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Halloween treats from the archives

We’ve been ready for Halloween for weeks now, ever since my daughter found her purple Queen costume at a Cracker Barrel when we took a girls weekend to visit Luray Caverns. Halloween is the absolute best for making cool stuff with sweet stuff. Usually all you need to do is add candy eyes to something [...]



hello, marshmallows, what’s up? (how to stamp marshmallows)

  Oh hello there. How are ya’? What’s up? I found these cute-as-can-be mini stamps at a little shop in Charlottesville, VA when my daughter and I visited my husband there during his Reserves duty this summer. They are only about 1-inch square. As one who hasn’t the faintest clue how to scrapbook or make [...]



fall from the archives

  It’s official, despite the creeping heat outside, that Fall is here. My darling started kindergarten today. Sniffle. Actually, truth be told, there were no sniffles for either of us. For me, I kinda need the break to catch up, and she was in the same school for full-day preK last year (see here? her [...]



sunflower marshmallow pops, the other way

  And now for sunflower marshmallows, part two… the even easier way! Come on, how many of you predicted this exact outcome? Once again, I made these ages upon ages ago, back before I lost my days to home renovation and a 4 and 11/12 year old.     To make sunflower marshmallow pops:   [...]



cookie decorating with lots of kids

  Last week, I visited my daughter’s school and led a fun food class (all veggies for this sweets-free school). Well, I went back with some cookies and icing in hand for a cookie decorating session with her class, twenty-plus four and five-year olds. There was no avoiding the sweets part with this one, no [...]