How to Make Delicious Chocolate Covered Bacon

Yesterday I saw this tweet which reminded me that i have been dying to make some chocolate covered bacon. I have seen and heard about this amazing delicacy for quite some time now but have never tried it. This was my call to duty.  I hopped to action. Armed only with a half pound of bacon and…

Autumn Leaf Lantern

I love fall. The changing of the leaves and the chill in the air make me think of cuddling up by firelight. So I started to think about making lanterns, like my decoupage lanterns, using beautiful, coloful, autumn leaves. In the end I was mildly successful. To get started we needed leaves, lots of them….

Homes for the Bees

We live in a wood sided house a.k.a a carpenter bee’s all you can eat buffet. In the past we have put powder in their holes to kill them but we’ve come to realize what beneficial creatures they can be so about a year ago we decided to stop that and make some bee houses…