Inspiring Mothers, Women and Families
I love apple pie! When I saw the idea for these mini pies at Twig and Thistle, I knew I would be making them. But I especially loved the adorable boxes she had designed to package the mini pie in. Such a fun and creative, home-made gift.
I found the full tutorial and template for the box at Twig and Thistle. Go and check-it out for yourself!
If your kids are like mine, they love marshmallows. Make some candy or chocolate dipped marshmallows as a fun little gift or treat.
Melt some dipping chocolate or some vanilla flavored Candy Melts and add a little food coloring. (For the really light pink I added only one drop of red coloring to about 15-20 candy melts). Put a large marshmallow onto a sucker stick, and dip in the melted chocolate or candy. For melting, follow the instructions on the bag or just melt them in your microwave. I did mine about 10 seconds and then checked them and then for another 10seconds so that it doesn’t melt to fast and curdle.
They were so easy, the kids made their own. I also made a couple to give away to their friends. My kids loved them. Me? I not really a big fan of marshmallows, unless they are melting in my cup of hot cocoa. What is fun about these is that they could be catered to any holiday or occasion, just change the dipping color and the sprinkles.
Make these cute, yet practical hand towels to add to the holiday spirit in your kitchen or to give away as neighbor, teacher or friend gifts. I made these for some neighbors and friends for Christmas this past year. But, you could put anything thing on these hand towels and for any holiday. I simply bought some flour sack hand towels from Ben Franklin Crafts (which they had on sale for $2). You can use any hand towel.
Then I got on my computer and typed up what I wanted to embroider, in a cute font, and in an appropriate size. I printed out the paper and then placed it under the hand towel where I wanted the words to appear. I traced the words with a pencil directly onto the hand towel lightly. I also found a cute fabric and then cut out a star (which was simply a cookie cutter I had traced), and sewed it above the embroidery.
I had never embroidered before (so don’t look too closely), and learned how to do a backstitch by watching this tutorial. To make the round little dots between the words I made a little french knot using this tutorial. They were seriously so easy to make! I kept one for myself and have used it so often that I really should make a new one that isn’t so seasonal!
