I wanted to make a special and delicious cake for my mom's recent birthday. She doesn't love chocolate (weird - I know!) but I also go for chocolate everything so I wanted to mix it up. For some time now, I've wanted to make a champagne themed cake but in this case went all in…
A new craft I’ve picked up during the pandemic has been making miniatures. There’s something amazing about how realistic miniatures can look if you include the right details. But other details can be left out entirely without issue. I’ve decided to design my own miniature kit of a New Orleans style shotgun house. Specifically one…
It’s just like Hamlet said: To thine own self be true. Uhh, Hamlet didn’t say that. I think I remember Hamlet accurately. Ha, well I remember Mel Gibson accurately, and he didn’t say that. That Polonius guy did.– Clueless We talk a lot about being our true selves but what is your true self? For…
Since I’ve been gardening this spring, I wanted to make some kind of plant labels to identify what I’ve planted so far. I usually use the plastic ones that come with plants but they tend to get lost in the dirt or blow away over time. Plus custom ones would be fun! 😇 After a…
I haven't been able to blog much this year. With everything going on around us over the past year, I just couldn't do it. I'd think about it. I'd even plan on doing it but I just felt frozen. I needed to hide away, keep to myself and process the realities of a global pandemic.…
Oops this container leaks!
I made my traditional king cake recipe a few times but also tried a few new recipes this year. Here's my original cinnamon and brown sugar king cake. Everyone raves about Dong Phuong but I haven't had theirs so I tried this recipe from Murmursofricotta.com which is meant to be similar. Cream cheese on king…
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