One of the great passions of my life is decorating cookies. I love finding excuses to raid my cookie cabinet where I’ve collected all the tools I need to make beautiful royally iced cookies. It’s taken a fair amount of time to test different products and find the cookie decorating tools that work and […]
As we mulled over the ticket options while planning our trip to Disney World I came across the Memory Maker add-on option and was extremely intrigued. On one hand I LIVE with my cell-phone in my hand so would this additional add-on truly pay off or could I just capture all those images on my […]
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 […]
Well the year is FLYING by meaning Easter will be here before we know it! Like pretty much every holiday food may not be the *point* of Easter but it certainly plays a BIG roll. As a kid I remember every year my mom would bake a couple of those oh-so popular coconut covered […]
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 […]
While working on an up and coming DIY I realized I needed several BRIGHT colors of sugar. I knew it was unlikely our local store would carry the colors I was after and I also didn’t want the expense of buying 5 different colored sugars (sprinkles are PRICEY)! So as I so often do […]
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 […]
Tax return time is almost right around corner! For middle-class families tax season is probably more exciting than Christmas (after all we get a chance to replenish our wallet instead of emptying it for once). We get a chance to pay for some of those needs and repairs we have been putting off and […]
Ah Valentine’s day, filled with romance, moonlit walks, roses by the dozen, and amoré. Well that’s what movie stars get, for the rest of us there are scrumptious desserts, CHOCOLATE, delicious Valentine’s treats, and hopefully a date with someone you love! (Kind of a fair trade off if you like chocolate as much […]
