I am a snacker. My favorite meals consist of variety – an abundance of appetizers, a plentiful cheese plate – and when I’m writing I am a nearly compulsive snacker. I’ve been working away on a project behind the scenes,…
Tutorial: Simple Embossed Pendant
With launching Foxy Like A Crafter, I have been totally obsessed with building a wardrobe and discovering those little pieces I need to pull an outfit together. My first stop was realizing that almost all of my necklaces were fancy…
Pea Pancakes with bacon and sour cream
My family will almost never eat vegetables. And when they will eat them, there’s a very short list of which ones they’ll eat. When I first heard about the trend of hiding vegetables in other foods through purees I got…
Tutorial: Organize Your Days Binder
People are always asking me how I get so much done in a day, and the answer I always give them is “Mental Illness.” Funny because it’s true. But my mental illness is, in many ways, a real blessing (if…
Pistachio Lemon Bars with Gingersnap Crust
I mentioned in my lemon curd post that I’d come up with a lemon bar idea, only I promised it a week later. A month later’s the same thing, right? Trust me, it’s worth the wait. When Martha Stewart published…
Year of Pleasures – Great Tools
When I went to CHA in January, one of my first stops was the Clover booth and I got to soak up a ton of their attention. Maybe because knitting needles aren’t as sexy as trendy paper, but when a…
Candy Bar Cheesecake
I think I might have married an evil genius. After years of pestering him to get a hobby, he takes up baking. Out of all the baking he’s tried his favorite thing to make is cheesecake. And now he decides…
Summer Parasol
The sun has broken through our late Spring rain, and it’s now the time when Atti starts begging to be outside at all times. But this also presents a problem because I gave birth to a little vampire baby, and…
Recipe: Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Other than my own chocolate cake, I’m not really big on them. For my birthday I usually request a Dairy Queen ice cream cake. Those crunchy bits, with the chocolate caramel…..excuse me. I wandered off for a second. For snacking,…
Year of Pleasures – Swag
Most of these conferences I go to offer swag bags full of sponsor goodies. Most of the time it’s random stuff that I end up giving away. But that’s another great thing about going to a conference focused on creative…