Suraya’s birthday was last week on Wednesday. She turned 9. Happy Birthday Suraya! For her school treats she wanted chocolate covered pretzels. That’s easy enough. Out to the grocery store I went and purchased Flipz! Yeah, I know I could have dipped some pretzels myself, but being busy with out of town guests all last week I opted to buy them instead. Besides, Flipz is what the birthday girl likes. [...]
Suraya and I joined our friends Veronica, Victoria, and Valerie (yup, that’s 3 V’s!) for some baking fun… and of course decorating! Meet our little bakers [slash] decorators…. The mischievous two, Victoria and Suraya…. And the sweet one, Valerie. These girls mean business when it comes to cupcakes! They were completely in charge (except us moms had oven duty). First came the mixing… Then came the mess… er um… the [...]
What does a girl with a huge cupcake liner collection do with her cupcake liners? Make carrots! I can’t begin to tell you how many cupcake liners I have… I just can’t help it. I see a new color or print, I buy it. I have jumbo, standard, and mini in all sorts of colors and prints. Remember my spring wreath that I shared with you some weeks ago. If [...]
Despite all the sweet treats I’ve been sharing with you, I have been doing well at sticking to eating healthier. My health kick is still going… and I’m in it for the long run! Well, that’s the plan. If you follow me on Pinterest, you may have seen some of the healthier meals I have been pinning. Mainly low calorie meals. So today I thought to share a few of [...]
Since my nephew heard about my hot chocolate on a stick that I made for my hot chocolate themed craft party last year, he’s been asking me to make him some. He’s my sister’s son and they live in Buffalo. They have visited Chicago twice since then, and both times I didn’t get the chance. My sister will be visiting again during her kids’ spring break, and she told me that [...]
Yes, I’ve finally had success with making homemade marshmallows… but not out of vegan gelatin. Yup, I did end up giving up on vegan gelatin. It was just not doing the job. If you recall from my homemade gumdrops post, I had some difficulty with my gumdrops… as well as the first batch of marshmallows I made. My theory was that the problem was the vegan gelatin. My theory was [...]
