Valentine’s Day Heart Coir Doormat This is an easy, quick, and kid-friendly Valentine’s Day doormat that is cute, useful, and fun. My daughters and I made this doormat together. If your kids are like mine, they will love painting hearts on a doormat. I like to switch out my front door decorations each holiday and …
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Red Velvet Buttermilk Cake Recipe This is a deliciously moist and great-tasting red velvet cake. My son loves red velvet cake and requested a homemade one for his birthday dinner. His birthday is in December and he said he was fine combining our family Christmas party and his bday party this year. He had a …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Buttered Popcorn Buttered popcorn packaged in a classic red and white striped bag with a green ribbon is simple, timeless, and widely-liked. Sometimes a simple and timeless gift makes a very classy neighbor Christmas gift. I have added this to my post with over 40 classy neighbor gifts for $2.00 here. Most …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Homemade Peppermint Hot Cocoa Bombs. I wanted to give out hot cocoa bombs for neighbor gifts for Christmas but they are so expensive—costing about .75-$1.50 each (homemade) and $2.00-$5.00 each (store-bought). I wanted to give neighbors more than one so I didn’t think they would fit into my ~$2.00 a neighbor Christmas …
This is How to Make Hot Cocoa Bombs Inexpensively. These are the best hot cocoa bombs AND also the best peppermint hot cocoa I have ever tasted hands down no question. I do not say this lightly. I was not expecting much (as I hadn’t made them before) and I was completely blown away. I …
This is how to make an Eggnog Latte. I love eggnog in small doses and/or diluted just a tad. I typically like to add a splash of Sprite or a little ginger ale to my eggnog. The thought occurred to me that making an eggnog latte may taste good. I did some experimentation and loved …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Nuts. I love to find delicious, festive, and inexpensive gifts for neighbors each Christmas. This is a delicious kettle-roasted mix of nuts in a cute Mason jar accented with a gold lid, rim, and curling ribbon was a perfect fit for neighbor Christmas gifts. Gifting nuts during the holidays is a very …
Christmas Neighbor Gift: Christmas Book Many people have traditions of reading one book a night in the month of December to their children. We try to do this at our home as well. So, I love it when I am gifted Christmas books. This is an easy, quick, and meaningful gift that will likely be …
Christmas Neighbor Gift: Honey Jar If you have never tried creamed honey you need to. It is divine. Creamed honey has such a light airy/whipped texture and is lovely on rolls, bread, toast, and more. It also has a really pretty golden-yellow hue. Bought on sale, you can gift these beautiful creamed honey jars to …
This is how to make an Eggnog Chai Latte. I love eggnog and I also love chai. I thought that making a blended latte with both chai and eggnog flavors may taste good. I had no idea how good this blend would be. It turned out absolutely delicious. My husband and I like this better …
Tea-Free Chai Latte Recipe. When I lived in Queenstown New Zealand, I worked at a restaurant called The Bathhouse. The Bathhouse is an incredible heritage site and restaurant located on the water with mountainous views all around. They carried a chai mix for their chai lattes that was tea-free and caffeine-free. I often recommended this …