I am always looking for an excuse to play with my Cricut . So while preparing for Easter this year I had an idea: Use my Cricut cut vinyl as a dye stencil! I was SO nervous when peeling off those beautiful designs after dipping… would it work? Would the vinyl hold tight? Or would […]
Every year growing up I looked forward to pulling out our family Easter tree and hanging all the easter eggs and other bits and bobbles that had been collected over the years. Now that I have children of my own I always hoped to keep that tradition alive but year after year I […]
A few Easters ago we began the tradition of making resurrection rolls (also known as empty tomb rolls) as a fun way to teach the true meaning of Easter. If you haven’t made them before resurrection rolls are the PERFECT Easter treat to make with your kids. The marshmallows represent the body of christ […]
Chocolate covered gummy bears are one of my FAVORITE sweet treats on this planet! They are sweet, chocolatey, fruity, bites of deliciousness so what isn’t to love? Unfortunately despite “naked” gummy bears being everywhere, the chocolate coated are kind of hard to find and when you do find them they are so much more […]
While my heart will always belong to my husband, I have to admit I have fallen completely head over heels for my Cricut Explore Air 2. It is so versatile that I’m always experimenting with new techniques (or maybe I’m just looking for new excuses to PLAY). So when I finally mastered using […]
I have horrendous handwriting, and my husband’s is only slightly better, so our Santa letter’s have been a bit less than magical in years past. This year I decided enough with trying to mask my own handwriting, and pulled out my Cricut to have it write our Santa letter FOR me! To find […]
I am a huge fan of backdrops. I think they are a super easy way to make an event stand out and tie in themed party elements tastefully. For my wedding I made a beautiful pinwheel backdrop to go behind our cake and it was one of the highlights of the decor. So when […]
Full disclosure this wasn’t a post I was planning on writing. You see I found a DIY for mossy cupcakes on Pinterest and was just planning on linking that tutorial from my upcoming woodland birthday party post. I gathered my supplies, followed the direction down to a T, and it was NOT happening. The […]
We settled on a fall woodland fox theme for my youngest’s first birthday and I knew I wanted to decorate the cupcakes with cookies. I did half (the chocolate cupcakes) with my picture perfect pumpkin cookies and the vanilla cupcakes got an adorable fox and tree stump. Why cookies on cupcakes you may ask? Because […]
Nothing says fall like Pumpkins! Pumpkin spice, carving pumpkins, pumpkin patch outings, fall means there are gorgeous orange gourds everywhere! So when we decided to throw a fall fox birthday party for our youngest son, I knew pumpkins had to be involved! Being the “Nutty Cookie Lady” (my husband’s loving nickname), I knew […]
