Food, Crafts and Fun
Happy 2012! I can’t believe the year is over and here we are. It’s pretty cliche to say “it goes by so fast”. But seriously… it does! We brought in the new year in style. We all have strep throat so we partied with our anti-biotics and watched a movie. =o) We did run out […]
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Ever since I can remember my family has eaten cheese fondue on Christmas Eve. My Grandmother made it when we all went to her house. Then when the Christmas Eve festivities moved to my Mom‘s house, she made it. Now that Christmas Eve is at my house… well… I can’t break tradition. It brings […]
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I think this was one of the coolest things we’ve done in awhile. I’m still fascinated by how this worked. (And a little frightened by the wonders of Borax.) This is so easy to do and it’s so much fun to see the look on everyone’s faces as the crystals grow. Here’s what you’ll need: […]
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Santa sent us an Elf. His name is Zachary. Meet Zachary. I can not begin to tell you how much fun it has been to have Zachary. The looks on my kid’s faces in the morning when they search for him and then find him – priceless. Truly priceless. He’s a funny […]
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Do I even need to explain why I wanted to make these for co-workers? I mean really, they are so stinkin’ cute. We gave them to the secretaries in the front office and the administrators. (I work in a middle school.) Cute right? And so simple! The idea came from One of a Kind […]
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I had every intention of making my kid’s teachers Christmas candy bar wrappers as a little Christmas gift. I just love candy bar wrappers. But then I saw a version of this so cute idea over on Today’s Fabulous Finds and knew this was what I wanted to make. I thought they were so cute! […]
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A couple of months ago for the Secret Recipe Club I was assigned the blog Betcha Can’t Eat Just One. Oh man. Katie has so many good recipes! I just had to make this Malted Chocolate Tart too. And I’m so happy I did. It was amazing!!! But I have to admit that if I […]
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I just love participating in the Secret Recipe Club each month. It gives me the opportunity to read new blogs and find amazing recipes and learn new techniques and cooking styles. Our amazing host Tina from Mom’s Crazy Cooking does a great job coordinating it all and helping Amanda from Amanda’s Cooking out. My blog […]
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I’ve decided candy bar wrappers are my new favorite things. They are cute and make the perfect little gift for teachers. We made our Thanksgiving Pilgrim candy bar wrappers and they were huge hits with my kid’s teachers. So when I started finding all these great Christmas ones, I figured I’d share them all with […]
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I think fudge is my weakness. Well, okay, fudge and donuts. Ummm…. fudge, donuts and fried food. Okay, fudge, donuts, fried food and diet Coke. Yeah, that’s them. Is that bad? At least with fudge I only eat it once a year. And yeah baby, that time of year has come! Yipee! I am […]
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I had all these grand plans to do great things this Easter. Some of them got done but a lot of them are still in my “to do” pile. Crud. At 6am when I was getting ready to pack my kid’s lunch for school I remembered I wanted to pack their lunch a little differently. […]
Did you read the title and think “what the heck?” If you did, you’re not alone. When I first heard of roasting Starburst candies over the campfire I was pretty skeptical. Number one, there’s no chocolate so that usually rules me out. And number two, what the heck? How would that even work??? But when […]
I love that I found these over on Mom Endeavors. I knew immediately that this was a Halloween snack we had to make. Super easy which means little helpers can do this one all on their own! What you’ll need: * stick pretzels * white melting chocolate * raisins * milk chocolate melting chocolate Arrange […]
A friend of mine at work bought this amazingly awesome ice cube tray mold for me. I thought it was a giant compliment when she said “I saw this and thought of you.” Seriously! How cool is that! I love it when people see weird but extremely cool things and actually think of me. What […]
I’m always on the search for fun foods to make for me… I mean my kids. Ah heck, who am I foolin’. I’d make these adorable scooter snacks even if I didn’t have kids. They are so cute. And all the ingredients that I love! Adorable, right? I found this in the August 2010 edition […]
This might be the last of our Easter treats for this year. But seriously, don’t hold me to that. Sometimes we just bake on a whim so there might be more =o) So guess where I saw this cute idea. Give up? It’s another Family Fun magazine idea. I am totally in love with that […]
Have you ever seen these things? They are egg molds? Egg what??? Egg molds! I saw them awhile ago and have been wanting to get them to try them out and here they are. Pretty cool looking aren’t they? You’re probably wondering why in the world anyone would want these things though, right? Well, I […]
So what do you think? Have we been doing it up, Thanksgiving style? (Maybe not if you’re a grown up. But we don’t really have one of those in our house.) =o) But my kids have loved all the fun treats we’ve made so far. We tried our first Turkey Cookie. Then we sugar-ed it […]