DIY Holiday Gifts & Treats!

So, unfortunately, I'm really late to posting this. Dan and I made these really sweet treats long before Christmas, and I had planned to post it to give you guys some holiday baking inspiration. But, as it does, life got in the way. But better late than never, right? 

This year, for gifts for our families, we decided to make some treats rather than buying something. So, here are the things that we made: 

White Chocolate Popcorn 

How its Made: 

1. Pop some pop corn, and lay it out on a wax paper covered baking tray

2. Sprinkle some pretzels and M&Ms over the entire surface 

3. Melt white chocolate (either with a double boiler or microwave) and thoroughly drizzle over the entire mix. 

4. Let it set for an hour or so, and package. 

Chocolate Bark 

How It's Made

1. Melt white chocolate in double boiler or microwave. 

3. Pour white chocolate onto a baking sheet covered in wax paper. 

4. Let the white chocolate set for up to three hours, depending on the kind of chocolate and temperature of the room. You may want to leave it to set in the fridge. 

5. Once the white chocolate is set, melt milk chocolate, and pour evenly over the base of white. 

6. While the milk chocolate is still setting, sprinkle pistachios, almonds, dried cranberries, or whatever you'd like over the chocolate. 

7. Once the milk chocolate has begun to set for a few minutes, melt red-coloured chocolate and drizzle over the entire thing for some extra decoration. 

Finally, let the whole thing set for a few hours before breaking the bark and packaging it. 

DIY Gift Wrap

We also decided to make a bit of a home made packaging for our gifts. 

First, I designed an original Christmas card in Photoshop, and printed it off on regular printer paper. 

Then, I glued both the back and front parts of the card onto card stock, which I bought in a card making kit at the Dollar Store. 

Finally, I added some chalk board stickers, and wrote the names of the recipients on each. 

So, each of our parents and grandparents received this small gift from us, along with a personalized card.

I hope this was possibly helpful for some of you in the future, and that you enjoyed the photos :) If you made anything DIY for Christmas, I'd love to hear about it, so let me know in the comments!

New Year, Same Blog

Happy New Year! 

First of all, happy new year everyone! I hope you all had lovely holidays and a splendid time with family. I was certainly busy with family and friends over the holidays, which is why I was not posting nearly as often as I had planned. 

But, now the holidays are over and I am back to school. I hope to resume posting to this blog as frequently as possible, but unfortunately I can't guarantee that. Since I'll be starting new classes in university, it's hard to know exactly how much free time I'll have to work on the blog. That being said, I hope to post at least some small updates - I'm not gone forever, I promise. 

So, that's all I have for you today, I'm afraid. I should be back soon with a fashion or beauty related post. 

Before I go, I just want to say a massive thank you to everyone who has been reading my blog this year. When I started posting more back in October I had no idea it would take off as much as it has, so thank you for your support. I will be seeing you all soon.