Looking for a simple way to light up your home up as the nights grow longer? This is a quick way to create an early winter centrepiece or a reading lamp for your favourite corner. Supplies 10 inch branch ball (look by wreath making supplies in a craft store) 2-3 Pussy Willow branch stems (decorative, not real) [...]
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I love cinnamon buns. I lurve cinnamon buns. I’ve just had a hard time with them when it comes to, you know, making them. As an amateur baker I have a healthy respect/fear for breads. I know that it’s just basic chemistry and that it’s been around since before trains, electricity, and iPhones. Intellectually I know it’s [...]
Salted Caramel Hot Chocolates are one of my favourite treats in the fall- the taste of the chocolate is made a hundred times tastier with a little dash of salt. That being said, my favourite part of salted caramel hot chocolates… are the salted caramel tops! So I wanted to let you in on the [...]
One of the constants in my life is, definitively, that baking is wonderful. I can carb load like nobody’s business, and I have a mean sweet tooth. So what could make baked goods better? 1. Seasonal baking – because seasonal means it’s only around for a little while, which is a free pass to enjoy more [...]
When I was little, my mom would always put on a fresh pot of tea when I got home from school. Since then tea has been one of my favourite treats, and with fall weather getting closer I’ve been making a daily ritual of brewing tea in the afternoons. Buying loose tea is an old [...]
Last week I bought some really cute autumn coloured yarn- the mustard yellow is my favourite right now. I’ve been wanting a new headband, so I grabbed my crochet hook and started working on a simple bow design for my first crochet project of the fall. I really love knitting, but I started playing with [...]
Lately I’ve been trying to snack smart while I’m working (to avoid those sugar crashes I mentioned yesterday!) and in the middle of summer without central air conditioning I’ve been finding it hard to grab anything other than fruit or a granola bar. I started looking into no bake and vegan recipes to see if [...]
