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Crochet Candy Corn

By aliciak These little candy corn dudes have been flying off my Etsy shelves and their cuteness is sometimes overwhelming! But unlike the real thing, they are soft, always smiling, and stay fresh year after year! Won't you make one? You will need: a G hook white, yellow, and orange yarn 2 beads for eyes black embroidery thread some knowledge of crochet! With G hook and white yarn, ch 2. 6 sc into 2nd ch from hook. Join. Ch 1; 2 sc » READ MORE
October 26, 2007
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Candy Corn Cookies

By aliciak These cookies are shortbread, and are not actually MADE from candy corn, but they are tasty, require only three ingredients, and are sure to impress your family and friends at Halloween time. Ingredients: 3/4 cup margarine or butter, softened 1/4 cup sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour Yellow food coloring Red food coloring Mix butter (or marg.) and sugar in a large bowl. It will be crumbly! Stir in flour and then scrape out of » READ MORE
October 22, 2007
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Candy Corn Cookies

By aliciak

These cookies are shortbread, and are not actually MADE from candy corn, but they are tasty, require only three ingredients, and are sure to impress your family and friends at Halloween time.

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup margarine or butter, softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • Yellow food coloring
  • Red food coloring

Mix butter (or marg.) and sugar in a large bowl. It will be crumbly! Stir in flour and then scrape out » READ MORE

October 22, 2007
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No drab walls in this apartment!

By aliciak I am not one for drab walls, meaning white or grey colored. In the two apartments I have lived in Brooklyn, that allowed painting, that is one of the first things I did. I formulated a design plan to loosely work in terms of my bed cover, posters, photos, and furniture. Luckily, cheap Ikea wood furniture matches a lot! In this current apartment with my boyfriend, we decided to paint the "office nook" in stripes, and the rest of » READ MORE
March 13, 2007
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