Valentine Hearts Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Cont’ from Cinnamon rolls in various heart shapes: a Valentines Idea. :: Recipe Valentine Hearts Cinnamon Rolls Recipe The Ingredients Dough: 1 cup lukewarm milk 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 packet dry yeast 2 eggs, room temperature 1/3 cup margarine or butter, melted 2 cups of (bread) flour Filling: 1/4 cup [...]
Delicious Valentine Hearts for Breakfast
Ohhh, yummm… ! Tell me a man who doesn’t like cinnamon rolls? You might like them also. Look at all these cinnamon rolls in heart shapes, enticing you to make them as these sweet mini-cakes make great ‘lovers breakfast’ for Valentines Day. Favorite cinnamon rolls made into a heart-shape form. Heart [...]
Valentines Day Recipe : Breakfast Bars
Want to be sweet to your loved one for breakfast on Valentines Day? How about whisking up easy love gateaux, aka instant breakfast bars ? Love it. Serve up a sophisticated slice sprinkled with some icing sugar or candied hearts for breakfast and cut up a few take-away bars for mid-morning coffee. Filled with goodies [...]
New Year Umbria Jazz Festival
Happy New Year from Italy!!! We were partying here on the first day of the New Year. Umbria Jazz Festival is held every year around this time in the gorgeous Italian city of Orvieto. As this year, New Year’s day fell on a Sunday we enjoyed the happy opportunity to actually go see it [...]
Auguri!
That’s Italian for "Merry Christmas", "Congratulations" and more such happy wishes. It’s my wish for you in this XMAS season. With lots of delightfully happy & creative projects over the days to follow. On that, I’m sharing one such projects: Here’s a basket of wrapped little chocolates that just went out of the door. [...]
DIY ZhuZhu Pet Food
Pin It : What are Zhuzhu Pets? Do you know? Zhuzhu pets are delightful little furry animals, that can race around the floor, go in all directions, make funky sounds when they bump into something (like ‘ohoh’). In short, they are adorable. They started out as being just hamsters, but there are raccoons and all [...]
Christmas Cake Gingerbread Recipe
or Pin It : This Christmas Cake Gingerbread is just a perfect execution of the ultra-classic Christmas cake. And I have the recipe here. Unless you can read Polish her blog is a bit of a mystery to us all, albeit that her pictures are beautiful. She’s busy translating her blog into English, [...]
Christmas Cakes & Cookies ~ Ideas, Cutters & Stencils
: This year, I am seriously contemplating making a Christmas cake, or at least, Christmas cookies. While this is ‘normal’ for probably all of you, for me it’s a new thing. That’s what happens if your sister in law is a pastry chef at one of the world’s best 5-star hotel chains. There is no [...]
Beautiful Halloween Food
Amazingly Beautiful Halloween Cakes and Cupcakes Today, I’m showcasing four of the best-looking Halloween cakes to stimulate the senses. Hopefully they spur you on baking your own glorious or scary but scrumptious delicacies! Happy Halloween! Halloween Central Or, visit our Halloween Central for all things Halloween (lots to howto’s, templates and [...]
Adorable Italian Kid Apron Pattern
I am not so into aprons, but what’s not to love about this adorable girl apron? It’s meant as a match to a mom’s apron, however, personally I’d rather opt up the size of this one if I were to make one for myself. The print and stripes are Italy – inspired, which is perhaps [...]
Caviar Anyone?
Introducing Odiot. Not sure if anyone of you is familiar with this institution, but Odiot is located on 7 Place Madeleine in Paris. A prime prestigious address, befitting for a silversmith of fame since 1690. Silversmith to the French Court In earlier times, Odiot was Napoleon’s silversmith fulfilling orders to the French court. [...]
Rose Place Card
Treat your table guests with a romantic surprise. One of those simple summer crafts that take just 1 minute to put together. A sweet thing that makes summers romantic. :: Rose :: Name Card :: Table Setting :: :: Craft How-to :: Pick a garden rose. Add a [...]
Linky Party w. Best Fourth of July Ideas
Today’s LINKY PARTY is themed ‘Fourth of July’ or ‘Red, white and blue’ – Party ideas. Come show off your inspirational ideas, completed crafts, home decorating results or DIY tutorials to celebrate the day of Freedom. Best Fourth of July Party Ideas Table Centerpiece Get Flowers for your Fourth of July Party here: Best [...]
Pigs In a Blanket
Last weekend we made treats for a young girl’s birthday party, and ‘pigs in a blanket’ were requested. I never made these before, but they looked easy enough to make, and sure enough, they were. I want to share this recipe with you before the weekend, as they tasted so good, I want you to [...]
DIY CRAFT TUTORIAL Linky Party :: STAIRS
This idea of link lists instead of pages and pages of image is growing on me. Now I feel it’s time to start building some categories, so that it’s easy to find things and to borrow ideas from each other. So, as of today, we’re going to do things a bit differently, as follows: 1. [...]
Easter Eggs Au Natural
Decorating with Easter eggs is akin to decorating Easter eggs, however, the main benefit of the difference is that you get to eat the eggs. This year, rather than hand-painted eggs, our Easter brunch table will feature simple, real eggs. As we buy our organic eggs straight from the farm, I am happier with this [...]
Homemade Relax Tea
Yesterday we posted ‘Love Jar’: a tutorial on how to embellish an empty honey jar to transform it into a wonderful Mother’s Day gift ~ a jar for her desk or craft corner. However, as it stood there in my kitchen yesterday, the (obvious?) thought came to me that, instead, it would be best [...]
Original Easter Craft Ideas
No matter what your craft medium might be, here are 5 original ideas for you: 1. SEWING: Carrots for the Easter Bunny Free Tutorial These great looking carrots give a fun whimsical note to your Easter Brunch table. You can fill them with chocolates and give them as gifts to guests. Or you [...]
Thanksgiving Craft: Dinner Table Centerpiece
Why should kids have all the fun? Thanksgiving is a time when us grown-ups get a major piece of the fun pie! Today, I want to wet your appetite for ‘Thanksgiving Crafts’ that will help you decorate the home for the holidays: We are going to create a Thanksgiving centerpiece. Creating a Fall-themed [...]
Halloween Pancakes
By now I have my whole family in the fold, and we are all coming up with crafty ideas for the holidays. Ha ha… This morning, we experimented with Halloween pancakes. What a joy it was to make these. Without any toys and tools other than a knife and a bit of Nutella, we created [...]
Halloween Ideas, Tons of them
Pin It CRAFT TUTORIALS & IDEAS ** FREE ** Did I hear anybody say ‘Halloween’?!! It is amazing, but while I have my head still on summer at the beach (Yes, I am still so enjoying this great weather…) , some folks in the craft community even skip back-to-school crafts and hop right over to [...]
Happy Fourth of July
I realize this is a bit of a last minute thing, BUT why not be celebratory! Let me enhance everybody’s Fourth of July holiday decoration projects and Independence Day celebrations with this FREE fourth of July clipart STENCIL template for this holiday weekend. I designed it in such a way that you can simply print [...]
St. Patrick’s Day Recipe: Shamrock Cookies for Dessert, or Anytime
Sometimes, Martha Stuwart’s website is a source for creative ideas. Like when you’re thinking about what activities to do with your little girl at home during spring break, while the wind is gushing 40-50 miles/hr (60-80 km/hr) outside. Well, it will be St. Patrick’s Day this Tuesday, March 17. And so, I was inspired by [...]
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