Shower Favors – Potato Chip Cookies

Shower Favors – Potato Chip Cookies

Shirley wanted a sweet-and-salty dessert for her bridal shower favors last month, so I made a couple batches of the Potato Chip Cookies that I had brought to her Super Bowl party back in February.  I made all the cookies the night before, and dipped 

Martha Stewart Cookie Boxes – 2012

Martha Stewart Cookie Boxes – 2012

Oops. The packaging for the tea-themed cookies I made for last year’s Holiday Bake-A-Thon totally slipped my mind. I picked a new design for my holiday cookie boxes, which the Earl Grey Tea Shortbread, Chai Spiced Snickerdoodle, Glazed Lemon Cookies, and Chocolate-Mint (Nightmare Before Christmas) Pinwheel Cookies 

Martha Stewart Cookie Boxes

Martha Stewart Cookie Boxes

Sadly, I’m already caught-up on my backlog of holiday baked goods.  I thought I’d wrap-up with a short ditty on how I packaged the treats. I typically opt for a cellophane bag, some festive Glad Tupperware, or a little Christmas bag or box. However, I 

Wine Cozy

Wine Cozy

I completely forgot to post about the wine cozy gift set I made Christina last winter until I was reminded while Christmas shopping on Black Friday last weekend.  I never thought I’d voluntarily stay up past 10pm to (of all things) go shopping, but Jamie 

Peaches and Cream Ice Cream Cake

Peaches and Cream Ice Cream Cake

My first ice cream cake!  I didn’t want to make any ordinary ice cream cake that one could buy from Baskin Robbins (i.e., Mint Chip Ice Cream with Chocolate Cake, etc.).  So, I thought I would take advantage of it being peach season and whip 

Utility Apron

Utility Apron

Some photos from a utility apron I made for Jamie to give as a Christmas gift to a fellow elementary school teacher… I like to call it my first “paid gig”.  After countless arguments about how much to charge for my labor (I insisted on 

Holiday Bake-A-Thon 2010

Holiday Bake-A-Thon 2010

Happy New Year! I’ve also been a bit sick the last couple of days, so I thought I’d spend the time updating here instead of circulating my germs in a new baking or crafts project.  The holidays are an infamous time for reveling in buttery, 

Baby Gift Set

Baby Gift Set

It never fails to surprise me when my peers get hitched and then have kids – I guess I’m just getting to that age where everyone is really settling down.  I think I’ve gotten over the once-frightening idea of marriage, but children are a whole new 

Café Apron

Café Apron

As a follow-up to my last post, here is the final piece to the kitchen set – the Café Apron.   But of course, some back story… We have something called the “IMAX-10” at work.  Similar to the Freshman-15, one almost always gains 10 pounds their first 

Pot Holders and Oven Mitt

Pot Holders and Oven Mitt

Today’s post is inspired by my stop at a Crate and Barrel outlet on the way home from a bachelorette party weekend in Palm Springs.  Needless to say, it was a very fun weekend with some of the most amazing women I’ve known for more