Mother’s Day just passed and as I mentioned in my previous post I kept thinking about non-traditional bouquets. Looking at all of these bouquets I kept coming back to pictures of Ferrero Rocher topiaries. I loved the idea of a topiary but didn’t want to use Ferrero Rocher chocolates. Most of the other sweet trees I saw were unwrapped candies designed […]
Mother’s Day is fast approaching and for whatever reason, I got the idea that I wanted to do bouquets three ways. In my head, I was thinking a traditional flower bouquet and then two non-traditional, non-flower bouquets. There are actually a number of options available, both purchasable and DIY. I’ve been leaning toward fruit and candy, but haven’t decided. I […]
I’ve only had Trader Joe’s infamous cookie butter once. I don’t really remember what it tastes like, but I do remember it was really good. The idea of making my own never even crossed my mind until … I saw a recipe for Oreo cookie butter. Now that was something that I needed to try. Recipe Research Per usual, I did […]
I’ve thought about making my own marshmallows for quite some time now. However, having neither a candy thermometer or stand mixer, it just seemed too intimidating. Then mid-November I was surfing around for Thanksgiving recipe ideas and stumbled across an easyish looking recipe for pumpkin spice marshmallows. During my search, I also found some sites that said you could make marshmallows […]
The next few weeks are going to go a bit off track from my usual plan of trying a hobby for at least a few weeks. Christmas is coming and trying to be budget conscious and thoughtful, I plan on making some of the gifts. These gifts could easily become hobbies, but for the sake of time, I will just […]