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 [...]

Shortcuts for Your Thanksgiving Dinner

By Annie
Thanksgiving is a terribly busy day, and let’s face it, you could use all the help you can get.  Whether this is your first time hosting Thanksgiving, or you’re a seasoned veteran who is also in charge of keeping the kids under control and entertaining your lovely (but demanding) mother-in-law, it never hurts to [...]

Key Necklaces

By Annie
My weekend started the way all great weekends should – with a trip to the craft store. I bought some supplies to begin my holiday crafting, but while I was there I stumbled across a few really cute key pendants. So I’ve spent the majority of my weekend so far making jewelry instead.
Here’s what [...]

Felt Purse

By Annie
Here’s an adorable and easy project that you can do in an afternoon.  All you need is some felt and a needle and thread.

Steps:

Cut out two identical sheets of felt.  It can be whatever you want the sides of your bag to be. In this one, it’s a little more narrow at the bottom, [...]

5-Minute Earrings

By Annie
I don’t have much spare time on my hands, so I’m always interested to find new projects that are simple and not very time consuming.  Today I spent five minutes on two pairs of earrings – yes, five minutes, two pairs.  All you need is some earring hooks and chains.
Project #1

I used a special [...]

Crocheted Hoop Earrings

By Annie
I really love jewelry with a personal touch, and I think that adding details like crocheting can really make a piece stand out.  Pieces like these earrings are so simple, yet people really notice them.

I’ve gotten so many compliments on these earrings, and it was really as simple as attaching some wire to an [...]

Piano Key iPhone Case

By Annie
I’ve been on a sewing kick lately.  My big project has been a t-shirt quilt (which I’ll blog about sometime this week), but I’ve also made a few felt iPhone/iPod cases, including this piano key case.
Poor photo aside (my camera has taken a turn for the worse), this was an incredibly easy project.  All [...]

Silver Leaf Jewelry

By Annie
I found a really cute set of leaf charms this week, so I quickly threw together a necklace/earrings set. 
 
I’ll do something a little more creative with the rest of the leaves, but you can never have enough plain silver pieces.

Easy Button Bracelet

By Annie
This project is so easy and takes very little time.  All you need is several buttons and a needle and thread.

String the thread through the button holes and tie at the end. That’s all there is to it!

Now you’ve got a cute little bracelet – that simple.