A New Twist On Old Rice Krispies Treats

By Annie
This week finally started making some desserts for the holidays. For future reference, I always refer to all dessert-making as “baking” even if there is no actual baking involved, which is often the case. Case in point: these rice krispies treats.
You’re probably familiar with the very simple procedure involved in making traditional rice krispies [...]

Happy Hanukkah!

By Annie
Today marks the beginning of Hanukkah. In celebration, I’ve scoured the internet for some great Hanukkah-themed handmade items. Enjoy!

The Hanukkah Project is a 12 song compilation cleverly packaged as a Hanukkah gift. Only $10 – click the photo to view the listing.

Kids Craft Weekly has some great ideas for Hanukkah cards, like this dreidel [...]

A Look Back: Melting Snowman Cupcakes

By Annie
At the beginning of the holiday season, I always like to take a look back at all the blog posts and photos of projects that I saved from the previous year. This one is really cute.
Cherrapeno brought us these winter cranberry cupcakes, which she decorated to look like half-melted snowmen.

The recipe and the decorating [...]

Holiday To-Do List

By Annie
I’ve always been a supporter of the “Christmas season doesn’t start until AFTER Thanksgiving” school of thought, but as we all know, the crafter calendar is a bit ahead of the regular calendar. Therefore, my official holiday season starts today.
There are a lot of things I’m hoping to make in the next month and [...]

Scary Snacks

By Annie
Every Halloween party needs some spooky treats. I’m trying to find some good recipes to try, and I found some really great works of art.
These bloody finger cookies are 100% vegan friendly.  Click the photo to view the full recipe.
I know your Halloween guests will probably get enough candy, so why not include something [...]

Halloween Cookies

By Katelyn
Today, in an effort to put off doing homework, my roommate and I decided to partake in some festive baking.  Of course, it is far too early to make Christmas cookies so we made Halloween cookies!

We made the sugar cookies completely from scratch.  Then we decorated them with homemade icing, some sprinkles, and mini [...]

Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars

By Annie
This weekend, I decided to take a break from the madness of the Windy City and head to my parents’ house in Michigan.  There are a lot of things I like about visiting my parents, but one of my favorite things is that my mom seems to always be baking something delicious.  This weekend [...]

chai tea + cookies = …meh

By Annie
This week, instead of making my normal chocolate peanut butter no-bake cookies, I decided to try a new recipe. I stumbled upon a recipe for chai cookies, which immediately caught my attention. After all, I LOVE chai tea, and I LOVE cookies. So naturally, chai cookies should be the most wonderful [...]