Crafty Loops

 SNOWMEN PEANUT BUTTER BALLS Whatabout ye folks, back again with another Christmas treat.  I have to admit though as pretty confident as I am in my cooking and baking abilities, the one thing I can admit defeat on is decorating my bakes.  These poor little snowmen, oh how I feel for them, teehee.  They may look a bit odd, but they taste amazing particularly with the beautiful white chocolate from Callebaut.  It's really a superior chocolate brand (not sponsored.....I wish, teehee) and it may be expensive (like everything these days) but when you make an item with so little ingredients, you want them to taste amazing. I made these a few years ago, but made them as a single ball covered in dark Callebaut chocolate.  But this year I thought I'd try the snowmen as I know white chocolate goes great with peanut butter.  These do need to be stored in the fridge as there is butter in the recipe and you don't want it melting in the body of the snowman and going...

 Best Ever Chocolate brownies recipe - makes 16 Whatabout ye folks, it's Lee here.  I don't usually share recipes on this blog, other than the one recipe I did share of my family's famous chocolate ice-cream  HERE .  However, once you make these brownies, I can guarantee you that you will forgive me for veering away from my normal crafting posts.  Now, when you see the photos you'll probably wonder what the other blog name is about.  I haven't stolen these photos from someone else, teehee.  These are my photos.  This is just another blog that I have.  It may never see the light of day with the public.  It's probably just going to be a family recipe archive for my ones so they have all our family recipes in one place, you know.....in case I pop me clogs, lol.   A little background on the recipe, apparently the original recipe for these was shared on Reddit as the best ever brownies recipe and when I found the recipe, it was shar...

 Mini Tim Burton Character backpack - Penelope backpack pattern from All Sew Petite Whatabout ye folks, it's Lee here.  Long time no see!  I am sharing a cute little make with you today from a pattern made by Monika at All Sew Petite called the Penelope backpack .  This is such a cute wee bag and was very easy to make, especially since Monika kindly shows you step by step in her video tutorial for it.  And as a visual learner, the videos are definitely my preferred method of making patterns.   Now, my poor wee Janome QXL605 sewing machine did struggle a wee bit with the top stitching at the very end (why is it always  at the end when the struggles begin??)......but she still managed it ok with a bit of hand cranking from me.  But that wasn't the patterns fault, it was more to do with the fabrics and interfacing I used.  I'm eagerly awaiting the day that I have saved up the funds to get myself the Janome HD9........someday HD9....you wi...