Finding a gluten-free holiday side dish or two sometimes means making a change or two to a recipe to make it diet acceptable during the holidays. Creamy casseroles are a little bit of work to make gluten-free, so I tend to steer clear of those and make lighter dishes. Green bean casserole was long a…
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Gluten-Free Holiday Side: Sweet Potato Soufflé
Navigating the holidays with guests or family members with dietary needs gets tricky. In our house, there are several of us with gluten issues, so we make almost all gluten-free holiday side dishes. Besides the bread that most of the gluten eaters demand I put on the table, everything is safe to eat for everyone….
Gluten-Free Holiday Side Dish: Andouille Sausage Stuffing
It’s about that time again where we start digging out the traditional recipes for our holiday meals and start preparing for the feast! Our family recipes need a bit of altering because we have a gluten-free family member, namely me, so I set out to make everything we usually do, but so they still taste…
Six Genius Ideas to Get your Home Holiday Ready
This post is sponsored by Babbleboxx.com. All these holiday ready ideas and thoughts are my own. There is an endless enjoyable stream of company to host, guests to serve and family to create memories with during the holidays. Most of these memories get made at home, so we tend to put a lot of…
Cup full of cheer custom coffee mug for Christmas
This is a paid partnership with The J.M. Smucker Company and Danone. My opinions and ideas for this cup full of cheer custom Christmas mug are my own. There is really nothing like a perfect cup of coffee. Steaming hot, full of caffeine with a touch of creamer and preferably served in a snarky sort…
How to Put Cricut Vinyl on Wood with Your EasyPress 2
Just about everything Cricut produces is amazeballs–their products are really something you didn’t know you needed in your life so badly until you have them. Especially when you learn to do new things like how to put Cricut vinyl on wood with your EasyPress 2 to make cool signs for Christmas (or any other…
Boo Your Neighbors Halloween Piñata from Recyclables
fiI do love a fun bucket full of candy to “boo your neighbors.” But it’s even more fun to boo your neighbors with something creatively different like a mini Halloween Piñata. Creatively different does not equal hard to do or crazy expensive. In fact, these mini piñatas were made from recycled cracker boxes, tape and…
Let’s Get Lit Holiday T-Shirt Designs
Welcome to another lovely edition of Craft Lightning! This month’s project is a 15 minute or less holiday t-shirt project, or in the case of this design, Let’s Get Lit holiday t-shirt designs. I made shirts not only for Christmas, but also one for Hanukkah and have them all for you here as free holiday…
Cricut Maker vs. Explore Air 2: How to Make a Cake Topper
When you work with Cricut so much, you get asked a lot of questions from curious crafters. The most common one is, “Why do I need a Cricut Maker over a Cricut Explore Air 2?” Yeah, it’s more expensive, but you’re getting a lot LOT more machine for those dollars. One of those spectacular differences…
How to Cut Chipboard with the Cricut Maker : WICKED Sign
For the bad unicorn trunk or treat project, I made a big sign out of chipboard that spelled out “WICKED.” And it was wicked cool. I know I keep going on and on about my Cricut Maker, but MAN, it is neat. All those letters were cut out of chipboard with the adaptable tool knife…
Trunk or Treat Ideas: Bad Unicorns
Unicorns are so perfect all year, except maybe at Halloween when they are just a little bit naughty. This year, our trunk or treat ideas are all about BAD UNICORNS. They’ve got a little bit of a punk rock style, some mischievous grins and some tricks up their sleeves, making them perfect for the teenage…
Halloween Unicorn Lantern DIY
These days when I need something fast (but professional looking) I whip out my Cricut Maker to do the cutting part for me, like I did for this Halloween Unicorn Lantern. It’s another Craft Lightning project–meaning you can complete this whole project in 15 minutes or less. With a bit of hot glue to bring…
Bake Sale Recipe Winner: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes
If you’ve ever had to participate in a bake sale, you know there is more to it then just whipping up your famous Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cupcake recipe…you’ve got to package them up as well! Not to worry, I’m here to help. If you don’t have your very own famous bake sale recipe, you’re…
Easy DIY Fall Banner
Little rows of buntings are so cute hung over a dessert table (like seen here in my pumpkin pie martini set), or front of a table, or even just hung up on the wall to look pretty. Since we’ve rounded the corner into September I feel we can officially call it fall and start making…
DIY Custom Napkins with the Cricut EasyPress 2
Cricut has a new kid in town–the EasyPress 2. The first EasyPress was so spectacular, why do we need another one you say? Because this one is pocket sized. At 6×7, it makes completing crafty projects like the DIY custom napkins I’m about to show you all the easier. With a tool to match any…