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 [...]
Valentine’s Day is only a few days away. Just in case you were looking for more ideas, I thought I’d share just a few more. I’m always a sucker (no pun intended!) for mustache crafts, so of course I loved these mustache and lips lollipops when I first saw them over at Blonde Designs. I made them two years ago for Susu’s and Suraya’s classmates. The mustache and lips were [...]
Now that I’m done with the Valentines for Suraya’s classmates and teachers and with a cookie decorating itch, what do I do with the extra cookie dough? Well, make more cookies of course and do some experimenting. I finished off the rest by making more hearts and a few square shaped cookies. Some of the dough I decided to dye pink. As for the squares, I had an idea I wanted [...]
In my last post, I shared Suraya’s class Valentine’s. Today it’s all about the teachers… Suraya’s teacher and aid. As I mentioned, I was in the cookie decorating mood. Other than the little birdies I made for Suraya’s classmates, I also made heart shaped cookies. It’s Valentine’s after all! So I couldn’t resist using my tiny heart cutter… And with it I made these tiny cookie hearts. Valentine’s is the [...]
Last Valentine’s Day, I made chocolate dipped spoons for Suraya’s class Valentine’s. This year, I was in the cookie decorating mood. So I made these little birdies. I thought it would be cute to package them in small glassine bags tied off with twine. And to hand stamp the bags with the phrase “love is in the air”. Simple and cute packaging. Sometimes that’s all you need! Oh, also, each [...]
Valentine’s Day is not so far off… it’ll be here before we know it! Last Valentine’s I shared a cookie stamping tutorial as a guest post over at the Artsy Girl Connection, and realized that maybe I should share the tutorial right over here at OTI just in case you missed it. These are definitely one of my favorite cookies that I have done, so I hope you enjoy the tute! A [...]
I love gifting yummy treats in cute packaging as much as I love receiving them [hint, hint;)]. In the previous post, I shared candy cane cookie truffles, which I made using Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s cookies. Today, I will show you how I packaged them. Yup, those are winter hats that you see! With the chilly weather, tasty treats like to be kept warm too ya know! ;) Let [...]
Just recently I was introduced to these scrumptious cookies… They are Trader Joe’s Candy Cane Joe-Joe’s. I was told I must try them… and try them I did. There’s candy cane pieces in the cream center.They were heavenly I tell ya! Have any of you tried them? If you enjoy the Girl Scouts Thin Mints, then you should definitely love these. As matter of fact, I thought they were better [...]
Thanksgiving is almost here… and I can’t wait! I can’t wait for the turkey… the stuffing… all the goodies… and of course being with my family! Every year my mom makes Thanksgiving dinner and we all gather at my parents’ house, except last year for the first time, I made the dinner because my mom was out of town. Yup, I sure did! And surprisingly I made one heck of [...]
