Exploring, crafting, up-cycling, cooking and living

Author: Angela

  • Easy DIY – Restyled Sweatshirt (yes you can)

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  • Design Time: showing team spirit with custom helmet stickers

    Growing up as an athlete, I love supporting young athletes. I’m really excited to assistant coach baseball this summer. Both of my boys are playing baseball this year, it’ll be plenty busy. With each player needing their own helmet, these helmets need to be numbered to avoid any confusion. Since I like to play around… Read more

  • How to make a Car-friendly Traveling Case for Tissues

    I have snot nosed kids, I mean that in the nicest way possible.Actually, we just have a lot of tissue needs while we’re in the car. We blow (haha, pun intended) through those little travel packs of tissues like nothin’. I tried putting an actual box of tissues in the car, it ended up crushed… Read more

  • Flap Jacks, Hot Cakes, Pancakes

    Get ’em while they’re hot!  We have pancakes nearly every weekend at our house, and sometimes for dinner. The selection of gluten free pancake mixes isn’t always large, depending on where you shop. They can also be quite pricey. A few months ago, I thought I had hit the pancake jackpot. Costco was selling a… Read more

  • Top it Off

    When I was pregnant with Max (my oldest), I developed an aversion to yogurt. Didn’t matter what flavor, yogurt was disgusting, but peach was the worst. My like of yogurt improved after having him, but again dissipated while I was pregnant with Harry. I definitely prefer the thick creamy texture of Greek yogurt. However, at… Read more

  • Chicken Wild Rice Hot Dish

    I’m from Minnesota, so I say hot dish, you might call it a casserole, depending on where you’re from. A hot creamy dish by any other name tastes just as delicious. This recipe is easy to prep ahead of time. You can have it in the fridge. Just pop it in the oven after work.… Read more

  • Convenience

    One of the hardest adjustments when going gluten free is the lack of convenience foods. There are some options, but by-and-large they either are not that great or they cost a small fortune. There are nights when you just don’t feel like cooking and want to throw a frozen pizza in the oven. Or nights where… Read more