ThoroughlyCurly

Perfect for the man, child, or man-child in your life this Valentine’s Day. While we don’t really do the Valentine’s thing in our house, it’s hard to deny the candy aisle this month between the Reese’s shaped hearts, pink and red M&Ms and other heart-shaped boxed goodies. The special shapes, coloring and packaging works wonders for giving you a reason to buy a giant bag of M&Ms that taste no different from the ones in the good ole yellow bag. And, on top of loving holiday-ized candy, I’m also a sucker for making holiday inspired creations. I saw an Etsy tutorial for making roses out of ribbon and my brain instantly decided ribbon roses = Fruit by the Foot/Roll-Up roses. Bonus–these smell awesome.

I was raised celebrating Hanukkah, and my husband Christmas. Neither of us are religious and only participate in holidays you celebrate with good food or (for me at least) fun decorations. So Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday. I’ve had a hankering to decorate a tree this year. I’ve never had a tree, but I’ve offered to get one each year for the husband (he always declines my offer). Maybe it was the newlywed fuzzies, a major crafting bug, or just an urge to buy a tree curbside from a corner deli, but this year I decided I’d finally get us one…a little NYC apartment sized one.

..er snow people?? Those scarfs are pretty fancy for snowmen.

I thought up these little guys when brainstorming things to make with Oreo balls for a friend.

If you’re a Reese’s cups fan, you know the seasonal shapes taste THE best. Specifically, the eggs, trees and hearts. Maybe it’s the ratio of chocolate to peanut butter, the softer outer chocolate shell (notice the bells don’t taste as good!), who knows, but they just taste better!

Welcome to my blog! If you are new around here, ThoroughlyCurly actually began as ThoroughlyCurly Designs in January 2009 when I first setup my Etsy shop. I designed and sold personalized stationary, from save-the-dates to wedding invitations. I also provided freelance graphic and web design for various corporate clients–all in the late hours after my full-time job or sometimes in the wee early morning hours before work. After an 11 pm run to the Apple Genius Bar for a computer emergency–in the midst of a freelance project on deadline–I decided it was time to begin phasing out the freelance work.