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 …
This blog makes me feel better about all of the unfortunate baking/crafting failures I’ve had in the last year, including the one I’m now going to write about. I highly recommend bookmarking it for those inevitable failures we crafter/bakers are doomed to experience (unless I’m …
Happy New Year! Writing is so unbelievably cathartic. I know none but a very select few actually read through these posts, but I’m going to pull out my “Collect $200 and Pass GO” card and maximize the medium I have going here. It’s not you, …
In my previous post on Apple Pie Cookies, I received a lot of flack (particularly from Daniel) for not posting a photo cross-section of the cookie. I’ve made these upon request three more times within the last three weeks, so I thought this would be …
Who loves them some Christmas?! Unlike the retail stores who throw up their decorations after Halloween (really?), I usually don’t start feeling festive til a little closer to said holiday. I got the idea for these Grinchmas Cookies from a post I saw on Pinterest, …
***UPDATE, DECEMBER 17, 2016: I wrote this post in 2011, and for whatever reason didn’t include the actual recipe. I’ve updated the post with it so you don’t have to click on the Smitten Kitchen link to get to it*** I went to SimpleThings Sandwich …
Each year at work, we have a Thanksgiving potluck the Thursday prior to Thanksgiving. Over the four years I’ve been at my job, I’ve contributed an array of different things – from bottled water to ice to a side dish of some sort. This year, …
I recently reformatted my computer all by myself (+10 geek squad points!) and ended up using these to pay off a friend who got me Microsoft Office and a couple of clutch photo editing programs (Photoshop and Lightroom, here I come!). Thanks, Jay! I randomly …
For the entirety of the time I’ve been crafting or baking, I’ve listened to familiar sounds to help me focus. At first, I would defer to having one of the Star Wars episodes playing on DVD. I can’t tell you what it is – it’s …
