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Now that the holidays are over, you might have gotten gift cards or want to exchange something. I didn’t receive any kitchen items for Christmas (probably because I do a pretty good job of buying them for myself) except from a friend, who bought me some prep bowls and the Sweet Melissa cookbook that I [...]

This post was written by Jane of Dear Author When I first saw the boxy pouch tutorial, I thought it would be a delight to make but I wanted it to be lined and have the handle like the one I saw at Burda Style. Further, I needed my boxy pouch to be larger. I [...]

This year I sent homemade food gifts to a few family and friends. It’s actually amazing how much time you spend in the kitchen in order to have enough to send to just a handful of people. Maybe next year I’ll plan ahead and start earlier (insert hysterical laughter here). But I was happy with [...]

This post was written by Jane of Dear Author. This year, I made teacher’s gifts using some cute craft tutorials. First up is the journal cover. I used this tutorial from Bloom. While the tutorial doesn’t say this explicitly, there is no lining inside the pocket panels. You can add a lining, but it makes [...]

This post was written by Sarah of SmartBitches. Every year, I make these cookies for Hubby. They’re labor-intensive and include putting the cookie dough in the fridge not once but twice, plus boiling water and grating ginger and whacking the crap out of some chocolate and yet they are so freaking good it’s worth it [...]

I’m not sure how it can possibly be time to menu plan again. Didn’t we just do this? I ended up cooking an extra day last week, because I had planned for leftovers but we didn’t have any. I hate it when that happens. I wouldn’t have minded so much if we had eaten the [...]

I know, I was supposed to announce the contest winners last week. Sorry! Thanks to those who provided gentle reminders. So, without further ado and thanks to the genius of random.org, I have a main prize winner and two smaller winners. For the consolation prizes, which is a box of goodies (sorry, no HQN bag): [...]

I’m all about making the holidays easy, as you can see by the cracker candy recipe I posted last week. I know a lot of you actually made that and it seemed to turn out well, and I’m going to share another easy recipe with you. If you still have holiday parties to attend between [...]