DIY Projects, Crafts, & Paper Fun
Learn how to make fun candy crafts for Christmas, including my gnome candy holder! Christmas and candy go hand in hand, even if you only indulge in a chocolate here and there. In my family our tradition is to fill our stockings with small gifts and candy, but lately I’ve been seeing new and fun…
Learn how to safely and quickly cut foods like tortillas for quesadillas and fondant for cake using your Cricut cutting machine! Let’s make a Cricut Tortilla! We’ve been inundated with posts and letters about cutting tortillas with a Cricut, thanks to the dino quesadilla viral video on TikTok showing it. You all want to know…
Last night Greg made my pumpkin-cocoa chili and two things struck home. 1. This chili is damn good and we need to make it more often. 2. This recipe needs to be archived somewhere other than a single piece of paper in a binder in my kitchen. Plus, you all might enjoy this chili, too. It’s super…
Protein is our BFF. We’re happy when we’re hanging out with protein, and we’re cranky we skip out on it. Protein is essential in every diet, and are necessary to keep the body going daily. When you don’t get enough protein, you can have low energy levels, poor concentration, moodiness, and a sluggish metabolism. I’ve been working to…
Today I am thinking about Thanksgiving. This is a good thing as it’s less than two days away (ha ha!). Two years ago I made this fabulous bread cornucopia for Thanksgiving and I thought it looked amazing considering how easy it really was. I dug up a photo of it and shared it on my…
As part of my continuing series on DIY christmas gifts, this weekend we made a really fun treat: DIY Candy Cane Spoons! I’ve been wanting to make these for a while. The idea is that you put the candy spoon in your hot drink, like coffee or tea, and it slowly melts and imparts its flavor to…
Hawaiian Pork & Pineapple Kabobs are popular in our house! The dish is surprisingly healthy and inexpensive to boot. It’s also quick to make (less than 10 minutes under the broiler). But the real reason it’s popular with my guys is that it’s super delicious. Greg said to me, after eating it last night, “I think…
Would you like better tasting coffee from your Keurig? Or just want to save a few bucks? Then you can make DIY K-cups! I’ve figured it how to do it. But first, let me tell you how I got to the point where I needed to make my own K-cups. My Sad Coffee Story First, you…
It’s autumn, the air is chilly, and my thoughts turn to pumpkin. Call me a stereotype if you must, but I adore pumpkin spiced foods in the fall! PSLs (Pumpkin Spice Lattes) are no longer an option for me, so I turned to the sweet treats: pumpkin cookies! But plain ol’ pumpkin cookies need a little…
My 10-year-old LOVES to cook and bake. This weekend she decided to celebrate the arrival of spring with these cute duck cupcakes. It all began with the shopping list she wrote out for me… 1 box of Lemon cake mix 2 cans of vanilla frosting (1 can + 1/3 of the other can is separated…
