How about offering your children fun and creative play gift ideas this Christmas? By creative play I am referring to supplying items that will help spur on and encourage their imagination, giving them freedom to explore and develop their minds. Here is a list of items that you can make at ...
Heat cream to boiling in small saucepan. Stir in butter and cook until melted. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate until melted. Place in shallow bowl and chill until firm, at least a couple of hours. Roll mixture into 1-inch balls and roll in cocoa. Sometimes the mixture is quite ...
Starting with DIY wedding gifts is an enriching journey that allows you to give a piece of yourself to celebrate the love of others. With a bit of planning, creativity, and patience, you can make gifts that the couple will cherish for years to come. Remember, it’s the thought, effort,...
If they don’t, there could be a couple of things you are doing wrong: Flat heavy muffins with tunnels may mean your oven temperature is too low. If the muffin has a lopsided or misshapen peak, the oven temperature could be too high. Knobs and peaks on top and long tunnels can als...
If you plan to make homemade fruitcake for Christmas, you need to make it now, this week, because most fruitcake has to “season” for at least a month and are even better if you can let them set longer. I know some of you would love to give fruitcake as gifts, but I suggest sta...
All you do is peel, core, and cut up the apples – mix in the topping – and cook for a couple of hours. It’s really simple and it makes it easy to cut down on sugar. I cut the sugar in half from another recipe I found and I thought this was plenty sweet. ...
I have also included a couple of more adult crochet projects. There are fingerless gloves or kitchen potholder with beautiful bee motifs. And I am so glad that I have found cubee! If you are curious to find out what cubee is, read on! Reversible Crochet Bee This is a free Reversible Be...
Not canned for preservation: This is not a recipe for preserving long-term cherries so keep them refrigerated and use them within a couple of weeks (if you can hold onto them that long) — although the cherry juice will last bottled in the fridge for a good long time. If you do go ...
Your DIY sugar scrub is now ready to use. For best results, use the scrub a couple of times a week. Gently massage it onto your skin in circular motions during your shower or bath, then rinse off. You'll notice your skin becoming smoother and more radiant with regular use. ...
Another older and now wiser Deb in DE Deb, This is reason no. 379 why you are my go-to for all thinks culinary! Made this tonight for my adult kids for Christmas and THIS will be another ‘Mom is loved’ moment. So deceptively easy, using only the best vanilla, cocoa, and whiskey...