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Breton Brittle

This is a sneak peek of the beauty that is Breton Brittle. It’s right after I poured the toffee over the Breton crackers.

It’s a snap to make, and unbelievably delicious.

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Apparently I was too distracted to take a photo of the final product, but it looks something like this »

Here’s the recipe!
*Edit: I also did a gluten-free version for my friends over at Sweet Grace & Co!

Breton Brittle

1 package Breton crackers
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 1/3 cup chocolate chips

Line cookie sheet with heavy aluminum foil (over sides of pan). * Use jelly-roll pan. pan with sides. Layer crackers in pan, overlap.

Turn on oven at 400F.

Bring brown sugar and butter to a boil in a medium saucepan, boil for 20 secs. Pour over crackers. Bake at 400 F for 5 mins.

Remove from oven, sprinkle with chocolate chips, let them melt. Spread chocolate with a spoon (wet spoon first).

Leave overnight in the fridge. Break apart into pieces. Freezes well.

Darwin D. Martin House Tour

After numerous delays crossing the border, we finally made it to the Darwin Martin house tour in Buffalo. I’ve always been interested in architecture so the tour was a great chance to learn more about Frank Lloyd Wright’s attention to detail, his style of architecture as well as indoor decor. It was a blistering 43 degrees, and finally rained once the tour was over (breaking the humidity), but worth the trip for sure!

Overall our tour was very informative, and I would recommend it to anyone!

Frank Lloyd Wright tour

Keep up your hobbies, pt 2.

For my friend’s wedding, I got this amazing black silk tulip dress from Maison Clothing, but I had no accessories that would match it, so I decided to make my own.

This is made from a headband from Dollarama, 3 peacock feathers, a metal leaf and a small light pink bead. Oh, and some fabric covered cardboard from a Cheerios box to stabilize the back… gotta use what works!

Peacock Fascinator

Keep up your hobbies.

It’s easy to get caught up being a workaholic as a freelancer, and it’s important to have things that are just for YOU.

I’ve enjoyed making clothing and accessories as my hobby, and here is a dress I just finished… it took weeks and weeks because I was so busy – but I’m so glad I took the time to do something for myself!

Perfect for a summer day, this comfortable cotton knit dress can be dressed up or down!

I’ve made another dress using this pattern, but I made a lot more customizations to the top of this dress to make it more unique. This dress was made from this pattern.

Plaid Summer Dress