"Mini bread cakes" can be made by pouring sweet bread batter (banana, pumpkin, etc.) into cupcake pans before baking. When you peel away the cupcake liner and add some glaze, the result is a mini cake that tastes like a donut! My Mini Pumpkin Bread Cakes With Maple Glaze were made in the morning and Continue Reading
Pilgrims in Blue and White China Thanksgiving Tablescape
So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun. Ecclesiastes 8:15 NASB This Continue Reading
Make A Cornucopia Cake
The cornucopia, or horn of plenty, brings to mind a fruitful harvest. It reminds us to be thankful for our family, friends, and all the other blessings that God has given us. Make A Cornucopia Cake to kick off this glorious, bountiful time of year! Ingredients: Cake spice cake mix1 cup Continue Reading
Coraline and Her Other Mother Halloween Costumes
When my oldest daughter was young (she is 25 years old now), I did not let her watch the movie, Coraline. The button eyes were creepy to me. By the time my 3rd child came along (she's 18 years old now), I had relaxed a bit. For the first time, I saw the movie after we rented it from a video store in Continue Reading
Hand Painted Pilgrim Bell Ornament
Can you imagine cooking the first Thanksgiving dinner? I've been cooking Thanksgiving dinner for my family for over 10 years now, and I still get nervous. It's a big deal! All Thanksgiving cooks want their meal to live up to the glorious reputation and history of this very American holiday. There Continue Reading
Frightful Night Classic Pumpkin Pie
I’ve been collecting Royal China Jeannette Country Harvest Recipe Pie Plates for quite some time now. That’s a mouthful! Royal China was an American pottery company based in Ohio from the Depression Era through the mid 1980s. I like to collect their stuff because they made things my grandmothers Continue Reading
Shining Bright Haunted House Halloween Tablescape
Of all the tablescapes I’ve created this year, this one was the most fun! I enjoyed pairing iconic orange and black haunted house colors with the shiny bling of Christmas and New Year’s Eve silver and gold. Creating the Shining Bright Haunted House Halloween Tablescape was a scream. The sparkly Continue Reading
Spooky Loofa Dog Halloween Costume
Every year the girls scan the internet for Halloween costumes for themselves and our Morkie dog, Hercules. Last year we were disappointed by the Snoopy Red Baron costume we ordered for him. It was too big and fit poorly. This year I decided to make my own. One of the cutest internet dog costumes (in Continue Reading
Easy Haunted House Centerpiece
This quick and Easy Haunted House Centerpiece was made with thrift store and Dollar Tree items in less than 30 minutes. I had a wooden tray and a primitive craft store house that served as the bedrocks for my centerpiece. With a little bit of black paint, skeletons, spider webs, and a Continue Reading
It’s Finally Fall at Our Little Cottage
I don’t remember autumn EVER arriving as late as it did this year. It was nearly October, and I’d barely cracked the lids of the storage bins holding the girls’ long-sleeved shirts. The joy of the first cold snap this week (meaning below 70 at 3 o’clock in the morning) was like Christmas morning to Continue Reading