Mohanthal Recipe for Diwali
Diwali is India’s biggest and most important annual holiday and is celebrated with a traditional festival of lights. It marks the beginning of a new year for India’s calendar. This year my mom shared her recipe for Mohanthal with me and we made it together. This is a type of fudge. Every Diwali she prepares…
Gummy Candy Recipe
So I have been making gummy candy for years now. Since I work with kids as young as 4 years old, I needed a recipe that was not dangerous. Candies like hard candy and caramel are challenging to make in class because you have to heat the sugar to a very high temp. . While…
DIY Unicorn Dreamcatcher
Here’s a bright, festive, fun colored DIY that you can do with your little ones. This was inspired by a photo I saw online and I just couldn’t wait to recreate one for myself. I loved the colors so much, it was definitely eye catching and so pretty. I had a spare wooden bamboo ring…
18″ Doll Rainbow Leather Bag
This leather bag for 18″ dolls has been in the works for a while. I knew I wanted to create a bag for my 18″ doll DIY boxes and I wanted it to be fairly easy for my young customers to make. As the idea was marinating, I experimented with various styles: small cute purses…
DIY Fall Beaded Corn
This is a craft that resembles corn, a supermarket staple of the Fall season. It was so fun to see this craft come together, I would love to make more and in different sizes to put together in a wooden basket with a bunch of raffia to look like a real fall basket of goodies!…
Pumpkin Bars
The smell and sight of pumpkin surrounds us as fall sets in, from all of your favorite stores to now right inside your kitchen, with this recipe you’ll be baking your own delicious pumpkin bars. I’ve never made a pumpkin pie but after baking these pumpkin bars I’m convinced to whip these up this Thanksgiving.…
DIY Fall Wreath
As we transition into the cool crisp air of Autumn, enjoying our apple spice pumpkin flavored drinks and treats, you can create a fabulous wreath to decorate your home. Wreath’s are relatively easy to make and don’t require a lot of supplies. You can use all kinds of supplies from paper and felt to flowers…
Bedazzled Flip Flop Card
A few years, I became obsessed with making fashion cards. I created a series of designs featuring shoes, bags, hats and rings. I used leather scraps, rhinestones, flocked paper and other doodads like ribbon, feathers paper flowers to make my little designs. I moved about 3 months ago and as I was going through my…
AGD Crafts: Rope Rug DIY
I am thrilled to introduce another of my American Girl Doll crafts. Today I present a rope rug. I have been obsessing with rope crafts thus far, this summer. I’ve been experimenting making rugs, baskets and bags. The amount of crafts that one can do with rope is a lot. I will share the other…
Origami Butterfly
Here is the next in my series of origami projects. I’ve been wanting to do a butterfly for a while now but kept putting it off. Finally a few week’s ago, decided it was time. As with most origami projects I highlight, this butterfly is pretty easy to do. Check out the DIY below. Supplies:…