Let me begin by apologizing to my email subscribers who got an additional post alert on Monday and then couldn’t find said post on the blog. It was a scheduling glitch. My apologies. Please bear with me! Let me make it up to you with a special occasion dinner recipe. I have never roasted a…
Easy Dessert – Cream Cheese Swirled Or Marbled Brownies
I thought I might continue with my Christmas Baking posts series with an utterly delectable and super easy chocolate treat. I first got the idea for cream cheese swirled brownies from the Good Housekeeping Desserts book. Cream cheese and brownies, you say? Yum, right?! Well, it is extremely easy to put together, especially if you…
JOY Letters & Baubles Picture Frame Wreath
It took a long time for me to come up with this blog title. Do I call it a wreath, a wall hanging or a Christmas frame? You get the idea, don’t you? I simply removed the print and glass from a framed artwork and transformed it into a little Christmas display. It can be…
Oh Christmas Tree! A Handmade Ornaments Christmas Tree
I am so excited to be sharing our Christmas tree with you. Unlike other posts, this one seems more special, meaningful and somehow, intimate! I am a hopeless romantic when it comes to Christmas trees. I adore them. I love watching the twinkling lights and shiny baubles. And I am fiercely proud of our tree….
Cute Handmade Christmas Cards
Gosh, time sure flies. Just when I was done putting together end-of-year gift bags for Boy’s teachers, along comes the Holidays. I am not complaining, mind you. I will take any chance to appreciate the efforts of those lovely ladies and a gentleman who joined his school this year. It came as such a shock…
Holiday Appetizers – Bite Sized Spinach, Turkey & Cheese Mini Phyllo Tarts
While I love everything homemade, I am not above using conveniently frozen or packaged items from time to time. I had a pack of frozen mini tarts like for ever. I finally decided to use them for a quick evening snack. This is a quick recipe that is so easy to put together, I almost…
How To *Embellish A {Faux} Evergreen Christmas Wreath*
For someone who crafts wreaths from book pages, crepe paper, twigs and what-not, my Christmas wreath used to be sad and boring. I take a faux evergreen wreath (boring, I know), add a big red bow and forget all about it till January. Not this time. I was determined to give the poor darling a…
Photography Styling Challenge #6 – Order (Organization)
Welcome to yet another edition of the monthly Photography Styling Challenge. I cannot believe we are halfway through the challenge already. It seems like yesterday that I chanced upon this challenge on M’s blog and decided to play along. I cannot tell you how much fun it has been and how much I have learned…
Cranberry Orange Sauce & How To Dress Up A Gift Jar
I made one – a food gift in a jar, that is! It was for our Thanksgiving hostess this year, put together late at night, and hence all that harsh glare in the pictures. Oops! But – the star here is the cranberry sauce. So let’s get to it. I know Thanksgiving is almost over,…
D-Do-Dot-Dotty Kids Paintings
“Teddy Bears and squirrels are brown, Autumn leaves are too.” – Boy was singing the Brown color song one day. Well, why not create an autumn tree craft with brown and yellow leaves? I had the perfect paint for this craft, the do-a-dot marker set. I drew a tree in brown marker and then let…
Simple DIY Christmas Decor Ideas
I have been holding out on my Christmas decor posts till now. Don’t get me wrong, not a single piece of Christmas decor is up yet. I really wait till the end of November/beginning of December. I am yet to learn how to schedule such posts in advance for blogging purposes. Well, I blog as…
Fall Comfort Food – Chicken Vesuvio
Chicken Vesuvio is an American-Italian dish, made by pan frying thick pieces of chicken and potatoes in olive oil, along with garlic, chili and oregano, which is then de-glazed using generous amounts of dry white wine and stock, and finished by baking in the oven. I first saw this dish being made by the ever-effervescent…
