Transform a plain white gift bag into an elegant, hand-painted gift bag with just a few simple supplies that can be found at any craft store.  These painted bamboo gift bags are reminiscent of Japanese sumi-e ink painting, but are painted with black watercolor paint.

Make a giant paper flower wall decoration for about $20.  It doesn't take much cash to make a big statement with this DIY wall art!

I'm so excited to announce that soon I'll be offering a printed, physical version of my Gingerbread for Beginners book!  And I also have a review of Mixam.com, the online printers that made this development possible.

Coffee cupcakes are a delicious and grown-up cupcake flavor.  This coffee cupcake recipe is fast and easy to make, and is the perfect cupcake for coffee lovers.

Bailey's Frosting is easy to make, but has an incredible, rich flavor.  Use Bailey's buttercream to top coffee cupcakes to make the most amazing Irish coffee cupcakes.

The Shirley Temple Black Cocktail is an alcoholic, all-grown-up version of everyone's favorite fancy childhood drink, the Shirley Temple.

Mint chocolate cookie bars have all the fabulous flavor of your favorite mint chocolate chip cookies, but they're so much faster and easier to make.  These mint chocolate bar cookies also have the most amazing, soft and fudgy texture.

Homemade cinnamon sugar bagels are easy to make with a bread machine, and are a delicious breakfast treat.

Sugar cookies decorated with marbleized frosting are so gorgeous, and so easy to make!  This technique for dipping cookies in royal icing creates the most gorgeous marbled icing colors.  Made in heart shapes, these marbled icing sugar cookies are the perfect elegant sweet treat for Valentine's day.