were all about Mommies. 

We chatted and snacked.

we were treated to manicures by Rhonda.

and massages by Mary

 AHHHH. 

We laughed, drank wine, shared our websites, blogs, and contacts, as social moms and mannies do. We told stories about motherhood- our own experiences and that of our parents raising us. We sat on a balcony and welcomed the cool breeze and fresh scent of spring, while the rest of the south was hunkering down in basements, clamping their ears against tornado sirens. 

 Thanks to our hostess dot at Dabbled.org and Foodwhirl I hope to keep in touch with the other bloggers and moms I met last night and definitely think we should do this again.

And the best thing was, I made a THE BEST card for my mother today, tinyprints even sent it for me! AND last night, I won the door prize: A FREE Tiny Prints photo book. Just in time for Father's day.

It's not too late for you. Fan tinyprints on Facebook and get a free Mother's day card.

Some Marketing Advice for Jenny the Caterer?

If you want to cater my party or special event, don't advertise by throwing your wadded up cheap ass menu in my driveway- 

even if you did place it in a dollar store baggie and add white rocks.

 Seriously???






EPIC FAIL.

Put it on a Stick. They'll eat it and love it.

 It's STATE FAIR time, and that means a few things: baby cows being born in public barns, spinning rides manned by pedophiles, and more than 50 kinds of food being sold on a stick.

Yep. STICKS. Forget paper plates, inconvenient balancing acts of rolling food on flat surfaces. Step up to the concession stand, and walk away with your meal, no need to even find a chair or table.
 It's brilliant, yes?
I grew up attending the New York State Fair.  The fair was so large then, it took 3 days to see it all. Now, Over one million people will pass through the gates. Look at this:

 GEDDES, NY (WSYR-TV) – A record number of people came out to the Great New York State Fair on its third day Saturday.  At days end, 115,324 people had turned out to the fairgrounds.  That’s 29,690 more people than last year.
The number of visitors also bests the previous attendance record of 94,959 set back in 2003.


WOW
 All the more reason to offer portable food. 
 I was reminded by my fave station: NPR, about all the other great state fairs, and started to think I need to make more road trips.
Here's some food on the stick selections.

The chocolate covered twinkie
 ...a precursor to the new deep fried twinkie, coated in white chocolate, rolled in nuts and dipped in whipped cream. ( not kidding)
 There are traditional foods on a stick like cotton candy, candy apples, and now, cinnamon buns, pie and even deep fried snickers, or oreos on a stick.
At Woman's Day, they explore more "meals on a stick", while here you can see some absolutely gross items, more joke than dinner I hope. Seahorses? really?

Most of the state fairs I found were bragging of 50-70 individual foods offered "on the stick"
 For real??

see some of them here: 

Are you wondering, like me, how many people jabbed themselves with the stick while eating?