Celebrate the Big & Small

08/24/2025

Easy wrapped candy for charms using beads and tape. You can also twist the ends if you rather have that kind of candy (last image). has a great tutorial on how to make the bag with cello, double-sided tape and washi tape.

08/19/2025

06/18/2022

Simmer mango pits in water and sugar (or skip the sugar if your mangoes are sweet) to make a delicious sauce/syrup. 🥭

05/25/2022

Wild strawberry iced tea from 🍓

05/16/2022

Homemade grenadine = 1 cup pomegranate juice + 1 cup sugar + orange peel. Bring everything to a low boil while stirring. Then let simmer for 5 minutes.

04/08/2022

Corrugated cardboard + a 6x6 fabric sample = 1:18 scale accent chair

10/17/2021

Added sliced pineapple core to a pan with sugar and water to make pineapple simple syrup. Delicious with seltzer, but I think adding some of the juice would kick it up a notch.

09/21/2021

Happy Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. I made a batch of matcha brigadeiro, dusted them in powdered sugar before putting them in a mooncake press. 🥮

08/05/2021

I used this for trivia game at my son’s Super Mario birthday party, but it can be adapted in all sorts of ways. Red, green and yellow for a car/racing party or wrap different colored ones inones in cellophane for a candy party. All you need are some colored plates, party favors, fishing line/twine and a glue gun....

I used this for trivia game at my son’s Super Mario birthday party, but it can be adapted in all sorts of ways. Red, green and yellow for a car/racing party or wrap different colored ones inones in…

07/21/2021

Super easy and super refreshing. Brew up your favorite tea, sweeten as you like and freeze in a shallow container. Check on it every 30 minutes or so and scrape it up with a fork to get it flaky. Scoop and serve! You can also do this with coffee, which would be just as refreshing.

Super easy and super refreshing. Brew up your favorite tea, sweeten as you like and freeze in a shallow container. Check on it every 30 minutes or so and scrape it up with a fork to get it flaky. S…

07/03/2021

Ice cream sandwich bites using leftover cake pieces.

07/03/2021

I found some leftover cake bits that I had put in my freezer and it hit me that instead of cake pops (or just eating them out of the bag) I could make ice cream sandwich bites. I didn’t have any icing, so I added a bit of Nutella to hold it together. I rolled it out between parchment paper and cut it into two equal pieces....

I found some leftover cake bits that I had put in my freezer and it hit me that instead of cake pops (or just eating them out of the bag) I could make ice cream sandwich bites. I didn’t have any ic…