DIY Window Treatments for the Budget Conscious Each of these DIY window treatments are unique and oh so pretty. They prove that with a bit of ingenuity and creativity you can make your own custom window treatments at a fraction of the cost of custom draperies. A word a caution, I doubt you can read this…
Food Art Sandwiches for Kids Have you ever tried encouraging your children or grandchildren to try new foods by using food art? When my sons were little I would make all kinds of food art for them. It was very helpful in coaxing them to try new vegetables. Now with my granddaughters, I do it for fun…
Easy DIY Spice Rack Did you ever notice how many spices your Grandmother had? My mother and her friends had maybe 6 spices in a little rack. We still use the same basic 8 spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, poultry seasoning, paprika, chili, and allspice). These days its fairly common for us to have 30 or…
How to Make Cookies with Dough How to make cookies with dough or what cookie flavour do they want has been asked by every Mom when faced with a week of school lunch preparation. This basic cookie dough with endless cookie flavours is the ONE recipe I used repeatedly for school lunches. You mix up…
Craft Room Artwork with the Silhouette My craft room is so full of stuff all sorted into plastic containers with labels I have several projects in various stages for the craft room and its causing upheaval I am just not used to. Oh well it will be worth it in the end. Artwork adds so…
Craft Room Ideas to Ponder Right now I am designing a budget-conscious craft room, so I am collecting a group of craft room ideas. This post contains a collection of my favorite craft room ideas I want to incorporate into a swanky new craft room. All of these ideas are budget-conscious and would make any…
All Natural Apricot Raspberry Cupcakes Originally I was making this apricot raspberry vanilla cupcake recipe into a semi-naked cake, but plans changed. Instead of hosting Easter Brunch, I get to be a guest. Apricot raspberry vanilla cupcakes travel much better than a fancy cake does, so cupcakes it is. The title of these cupcakes sounds much…
All Natural Apricot Cupcakes Originally I was making this recipe into a semi-naked cake, but plans changed. Instead of hosting Easter Brunch, I get to be a guest. Apricot cupcakes travel much better than a fancy cake does, so cupcakes it is. The title of these cupcakes sounds much fancier then they are too make. The…
