Another Pinterest Fail

I saw these adorable suncatchers on Pinterest and thought it would be worth my while to try my hand at them. First of all, make sure you do this craft outside because it really stinks! In fact, it is most likely toxic! I lined my baking pan with transparent plastic beads and baked them in the toaster oven for about 15 minutes and they made somewhat interesting forms. I don't know what I was hoping for but I was just underwhelmed with my results. The smaller shapes would take too much time to make enough of. Thoughts?

Peppermint Fail

I've seen this all over the Pinterest. Everyone makes these cutesy peppermint trays to display their cutesy holiday baked goods. Yeh yeh. How hard can it be? Fail. So I read a ton of tutorials and the basic idea is, use a pan with borders so you will have nice edges, use parchment paper, and space evenly. I think I went wrong in two ways: 1. I had too many peppermints and it was too thick. 2. I baked too long and it bubbled up.

oops!

 

I did a retake and it didn't turn out too bad. It was mostly just underwhelming, as were the snickerdoodle cookies sitting on it. ;)