April 17, 2012 in Food Crafts
There’s something about thumbprint cookies that just feels so nostalgic to me. My Nani used to make them, and as a kiddo I loved eating all of the cookie around the edges first, and then eating that bit of jam at the end. Yum!
April 9, 2012 in Food Crafts
Originally published at Glue and Glitter
We had a baby shower for one of my favorite couples last weekend, and I whipped up this lavender simple syrup for one of the mocktail recipes that we served there.
February 29, 2012 in Food Crafts
I am apparently on a kick of making food that I would normally buy: almond milk, marmalade, and now I have a batch of vanilla extract that’s just about finished! Ever wondered how to make vanilla extract? It’s super simple!
February 5, 2012 in Food Crafts, Tutorials
Cross-posted from Feelgood Style
Store-bought face scrubs aren’t always the best for your body or the planet. Even if you spring for an organic scrub, chances are it comes in a disposable, single-use plastic bottle. Rather than shell out the big bucks for something that’s not totally in line with your feelgood beauty routine, why not whip up your very own homemade oatmeal face scrub instead? Here’s how.
January 12, 2012 in Food Crafts, Tutorials
January 5, 2012 in Food Crafts
Cross-posted from Glue and Glitter
I’m a big fan of crafts you can make in a mason jar, so when Bust magazine’s October/November issue had a recipe for cherry vanilla bitters, I knew I had to go for it!
The great thing about Mason jar crafts is that the jar is endlessly useful. A quick trip through the dishwasher, and you can reuse those empty jars for storing food or knicknacks or even in craft projects. Hurrah!
The Bust recipe was for 2 pints of bitters, but I adapted it to make 20 half pints, because what fun is booze if you don’t share it, right? I highly recommend trying to find that issue of Bust, because there’s a drink recipe to use your bitters, a second bitters recipe in there that I didn’t use, some really cool stuff about urban farming, and a hilarious interview with Mindy Kaling. Since I changed things up a bit, though, I’m going to share the recipe I used here!
December 8, 2011 in Food Crafts, Tutorials
