The best gifts to give are handmade, I just love feeling the joy of giving gifts with a personal touch. I made these great little hot cocoa gift sets for family and friends this year, and I can't wait to give these out. I plan to hand these out around Thanksgiving so my family and friends can enjoy a lovely mug of hot cocoa to get them into the Christmas spirit! I ended up ...
Hot Cocoa Spoons
Yesterday I posted DIY personalized coffee mugs, today is all about a tasty little treat to enjoy with a nice cup of hot cocoa. This post contains affiliate links, so you can shop conveniently from wherever you're reading this and I'll get a teeny commision. These Chocolate Hot Cocoa Spoons were way too easy to make. I thought they would be messy or hard to work with, but ...
DIY Personalized Mugs
I've been wanting to design mugs as Christmas gifts for a couple years now. I finally got around to it and love the results, I can't wait to gift these! To start this project I gathered white mugs of all shapes and sizes, then I spent a small fortune on Porcelaine 150 pens. After spending a ton of time transferring designs onto the mug with graphite paper I was ready to use ...
Milwaukee Ronald McDonald House
My work volunteering as a Ronald McDonald House Charity Ambassador has only just begun. This past week my husband and I visited the Ronald McDonald House of Eastern Wisconsin in Milwaukee. The Eastern Wisconsin chapter is undergoing a huge expansion, going from 38 rooms to 70! Even under construction it's a gorgeous site to see and the staff is working seamlessly through the ...
Pumpkin Pie Bites
Have you ever had excess pumpkin puree in your cupboard and had no idea what to do with it? You might have overestimated how much you actually needed, or maybe it was a buy one get one special. You could whip up my four ingredient flaky pie crust, or you could make these delicious little Pumpkin Pie Bites. These pumpkin pie bites have the pumpkin pie taste that you love, but ...
From Scratch Croutons
I love croutons, I mean who wouldn't like perfectly seasoned cubes of bread on a salad? They are so easy to make at home too. I kind of love when bread starts to go stale or I have extra hamburger buns or hot dog buns, because that means it's time to bake up some perfect little croutons. After reading this recipe I'm sure you'll feel the same way! The beauty of making your ...
JELL-O Pumpkin Patch Jigglers
Jell-o Jigglers are so much fun to make, and even more fun to eat. It's a kid friendly food too, what kid doesn't love to eat Jello? I decided I needed to make a cute Jell-0 treat for my family, and pondered what we could make with Jello Jigglers. AJ suggested pumpkins, but I wasn't sure how we would be able to pull off Jell-o pumpkins. An empty soda bottle was sitting in ...
BBQ Chicken Potato Skins
So we might not actually be grilling in Lambeau (I wish!) but we always put on quite an elaborate spread at home to watch the games. I love making these BBQ Chicken Potato Skins, these are pretty simple to throw together and I promise they will be a touchdown at your next game day gathering! There's basically no bad way to serve potatoes. Smothering those delicious ...
Sheep Hand Print (Toddler Craft)
I knew I wanted to give my husband some kind of craft incorporating Aliceana for his birthday. Pinterest is just full of cute ideas for using hand prints for crafts, but almost all of them include messy paints. Making my daughter a disaster on purpose is not something I was interested in. Also, I have a wiggle worm on my hands, I know she wouldn't cooperate for anything too ...
Date Night {a gift for him}
My husband and I happen to have our birthdays fall three days apart. This year we decided not to exchange presents. Of course a few days before my birthday I figured out that he bought me gifts (and he had been giving me little gifts through out the week, like a new vase, a bottle of wine from our favorite winery, etc.) So I had to come up with something awesome and ...
Fresh Picked Strawberry Muffins
It's that time of year where strawberries are filling the tables at farmer's markets and grocery stores. I just had to have some, but had no idea what to use them in. Then my husband lectured me, "You better find something to put them in before they go bad!" So I dove into the family recipe vault, looking for something inspiring when I found this easy-peezy strawberry muffin ...