Just wanted to let you know that we are excited to be guest posting today over at the Sew Can She Blog. Caroline from Sew Can She brings you the best sewing tutorials from around the web every day. We were asked to make up one of the featured sewing … [Read more...]
Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Chocolate Whoopie Pies are the perfect treat - two little fluffly chocolate cakes, sandwiched together with a delicious chocolate chip buttercream filling. They freeze well and when popped into your lunchbox frozen, are ready to eat for morning … [Read more...]
Honey Castella Cake
We love everything Japanese here at A Spoonful of Sugar, and Sarah is always keen to try out recipes for Japanese sweet treats. This week she treated us to a Honey Castella Cake which is a traditional Japanese sponge cake - made without any oils or … [Read more...]
Drawstring Pouch
Drawstring Pouches are so handy - perfect for storing all manner of things. Using the Pretty Drawstring Pouch Tutorial, we enlarged the pattern by 3/4 inch on all sides to make a slightly larger pouch. These ones have been decorated with a patch of … [Read more...]
{Book Reviews} Artful Halloween, and Party Ensembles
This week we are reviewing two titles that will be of interest to those of you that love to decorate for Holidays and put together Parties for special occasions.Artful Halloween: 31 Frightfully Elegant Projects by Susan Wasinger, is packed with … [Read more...]
Paper Cut Book Marks
As avid readers and lovers of the classics, we were excited to see the fabulous bookmark project available free this week at the Cricut Craft Room. If you have a Cricut machine head on over to the Cricut Craft Room and download the free software so … [Read more...]
The Passing Collective
We are really excited to tell you about an exciting new initiative - The Passing Collective. It was created by Kate Kirkwood of Hug Me Harry & Jodie Maloni of The Haby Goddess in June 2012 to help promote online businesses, including their own, by … [Read more...]
Funfetti Cookies
If you love buttery sugar cookies, you will enjoy these funfetti cookies which have 100's and 1000's (aka sprinkles) added to the cookie dough. Kids of all ages will enjoy these as a fun treat. Our cookies have been rolled in sugar but if you want … [Read more...]
Back to School Basics
The talented paper piecing designers from Sew-Ichigo , Penny and Kerry, have designed a Back to School Basics Set which includes some fabulous patterns to make paper pieced pencils and highlighters. Perfect for your Back to School Projects!Here are … [Read more...]
Need Cards and Gift Packaging in a Hurry?
We love our Cricut Expression die cutting machine that we use for card making, gift packaging, tags, cutting vinyl and many other crafty projects. You can see some of our Cricut projects here. Cricut have just released an updated version of their … [Read more...]
More Aqua and White ….
Making us smile this week .....I completed a quilted Table Mat for our lamp table this week. It is a simple design from white linen and fabric to match our cushions/pillows and the Table Runner. It is right near my favourite chair. Working … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Blondie
If you are after a quick and easy treat to bake, you can't go past Blondies and Brownies. They are always a favourite in our home. This week Sarah baked some Cinnamon Blondies. The combination of the white chocolate and cinnamon works so well … [Read more...]
