From Our (Brazilian) Home to Yours

Family traditions, every family has their own around the holidays... One recipe that brings back memories ... Here we have Portuguese ...

This year I started to make some fabric trees to fill in some empty spots around the house and I found an easy way to fold them.  ...

Oh my darling, clementine cake is so good! My mommy friends and I meet for our MOPS@ breakfast meeting and each week we bring different r...

The clients who ordered my aluminum foil lunch box cakes for Easter received these bunny and egg motives that I made using fabric and felt....

Besides cooking I also enjoy fabric crafts and card making. Here on this project I decorated the cover of an aluminum foil lunch box with...

The first time I made this recipe we had guests coming over and I realized I had no time for grocery shopping. So I came up with this ca...

My Thanksgiving decor A thankful heart is a joyful heart! I have a confession to make, even though Thanksgiving  is not celebra...

I first tried this dip at a good  friend's house , then I started to make it here for my friends and they love it... The recipe was orig...

During strawberry season this is the kind of recipe you don't have to think twice about making it! I love jams, but had never made str...

Caipirinha with mango The basic recipe to this famous Brazilian cocktail - Caipirinha - is limited solely to lime, sugar and "cachaça,...

Celebrating my mom's birthday with a moist passion fruit cake, what a delight and what a blessing to have her as my mom!

On my kitchen window some glass bottles, like olive oil, wine and syrup bottles, are dressed for success. I create my own glass vases recycl...

Coffee cups, small ones, arranged in a bamboo tray ready for the women's small group that used to meet to chat and have a change in rout...

Good friends, good times. Cooking for my family and friends... it is what I enjoy most! A good recipe for a get together? A risotto! So It...

On Christmas Eve my family has a midnight supper every year. Before the meal we all form a circle, hold hands and each one of us tells what...

Gift wrapping you can do yourself with old envelopes and help the environment... This idea to give a personal touch to my gifts I found on ...

Did you know that pumpkin leaves and flowers are edible? And so are the stalks! I learned this when I was a little child and my parents had...

I made them! One of my hobbies... needles and fabric. Quick and easy, a few leftover fabric pieces, small and large yo yos, buttons, cupcak...