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Bio: Bio: I'm Michelle, aka The Domestic Mama, I'm a mom, baker, cook,housekeeper, slave to my dogs, and freelance writer . This is where I share my recipes and some of the crazy parts of life.

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candy eyeballs for cookies

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I made my yearly eyeballs last week.  Doesn’t that sound gross? Well, let me explain: in the old days, I used to not like making any type of cut out that required eyes…because I could never get them “just right”.

Until I realized that with  royal icing, I can make a bunch of “perfect” eyes, let them dry and have a ton of them ready for whatever cookie or cupcake I need. Woo-hoo! I have a bag of eyeballs in my pantry.Want some? Keep reading…

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what to do with all those magazines

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If you are anything like me, you have a little pile of magazines to go through before recycling them or passing them on. And, if you;re like me- they don’t usually get passed on because I tend to dissect them a bit.

How do I dissect them?

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homemade vanilla extract

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I am a vanilla girl. Not to say I don’t adore chocolate…I just have a certain fondness for vanilla. I think it’s in how it is portrayed as such a “plain” flavor, yet it’s compounds produce a complexity all it’s own.

For instance,  vanilla beans as we know them in their pods come from [...]

free houseplants

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I’m sure you guys have done this before…if not, do it. It’s fun and everyone’s doing it.

Take common houseplant-the Philodendron, you know the one…the one that is at every dentist,bank, doctor’s office waiting room, office desk…the one that is hearty. You’ll know it when you see it.

So, take a little snippet [...]

getting crafty

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Oh no… another day without food?! Yes, it’s not that I haven’t cooked, it’s just I have already done the posts before. So, I decided to show you other parts of my day, outside of the kitchen. Sort of…

Dollar store crafts!!!!

Woo-hoo!

I happen to have a rockin’ dollar store just up the [...]

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