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Holiday Crocheted Flowers | Red-Handled Scissors

Holiday Crocheted Flowers

This year for Christmas, I’m making crocheted flower brooches for all of the wonderful women in my family. I’m about to get to work on weaving in the ends and sewing on pins, but I wanted to take a moment to share this pile of crafty holiday goodness with you guys. (These aren’t a surprise—they …

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Tutorial: 15-Minute Change Purse | Red-Handled Scissors

Tutorial: 15-Minute Change Purse

Jeremy and I are jetting off to Mexico at the end of next week, where much lounging on the beach and exploring awaits us (excited!). But, before I get to relax in tropical bliss, the Christmas crafting needs to get done! So, with my serger set up on the kitchen table and my sewing machine …

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Sunday Snapshot: Brooklyn Farmacy | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: Brooklyn Farmacy

Yesterday, Jeremy and I discovered Brooklyn Farmacy, and old time-y soda fountain that totally made me feel as though I’d stepped back into a bygone era. I don’t know how I’d never heard of this place before now, but I’m totally going every weekend from now on. Go there:View Larger Map

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Vegan Christmas Cookies with Royal Icing | Red-Handled Scissors

Vegan Christmas Cookies with Royal Icing

Remember when you were a little kid, and you used to run into grandma’s house during the holidays—knocking cousin Wendel out of the way—and go straight for the huge plate of Christmas cookies, complete with that delicious hard icing shell?  Wish you could figure out how to do that now, but without all those eggs? …

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