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Cupcake Pencil Toppers
I love bright summer colours and using felt is a great way to utilize those wonderful colours. Today I am going to show you how I made cupcake pencil toppersI cut out a little cupcake template on white...
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Canada Day Party
Happy Canada Day!Welcome to our party. Come right on back and enjoy yourself.Please help yourself to some yummy food. We have beautiful cupcakes made by my sister at Cake Du Jour. Some yummy salsa I...
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Custom 3D Butterfly Decals
Lately I've been seeing these 3D decals everywhere, and so when I found a package for $15 at Wal-Mart I snatched them up. The only problem was that they were white and all I have in my apartment are...
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5 Tips for No-Hassle Meals
Mr Firefly and I are always in a rush. By the time we get home from work we are tired and it's already getting late. Just knowing that I have to spend the evening doing laundry, cleaning, and trying to...
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Baked Zucchini Sticks
When I run out of dinner ideas I like to turn to my stack of Kraft What's Cooking magazines and find something to make (last time I made these Mini BBQ Meatloaves). Today I'm going to share a recipe...
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Home-made Canvas Art
Filling up the walls of a new place with art can be a daunting task, especially when it is your first place and you don't have much art. For me it's been a process that has taken some time, and I've...
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Package Pals
This past month I participated in Package Pals hosted by Jamie from C.R.A.F.T.She paired me up with a fellow Canadian, Natasha. I was very excited to see this package in my mailbox and so was Merlin.As...
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Workin' Hard in the Garden
Way back in the spring I planted some flowers from my mother-in-law's garden. I love how they have been growing and blooming.Unfortunately, the garden as a whole has not been looking all that great....
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Stuffed Elephant
So today I'm so excited to share with you my first sewing project I completed with my new sewing machine. I admit, it has taken a while to get here, but now I've finally gotten the hang of the...
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Wedding Anniversary
Happy 3rd Anniversary Mr. Firefly! I love being married to you!That's right, 3 years have flown by. It seems like just yesterday I was walking down the aisle.We decided to keep it simple in the way of...
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White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
This past weekend I decided to browse through the Bulk Barn - very dangerous! I felt in the mood to make something, but I wasn't sure what, so I looked through the Bulk Barn isles for some inspiration....
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A Camping Adventure
Hello and Happy Monday! Mr. Firefly and I just got back from a wonderful camping adventure. It was our first camping trip by ourselves and, boy, did we ever learn a lot. I never really understood how...
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Dutch Butter Cake
Growing up, when we were expecting company, or visiting someone, my mom always baked a special Dutch treat, Boter Koek. Translated it is 'Butter Cake.' It is such a tasty treat, that is basically a lot...
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The Best is Yet to Be: Wall Art
I love to paint. I'm not very good at it, but I love being able to mix colours and create something pleasing to the eye. Michael's was having a sale on art canvases and I needed to put something up in...
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Coke + Pork Chops
For Father's Day I gave my dad a cookbook filled with recipes that used Coca-Cola. So since I am home this week I got to try out one of the recipes from the cookbook, Fruited Pork Chops.Ingredients4...
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Versatile Blogger Award
We love getting comments here at Brilliant Like Fireflies, and so when we saw a comment on Wednesday from Dawn come in we were excited for more than one reason.Dawn blogs over at Twenty63 and very...
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Balloon Dart Art
What a wonderful weekend! I had been planning this weekend for a long time and I can't believe that it's over. My beautiful sister-in-law and I have been waiting for warm weather to try out an art...
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Dual-Purpose Cooler
If you wonder where we get our crafty side, it is from my mom! She's letting us share her latest project, a little cooler upgrade. We've had this little blue cooler around for as long as I can...
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Chocolate Flowers
I just love when something is simple and beautiful. These chocolate flowers are just that.I started by putting some lollipop sticks in the mould.Then I melted my chocolate disks. I decided to melt them...
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Two Pinterest Projects
Today I decided it was time to tackle a couple of pins I had on Pinterest. And because I chose two small ones, I thought I'd give you both in one blog post.The first project was a ribbon hairband, the...
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