Indulge in the luck of the Irish with these easy-to-make green chocolate peanut butter cups for St. Patrick’s Day. This easy green peanut butter cups recipe for St. Patrick’s Day requires only 5 ingredients: dark green candy melts, dark chocolate, peanut butter, honey, and a little coconut oil. It’s a sweet green dessert idea for …
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Make my lucky St. Patrick’s Day pins DIY using Shrinky Dinks. This DIY Irish pins are an easy and fun St. Patrick’s Day craft idea for kids and adults alike. Follow my simple St. Patrick’s Day craft tutorial and in no time you’ll have some creative accessories to wear for St. Patrick’s Day. 🇮🇪
Hey friends, it’s February! Let’s talk about love. ❤️ A little love is just what the world needs right now. My February color palette inspiration for you is Re-Entry Red™, Pulsar Pink™ and Lunar Blue™ from Astrobrights Papers. Red and pink colors are Valentine’s Day staples. Yep, Valentine’s Day totally owns red and pink. I …
Here’s an easy and super quick healthy soup recipe to warm up your winter. It combines cauliflower and butternut squash so you’re getting your potassium and vitamins B6, C and K plus some fiber and folate all in one go. It’s 21 degrees in Chicago. I wanted to make my creamy dairy-free cauliflower soup recipe …
It’s a brand new year and January’s color palette inspiration is all about turning over a new leaf. What do you think, are you ready for a fresh start? My January color palette inspiration for you is Vulcan Green™, Terra Green™, Martian Green™ and Gamma Green™ from Astrobrights Papers. The first color I think about when …
Lately I’ve seen a lot of old-school handmade chocolate stir sticks for sale. I’ll tell you though, DIY chocolate stir sticks are so easy to make yourself! It’s an easy and economical throwback handmade Christmas gift for teachers, neighbors and family. The kids and I made a batch using candy canes and sprinkles and they …
December’s color palette inspiration is here to help you colorize your holiday paper crafts, winter wreaths, Christmas decorations, and more. It’s based on my favorite Christmas decoration: Wooden German nutcrackers. Keep reading to see which colors I chose for my Nutcracker Color Palette. Nutcracker color palette for Christmas decor I bought my first wooden nutcracker …
We have a new Christmas tradition in our family: the Four Gift Christmas. We give four Christmas gifts to each of our children from mommy and daddy: Something You Want Something You Need Something To Make Something To Read Today I’m going to tell you about it and give you free personalized printable Four Gift …
It’s been unseasonably sunny in Chicago this November. Today with loads on my mind, I decided to get off the computer and give the kids bags and collect leaves in our neighborhood.
I like simple and clever front door Halloween decorations and this mummy-wrapped Boo sign is just the right amount of spooky. It takes just a few materials and you can make it in an evening or two.
Today I’m sharing a fall color palette to help you colorize your Halloween paper crafts, Halloween wreaths, Halloween party decorations and more. October’s color palette merges Halloween with Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos): Gravity Grape™, Re-Entry Red™, Fireball Fuchsia™ and Eclipse Black™ …with an optional pop of Gamma Green.™
You may have expected oranges and reds and maybe even some purple for September’s color palette inspiration. Hang tight; we’ll get to those colors soon. The leaves are still green and the sunshine is still warm so let’s hold off on the pumpkin spice lattes and enjoy late-summer-slash-early-fall right now. This month I’m inspired by …
I want to tell you about my latest client, the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. I worked with them this summer on a super fun project and you’re going to love the topic: Christmas! I can’t tell you much yet because the project is still in progress, but I can share some of the …
How’s your summer been? It’s mid-August here in Chicago and hot and humid like it’s supposed to be. Lately we’ve been spending a lot of time at the beach.
I’m really excited to share that I’m featured in the July/August 2016 issue of Rachael Ray Every Day™ Magazine …it’s the one with the yummy grilled corn-on-the-cob recipes on the cover. Yay! The article is called “Life Of The Party: Use Your Noodle” and it shows how to make five clever and easy pool noodle …