Monthly Archives: April 2018

Natural Green Food Coloring – Fresh Spinach Leaves

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Homemade Natural Green Food Coloring Spinach

Natural green food coloring is easy to make at home: All you need is fresh spinach leaves! I use natural green food coloring to color mint chocolate chip ice cream, custard, sugar hearts and sugar sprinkles green. And don’t worry natural green food coloring doesn’t taste spinachy, it just tastes fresh! Continue reading Natural Green Food Coloring – Fresh Spinach Leaves →

Bend Eyes Into Bars – DIY Hook And Bar Closure

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Turn Eyes Into Bars - DIY Hook And Bar Closure

It’s easy to turn store-bought hook and eye closures into hook and bar closures. In this short tutorial I’ll show you how to make a DIY hook and bar closure.

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Hook and eyes and hook and bars are a great way to fasten your garments: I use them on skirt waistbands, as vintage dress closure together with snaps instead of a zipper closure (picture below) and as secure and historical accurate closure for my Victorian bodices. Continue reading Bend Eyes Into Bars – DIY Hook And Bar Closure →

Edible Moss Or Grass With Natural Green Food Coloring

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Edible Moss Or Grass With Natural Green Food Coloring

Edible moss or grass is easy to make at home. Usually, edible moss is colored with artificial food coloring but here I’ll show you how you can easily make edible moss or grass with homemade natural green food coloring. Below you’ll find edible grass and moss that is naturally colored with kale, sunflower seeds, green peas and spinach. Continue reading Edible Moss Or Grass With Natural Green Food Coloring →

Naturally Green Sunflower Seed Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Naturally Green Sunflower Seed Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

These delicious mint chocolate chip cookies are naturally green. The cookies are naturally colored with sunflower seeds! Sunflower seeds turn green in an alkaline environment (baking soda). But the sunflower seed mint cookies don’t taste of sunflower seeds, they taste minty and refreshing! Continue reading Naturally Green Sunflower Seed Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies →