Shared at Our Family Table I think it must be true of all families, that some of the warmest memories involve cooking (and eating!) Special dinners, birthday cakes, holiday cookies… And perhaps most of all, heartfelt conversations around the kitchen table.  At a bookstore several years ago, I remember seeing the book Kitchen Table Wisdom, and […]

Imprinting messages on homemade treats Instead of enclosing a greeting card with your baked goods, how about embossing your message right on the sweets themselves? I love this technique! It produces very professional-looking results, even for those of us whose handwriting is sketchy when using a frosting piping bag. You need to use fondant and […]

Moore Teesha-style! So I am totally addicted to swapping these little Teesha-Moore-style patches. If you haven’t seen some of my prior posts, you can learn more about the technique by clicking this link. Here are a few more examples: As I do more of these, I am starting to experiment with different techniques, for example […]

Ballerina warrior princess! In a recent craft-swap email, my swap partner referred to herself as a “ballerina warrior princess”! I don’t know exactly what it means, but the turn of phrase lodged in my imagination, and I had to create something for her, using that as a theme. This is a vintage photo that I printed […]