New tag! "Magpie Art" is upcycled junk to make art ( Read more... )

http://www.thriftdiving.com/2013/08/how-to-make-a-gift-box-out-of-scrapbook-paper.html

White Chocolate Lemon Truffles | What Megan's Making ( Read more... )

Handed out at work after we all raved about these sugar bombs: repeated here so that I don't lose it ( Read more... )

LARGE BATCH
36 oz cranberries (2.25 lb)
2 oranges, UNPEELED (just cut off top and bottom)
4 apples, peeled
2 c sugar

SINGLE BATCH
12 oz cranberries
1 navel orange and zest (note: dad likes entire peel)
2 winesap apples, peeled
~1 c sugar ("to taste")

( Notes to self )

I've been surfing the web for instructions on how to make paper ornaments and bows, because why not ( Read more... )

Recipe stolen from facebook; archived here for holidays ( Read more... )

A russett potato will bake in the time it takes a 3-lb pot roast to cook, but don't eat the pot roast with it - too greasy right out of the oven ( Read more... )

(Having hosed the family cookie recipe twice this season, I am writing down the recipe EXACTLY as my mother just dictated it to me over the phone ( Read more... )

Posted before I forget it ( Read more... )