Now that I get to be more crafty with it with my daughter, we’re having fun eating candy and talking about pumpkins. I volunteered to do the snack for her preschool party. As soon as I saw this tutorial from Skip to My Lou, I had to try it!

At first I was going to do Frankenstein or the Ghost she has in the tutorial. Then I thought that might be scary for 3 year olds. Since the kids were also going to a pumpkin patch, ideas started to roll~

Made with black frosting writer, orange candy melts, green cookie frosting, and vanilla Oreos. My daughter is like me and doesn’t really like chocolate, so I thought I’d play it safe :)

Hope you’re all enjoying December so far. Monday was my last day for shipping things. I’ve been reading reports that the post offices are already seeing delays. I’ve closed my Artfire shop and my official shop for the holidays. Plus, yes! Moving. Hopefully I’ll be all set up by the end of January or sooner :)

This year, I’ve been baking and mixing a lot of holiday goodies. I plan on giving a lot of it away to family and such this year. Anyway, I thought I’d make a blog post with a few recipes to share with everyone. The great thing about all the recipes is they are no bake and only require a microwave ^^

Santa Party Mix by Cookies and Cups (Pictured)
A really fun mix that is really delicious :) But really, I love anything with a candy coating hehe

Christmas Spiced Tea
A friend used to give this as a gift when I was in school. After college, I really wanted some again! lol The recipe I’ve found is pretty simple and makes quite a bit.

From the Complete Holiday Organizer by Emilie Barnes
1 cup instant tea (dry) (can use decaffeinated)
2 cups dry Tang (orange drink mix)
3 cups sugar (may be a lot for some, I cut it down to 2 cups)
1/2 cup red hots candy
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon powdered cloves (I used ground because that’s all I could find)
1 package of lemonade mix

Instructions: Mix all ingredients together. Add 1 heaping tablespoon of mix to one hot cup of water.

Tumbleweeds
When I was a kid, my neighbor would bring these over on a plate. After college, I heard someone mention them on a radio show. I finally found the recipe, and I’ve made these ever since. I brought them once to a work potluck and they were loved. I’m glad because they were very easy to make! I add 2 cups of chocolate.

My last recipe to share is from one of my favorite sites: Dollar Tree Crafts!
Peppermint Bark Christmas Trees
I suppose you could really make them any shape that you find silicone molds in :)

And also from DSC, find yourself needing an interesting container to put all your treats in? Then why not make a Sweet Candy Apothecary Jar, or a regular Apothecary Jar?

Oh, and random, found this at the store :) I couldn’t resist and had to buy it. How could I turn down a bro mix?

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

Something I’ve been enjoying a lot is baked potatoes! Especially loaded, as proven by this photo! haha I’ve added: butter, cheese, bacon, sour cream, black olives, green onion, and some salt and pepper as seasoning.

I picked up this mug (I spilled some hot cocoa outside of it, oops! lol) at Target for $1 ^^ I don’t really need another mug, but I couldn’t resist!

A meal I’ve been very into lately… breakfast! Bacon, scrambled eggs with cheese, texas toast, buttery grits, and sliced strawberries. Yes, I did finish it all and yes, I was sleepy afterwards! lol Usually at work I like to get grits, a biscuit, and bacon… and a fountain soda, because I love soda :X

Pumpkin bread! Since the first day of Autumn, I have been craving pumpkin like a madman. Turned out, my sister also wanted to make pumpkin bread…which led to a 2 city wide search for a can or two! Only once place ended up having it, so I bought four 30 oz cans for us to split lol

In my image is pumpkin bread with a (setting) brown butter glaze. It turned out great and I look forward to taking a slice or two with me to work ^^ hehehe

And last… my kiddo picked these out. Very “Wizard of Oz”, right? Kids’ shoes are so cute ^^ I think this is her 3rd or 4th glittery pair haha

Otherwise, I’m feeling pretty accomplished lately! So I’ve been playing plenty of video games as a reward hehe mostly Red Dead Redemption of PS3 and I restarted Mass Effect on PC =)

Hope you all have a great start of the week!

I’ve been crafting of course, but nothing too big. I’ve been sewing mostly for the annual Halloween direct sales next month :3 I hope you are looking forward to it! This year, the items will all be on sale on my Artfire page.

But I have been eating, right! So, I’ve taken some photos of things I’ve cooked lately. I love food :3

What are all these tiny things? Well on top are pigs-in-a-blanket… basically crescent rolls wrapped around cocktail sausages. I love this! So does my other eater xD I usually mix some mayo & mustard to dip it in. At the bottom is some honey-roasted red potatoes. Delish!


I made this for the first time today… Black Bean and Corn Salsa. It came out pretty good… because I also made some homemade chips to go with it! I got the idea from the Craftzine blog… Basically I just cut them up, oiled them slightly, dashed on some fine sea salt and baked on each side for 4 minutes. Super fast, not messy, and fits well :D

Onion rings! Yummy…. I eat these up pretty fast xD lol

BLT too… I haven’t had one of these in awhile :D

Hope you all have a great weekend!!