Today is Easter. Yay! Today is also the last day of National Craft Month. Aww. I hope everyone has been inspired to create something new this March, whether it is picking up a previously abandoned project, brushing up on some of your old favorite skills, or trying your hand at a new craft. I’ve dabbled…
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Playing in the Kitchen: Toasting Coconut
My website is in the middle of a good face-lift/restructuring*. In the meantime, enjoy a great kitchen tip: How to toast coconut! Toasted Coconut adds a little bit of class to your desserts. It is a great way to make up for a lack of cake decorating skills, turning an ordinary white cake into something…
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Quite possibly my favorite Christmas Song… but will probably never be on the radio because it is a bit long. A beautiful little story if you haven’t seen it before. Merry Christmas Everyone! OLD CITY BAR Trans Siberian Orchestra In an old city bar That is never too far From the places that gather The…
{Office Supply} 3D Snowflakes
Part Martha Stewart. Part MacGyver. Back in 2009 I figured out a way to decorate for Christmas using only supplies I could find around the Office. I was working over Thanksgiving weekend, and time was moving at a snail’s pace. When you work for a company that is open 24hrs a day, someone has to…
Playing in the Kitchen: Cranberry Sauce
Forget the can. If you have enough kitchen prowess to make Top Ramen or a Box of Kraft Mac & Cheese, you can make your Cranberry Sauce from scratch. Seriously. It’s so easy. And adding the words “from scratch” makes anything you serve 1000x more impressive. This time of year, you can find bags of…
Reasons to love FALL (Christmas, you wait you turn!)
Do not be fooled by the Christmas commercials on TV or the unexpected snow fall around the country. It is FALL! Full of some of my favorite yearly things, including but not limited to the following: Seasonal Beer Fall means the weather is getting cooler an the beer is getting darker. Excellent! Some of my…
Lobby Pumpkin 2012- Finding Nemo!
Every year at the Hotel that so generously employs me, there is a pumpkin carving/decorating contest. 5 years in a row, I have not won. But I love art and being creative, so I don’t mind. Each year I try to do something different than the last (Carved to Decoupaged) but my mind was drawing…
Crashing a Virtual Baby Shower
Jenny at Picky Palate is having a baby Boy. Congrats Jenny! I don’t know Jenny. But I do know a lot of her friends. Technically, a lot of her friends’ blogs. Source: Cindy on Pinterest Some of the great cooking/baking blogs out the have joined forces to throw Jenny a virtual baby shower today! I…
DIY Gifts: Baby Washcloth Roses
Diaper cakes are super cute. And useful to any new mom going the disposable diaper route. But. They have been done. In a search for a new idea for a handmade Baby Shower Gift, I came across a video for these cute little roses made out of baby wash cloths and baby spoons (thanks Pinterest!)….
Playing in the Kitchen: Chipotle’s Lime-Cilantro Rice
Sometimes your meal plan revolves around this notion: What do we have in the fridge that will probably go bad if we don’t use it soon? This week, that something was Cilantro. Create a whole dinner around a 30 cent bunch of herbs? Why not. Especially when there are limes lying around that need to…