I don’t know about you, but I like the look of coasters. They are really cute underneath a cup of warm coffee or tea. For me, it’s about coziness. And I love when they are homemade. So one day, I was tinkering with some extra card stock I had and thought, why not make quick[…]
I absolutely love flowers. I have no idea why I am so obsessed with them. I even wear flower pins everyday to hold up my bangs! (upcoming tutorial). So I am constantly crafting with flowers and one simple, but very elegant arrangement I made for our bedroom dresser was with flowers I picked up at[…]
I love roasted nuts, but do NOT want to pay extra for them roasted. My mom first taught me how to roast pine nuts a long time ago, and it’s the same for almonds, or any other nut you would like roasted. So here’s a simple and easy method using a frying pan. No roaster,[…]
If you know anything about me, you know I am absolutely addicted to baking two things: breads and desserts. Now, in Sicily, the most typical type of vanilla found in flavoring desserts is basically vanilla flavored baking powder. I like to use liquid vanilla, and more than that, I like to use real vanilla. And[…]
For those of you who have a small kitchen, I can sympathize on how hard it can be to squeeze furniture in. Our kitchen is very small and I have a lot of appliances, with very little counter space. The question became, “How can I store all my appliances, with the very little cabinet space[…]
We have a small towel and medicine cabinet in our bathroom. Frankly, I can never seem to fit enough towels. Not that I’m a towel hoarder, but I like to change my towels frequently, and so every time I go back home to California, I’m resisting the urge to buy more face and hand towels.[…]
It finally happened……I too, have become part of the “wives for tidy sweaters” club. At first, I did what many newlywed wives do, every time I saw a poor, shoved back in messed up sweater, I would pull it out, refold it and back in it went. Well, this went on until I finally couldn’t[…]