Category: Seasonal

Large Scale Pottery Barn Inspired Mirror

Large Scale Pottery Barn Inspired Mirror

| October 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

Remember this post?  Here is what the finished product looks like.   It was a bit of a process to make but I love the finished product.  $15 dollars in mirrors (8 1/2 x 11)  from the dollar store and and another $45 or so in materials (molding, plywood backing, glue, paint, hanging materials etc.). [...]

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Meet Carameled Frapplestein

Meet Carameled Frapplestein

| October 11, 2011 | 3 Comments

He’s a pretty dapper not-so-scary kind of dude.  We like carameled apples around here, but they taste excessively sweet to me when fully drenched in caramel.  So this was a good compromise. Here’s how we made him: Hair:  Caramel and miniature chocolate chips.  Use good caramel like the one sold here (great tips for carameled [...]

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Pot of Gold for St. Patrick’s

| March 17, 2010 | 2 Comments
Pot of Gold for St. Patrick’s

Here’s a quick and fun little idea I did for my hubs this year to celebrate St. Patrick’s day.  (I don’t even think he knows it’s a holiday today ) The dollar store has these little salsa tubs that are PERFECT for little pots-o-gold or cauldrons (for Halloween).  They come in a two-pack so they [...]

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Turtle Pretzel Goodness

| December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
Turtle Pretzel Goodness

I wasn’t really intending to do this as a post, but since my goal is to post every other weekday and I have nothing else ready (why did I begin during the month of December?), I figured might as well.  I was planning on making these pretzel treats that I saw my friend making a [...]

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Glass Christmas Frame

| December 11, 2009 | 0 Comments
Glass Christmas Frame

It’s the big day…my first post.  It’s taken me 4 months of being too chicken to actually start.  The website is nowhere near ready and I have no idea what I’m doing, but my head is swimming with ideas so I decided that it is time to get er going.  My photography will improve, once [...]

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