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Are you looking for a healthy almond cake recipe? You are in the right place!
I love almond paste, also known as Marzipan in Germany, where I grew up.
It’s usually pretty expensive, so when I saw cans of almond paste for sale at the grocery store for $2, I bought two of them.
Only, it wasn’t almond paste as I discovered when I opened the first can: it was almond cake filling. Hmm. [Read more…]
I’m so glad I held on to this little empty toy gumball machine — I turned it into a gumball machine snow globe!
It had been sitting in our kitchen cabinet after Landon received it as a birthday party favor a few years ago, and I was tempted to throw it out many times.
But I have a hard time throwing out anything I might be able to use or reuse or repurpose at some point.
Remember when I used the twist ties from bread bags I had been saving for our container garden fencing?
I turned the gumball machine into a snow globe with just a few supplies, and in literally 5 minutes! [Read more…]
{This post is sponsored by The Strong National Museum of Play and SheKnows Media.}
Landon and I went on a big adventure last weekend — we drove up to Rochester, NY because we were invited to check out an amazing museum: The Strong National Museum of Play!
The Strong is a 285,000-square-foot, highly interactive, collections-based museum devoted to the history and exploration of play.
A museum dedicated to playing? Of course we had to check it out!
The Strong is one of the largest history museums in the United States, and one of the leading museums serving families.
It houses the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of historical materials related to play and is home to the International Center for the History of Electronic Games, the National Toy Hall of Fame, the World Video Game Hall of Fame, and much more. [Read more…]
I love how this decoupaged Mod Podge table turned out — I simply added vintage invoices to the top of it!
It was my first time using Mod Podge glue, the versatile glue you can use for so many different DIY projects. I’ll show you how easy this project is.
You can embellish boxes or frames or furniture with photographs or movie tickets, sheet music or stamps, old letters or postcards, scrapbook paper or stickers with the use of Mod Podge. Even fabric works. [Read more…]
Making over your furniture instead of buying new ones has become so easy, especially with chalk paint that doesn’t even require any prep work.
And it’s so much fun! It’s so easy that once you paint one piece, you are looking for the next one you can paint because there is no pre-prep involved.
Chalk paint sticks on any surface — no sanding or anything required.
The first time my mom and I painted a little table, we ended up also painting a dresser right away.
In this post, I’m featuring DIY furniture makeovers with paint that give you a lot of ideas of what is possible with just paint. [Read more…]