AGD Crafts: Lace Crown
This is an activity I have been dying to do for years now. But I kept putting it off partly because I couldn’t figure out a reason to do it. And now as I continue to venture into the American Girl Doll Crafts world, it seemed like a perfect fit. So, to start, I ventured…
Hot White Chocolate Peppermint Bombs
So I first came across hot chocolate bombs late last year. Now I am not a big hot chocolate drinker. In fact, the last time I had hot choc was 2 years ago. What I liked about the bombs was the aesthetics of the product: this perfect sphere of chocolatey yumminess decorated to entice. With…
AGD Crafts: Headband
Here is the next in my series of AGD Crafts. This time I am showing how to make a floral headband American Girl or other brands of 18 inch dolls. I love these paper flowers that I get at Michaels and Amazon. Here is the next in my series of AGD Crafts. This time I…
Palmiers: French Heart Cookies
For Valentine’s 2021, I thought it would be fun to highlight a few traditional and non traditional DIY’s. I am going to start with a food project that is referred to as French heart, in its native land. Palmier Cookies are my most favorite cookies and as some of my students would say, best cookies…
Origami Bell DIY
Here s another in my series of easy origami projects. This time I am making a bell, well a cooupla bells actually. It is amazing how a few simple folds can create something this adorable. So how do you make origami bells? Get out the tutorial below. Supplies: origami paper 6″ x 6″, .5″ wide…
Cracker Gift Wrap DIY
Party crackers always make me think of my childhood. Yes, they are filled with cheap plastic toys but the paper crown, cheesy joke and the snap when you pull it apart, always take me back there. I love the shape of crackers and have used it as gift wrap over the years. For holiday 2020,…
Basic Gift Wrap DIY
Gift wrapping! It is something we have in common, cos we all do it at least once a year. Whether you are doing it for birthday’s or the holiday’s, gift wrapping can be a fun and creative endeavor, for some people like me. For other people, gift wrapping can be frustrating which is why I…
Honeycomb Ornament DIY
As soon as I found out that I could DIY a honeycomb ornament I fell hard and fast for this project. I mean who would not love something like this? But that love almost disappeared because, this may have been the most challenging of crafts for yours truly to master. So as always, I did…
Origami Christmas Tree DIY
So I came across this origami tree as part of a gift wrap tutorial. At once I saw the possibilities of this tree: as the finishing touch in gift wrapping, as a holiday card or as a garland. Here is the example of Christmas tree on a gift. And here is Christmas tree on a…
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
So I mentioned in my last hummus post that while I will eat traditntal hummus, I am not a big fan of it. My all time favorite hummus is roasted red pepper. I fell in love as soon as I tasted this for the first time. And what I like about hummus is that it…