{recipe} “Frozen”-Themed Meringue Trees
My son is obsessed with all things Anna, Elsa, and Olaf! He loves the movie Frozen so when we wanted to make meringues, we decided to give them a little bit of Frozen flair by coloring them pale...
Category: Craft Projects
{adventures in gingerbread} The French Quarter, New Orleans – in Gingerbread
Behold: New Orleans’ French Quarter, made entirely of gingerbread and candy! For the past several years I’ve gotten together with a group of friends to make a crazy gingerbread project. (See bottom of the...
{disco christmas} Saturday Night Fever, in Gingerbread
Every year a group of friends comes over and we make a crazy gingerbread “house” – usually more of a scene – to go along with the theme of our Christmas party. Last year...
{happy birthday} How To Make a Super Cool Thomas the Train Birthday Cake
Let me give you a quick piece of parenting advice that I learned the hard way: do not let an almost-2-year-old browse train birthday cakes on Pinterest. If you do, be aware that he...
{recipe} Rainbow Tie-Dye Snickerdoodles
Do you believe in reincarnation? Based on how much I enjoy making and eating rainbow foods, I think I may have been a unicorn in a former life. I have been wanting to try...
{roundup} 10 Extremely Easy and Clever Valentine’s Day Gifts for the Truly Lazy and Last-Minute Among Us
Yesterday I wrote about how to make heart-shaped bacon for your valentine. While not exactly an advanced-level craft, it will take you about 20 minutes from start to finish (although most of that time...
{feliz navidad} Epic Gingerbread Taqueria
I can’t believe this is the fifth crazy gingerbread project I’ve made, but here we are – and I think number five turned out pretty great despite a skeleton crew working on it. So without...
{side project} Welcome to My Massive Mid-Century Modern Renovation
Two years ago, we bought a crazy 1960s house in the wine country near Santa Rosa. This only happened because it is literally next door to my parents’ house, and that kind of opportunity...
{how to} How To Make Lavender Salt – And 8 Suggestions For How to Use It
We grow an outrageous amount of lavender in our garden, and aside from making lavender caramel sauce from time to time, I have mostly left the lavender flowers to the bees. But this year...
{diy} Easy Spray Paint Picture Frame Project
I don’t post that many craft projects on this blog, although I do a fair amount of crafting. This one was easy and turned out pretty well so I thought I would share it....
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