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I bought a new cookbook for Little Miss and I to cook from together, it's called  C'est moi le chef  (I am the chef.) There are a lot of fun easy recipes for kids and parents. One that stood out to us was a recipe for Lucky Charm cookies. It seemed perfect to make for a St-Patrick's pot-luck brunch we attended last weekend. To give it the look of a pot of gold I served them up in these black Corelle bowls. I accented it with yellow-gold napkins and wrote "pot-o-gold" in chalk crayon. The cookies were a hit and I will definitely make them again.  Happy St-Patrick's Day and happy baking! 

I got the idea for this St-Patrick's day craft from a Valentine's craft I made this year. I was inspired by a heart garland I saw online. It was a garland of hearts which were made of yarn wrapped around cardboard. I tried my hand at it and made a couple of multi-coloured hearts and hung them from the handles of my dinig room hutch. They were very fun and pretty easy to make. Little Miss and her friend had fun making some after school.  I was at the Dollarstore the other day and I found this green and gold yarn. I thought I would use the string technique to make some shamrocks to decorate for St-Patrick's day. What you need: Green yarn 2 equal peices of cardboard  Scissors and a pen What to do: 1. Draw a shamrock shape on the cardboard and cut it out. 2. Trace the 1st shamrock on the 2nd peice of cardboard and cut out the second shamrock. 3. Start wrapping the shapes with the yarn. Hold the end down, you can tape it down to secure it or go over the l