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. [...]
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 [...]
I bet you thought I was done with cookies. Not quite yet, but this time it’s chocolate chip cookies! My favorite kind of cookie. Back in my Cookies & Milk post, I had mentioned that I’ve been wanting to give the New York Times chocolate chip cookie recipe a try. The reason for my procrastination? When we [my household] want chocolate chip cookies, we want them NOW! For those of [...]
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 [...]
I can’t believe it’s already mid-week! Yikes. I have to confess I’ve been a bit of a slacker in the craft department for the past few days. Instead I’ve just been chilling and getting into some good books. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have anything to share with you. :) Today I’m going to share a project that I actually put together some time ago using my fabric scrap [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
My husband’s favorite cookie is the chocolate chip cookie, but not any ordinary chocolate chip cookie. It must be homemade. I’m sure most of us can agree with him… you can’t beat a homemade chocolate chip cookie. The only problem: I am yet to find that perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe. I’ve tried several to no avail, so my default recipe is either the one on the back of Trader [...]
