meet.make.nutella bites.

With less then a month until Valentines day, Pinterest has exploded with Valentines DIYs and recipes. Around here (at least for Steph and Cindy), Valentines Day is most often a day spent with girlfriends. Both of the chef husbands are at work as it the busiest day of the year for them! 

In honour of these girly Valentines get togethers, we thought we would go into the meet.make.laugh. vault and re-share one of our favourite sweet treats, Nutella bites! These are perfect for any Valentines celebration, whether you are spending it with your loved one, friends, or even as a treat to take to work for the office. 

meet.make.battle of the scones.

We both have more of a savoury/salty-tooth so baking isn't part of our normal regime but for some reason scones caught out interest this week. Stephanie came across a recipe on Joy The Baker that triggered the idea and coincidentally, Cindy's co-worker shared a scone recipe that would appeal to our salty palette.

So then it became... the battle of the scones!

meet.make.mulled wine.

Well the holidays are officially over. I can still pretend right? One of my favourite things during the holiday season is making mulled wine. It brings back memories of gluhwein at German Christmas markets. As you can see below... I have a few clay glasses saved from Christmas markets past which I am always excited to pull out.

meet.make.crochet fingerless gloves.

Victoria weather can often be pretty rainy in the winter, but it doesn't get overly cold. Full-fledged mitts are not really needed, and let's face it, it is such a hassle to take off a mitt to send a text message. 

I have been seeing fingerless gloves around a lot lately, and decided I wanted to attempt a pair myself. I came across this pattern for Warm Willies Fingerless Gloves by Susan Hinton on Ravelry, and started crocheting away. 

meet.make.cross-stitch elbow patches.

Last weekend was a rainy, dreary, Sunday afternoon. A typical Victorian winter day... Hayley was out of town, and we wanted a lazy craft that would be easy to accomplish while watching a movie.

meet.make.crochet-a-long: Slouchy Hat

We had so much fun last month making our granny square pillows, that we decided to link up with The Curious Pug for her December Crochet-along! 

meet.make.Happy New Years.

Guess what? It's 2013! Woah! 2012 was a great start to meet.make.laugh., but we are excited for more fun in 2013. What do you want to see us post? More crafts? More recipes? More cocktails? Something brand new? We like suggestions! 

'Tis the season of new year resolutions, so here are a few simple ones of ours!

meet.make.2012 round-up.

Since starting meet.make.laugh. in February of this year, the three of us really have had a lot of fun getting together and being creative. As much as we enjoy putting together projects and trying new things, what we take home from it is the excitement of getting to spend time with friends. This experience alone is often even better then the craft end result! 

Besides sharing our crafting ups and downs, we have really enjoyed getting to know some of you out there in blog world. We want to thank you very much for taking the time to visit our little corner of the internet and leaving comments....we really appreciate it and you!

Here are some of our favourite posts from 2012!

meet.make.turkey buns.

One of my absolute favourite things about Christmas dinner isn't actually the meal itself.... it is the leftovers. Seriously.... the anticipation of a turkey bun almost makes me want to fast forward through the meal! (Almost)

I have spent quite a few years perfecting the formula for the best way to build a turkey bun... and here it is!

STEPHANIE'S PERFECT TURKEY BUN:

Ingredients:

• A white pull-apart tray bun 
• Turkey pulled apart into little pieces
• Stuffing (I know you are thinking.... What? Bread on bread? That's weird. Well it is delicious. The spices in the stuffing add to the final product)
• Gravy
• Cranberry Sauce

Now there are a few tricks to building the bun that make it into the perfect meal. First, make sure you heat up the turkey, stuffing, gravy, and bun separately (don't heat up the cranberry sauce). Everything needs different time in the microwave to get to just the right temperature for consumption of that item. Then assemble in the following order: bottom bun, stuffing, turkey, 2 spoonfuls of gravy, cranberry sauce, top bun.

After you have assembled, grab about 8 napkins, because this bun is MESSY. But it's worth it. It's delicious. 

Enjoy!

How do you use up your leftovers?

meet.make.merry christmas.

With all the holiday festivities and fun, this post is a day late.. But without further ado:

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM MEET.MAKE.LAUGH.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas celebration surrounded by good company and of course, food! We sure did.

None of us travelled home for the holidays this year; a downfall of having chef and mechanic husbands working through the holidays. A benefit? The boys cook Christmas dinner while the ladies enjoy a few festive beverages! We love our little Island Family traditions, and enjoyed the wonderful evening! 

Wishing everyone a very happy holiday!