i have a confession to make. i cannot make pie crust. i've tried a few times and each time it's turned out horribly. i wanted to make an apple pie for thanksgiving...pie crust fail. i tried to use a "no-fail" pie crust to make some blueberry pie...that one was even worse. sigh. that's why i've never ...
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easy homemade caramel recipe
homemade caramel. there is nothing better to eat or to make during the holidays, especially since you can use this recipe in several ways: regular soft and chewy caramels like we're going to make today, homemade chocolate-covered caramels, caramel chocolate-dipped pretzel rods, and homemade turtles. ...
homemade christmas tree star ornaments
every year we put a little 4' christmas tree in my kids' room so they can decorate it with all the christmas decorations they make at home or at school. it's "their" tree under which our elf likes to leave little gifts (check out these free printable christmas gift tags for those little gifts!) ...
how i organized my entire christmas :: holiday planner
most of the time when december rolls around, i often hear the "here we go again" phrase accompanied by a long sigh. the holiday season can be stressful - there are so many events such as kids' christmas concerts, work parties, get-togethers with family and friends, not to mention all the other ...
easy holiday fabric bunting
i'll be the first to admit that halloween is not my favorite holiday. i have absolutely no decorations (except these adorable pine cone spiders that we made last year), no pumpkin carving skills to speak of, and i can't stomach most of the garish costumes and decorations that come with ...
how and why i menu plan.
menu planning has been around forever. and it's no secret why: planning out your meals makes life so much easier! here are 3 of my favorite reasons to meal plan...1. it saves time. the whole process of looking through grocery store ads for deals, planning out the meals we're going to eat for ...
homemade applesauce recipe
i've been making my own homemade applesauce for years. even before i was married and had kids, i would make huge batches of it in my mom's kitchen. so, once my kids came along i was already in the habit of making it and would feed this to them instead of buying the overpriced baby food at the store ...
make it yourself :: christmas stockings
even though my husband and i have been married for several years, we never had our own stockings until last year. the reason being that we lived close to family and so was always at someone else's house for christmas day - and both my mother and mother-in-law had plenty of stockings to spare. so ...
diy alphabet lacing cards :: help your child learn to write
my oldest child is in preschool this year and watching him progress has been so much fun! he's always loved numbers and letters. so when he started to practice writing, he was very excited to see that he could make those same letters and numbers he sees every day! he's learning the proper ways to ...
extended family scrapbook
i grew up in a large family. 10 people, to be exact. 8 kids + 2 parents. and i absolutely loved it! there was always someone to play with, talk to, etc. but over the years, we've all moved away from home and have settled ourselves all over the united states and canada. so needless to say, we don't ...