Category Archives: Craftiness

Christmas Dinner Menu

Christmas is only a couple of days away, so I am sure you can’t possibly be looking for a last minute Christmas dinner menu, but if you are, you’re in luck.  All of these recipes have been tested out on … Continue reading

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Easy Christmas Gift: Vanilla Sugar

For a quick and easy to make, but lovely to receive, Christmas gift, try making vanilla-infused sugar. Just place a few vanilla beans in an air-tight jar and fill with sugar.  Allow to sit for a few days and the … Continue reading

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Gingerbread Trees

Gingerbread cookies are a must at Christmas.  Martha Stewart has a recipe for Gingerbread Snowflake cookies that is just dreamy.  Since I do not have a snowflake cookie cutter, I made gingerbread trees, instead.  I piped the outline with royal … Continue reading

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Christmas Melt and Pour Soap Tutorials

I am so far behind on Christmas crafting, baking, and blogging.  I just can’t seem to convince myself that it really is almost Christmas.  The dusting of snow we got today helped.  Hopefully, the 3 – 6 inches we are … Continue reading

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Christmas Card and Gift Box

Last month, I had the honor of hosting a Martha Stewart Crafts house party through House Party.com.  House Party sent me all of the materials to make some fantastic craft projects using the Martha Stewart Crafts product line, available at … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, everyone! Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

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Kids Craft: Ribbon Spool Maraca

The other day, I was sorting through some craft stuff and one of my ribbon spools had some beads stuck in it.  I shook it and it sounded like a toy maraca.  I thought, this would make a fun and … Continue reading

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…

Did you know that Christmas is only 5 weeks away!  Yikes, I had better get posting and crafting! Above is the cold process soap I made for Christmas this year. First, I made the trees in a tree-shaped silicone muffin … Continue reading

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Rethinking Soap Wedding Favors

My little sister is getting married next year and, as a gift to her, I am making her soap wedding favors free of charge.  Last night, we scoured the internet for ideas. We both had in mind some kind of … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Spice Is Oh So Nice!

A few weeks ago, I tried the Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks and was instantly in love.  The very next day, A Year of Slowcooking posted a link to a Pumpkin Spice Latte slowcooker recipe.  I had to try. It … Continue reading

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