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5 Reasons why I love Cricut Access

April 15, 2020

With everything that has been going on, I’ve kind of been avoiding social media in my downtime. Instead, I’ve been playing video games, drawing and crafting a whole lot more.

One of my favourite things about crafting with my Cricut machines aside from all the materials you can use is the Cricut Access subscription, which is what I’m going to focus on for today’s post!

What is Cricut Access?

Okay, let’s start with the basics. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, Cricut Access is a subscription-based service through Design Space that gives you access to thousands of resources and Ready-to-Make projects.

Now that we have that out of the way, I’m going to dive into 5 reasons why I love using Cricut Access.

Dessert, Food, Gluten Free

Gluten-free Mini Egg donuts

April 10, 2020

With being stuck at home, we’ve been baking up a storm in our house over the past couple of weeks and also experimenting with different recipes. (I’m totally a stress-baker and a stress-eater.) So far, we’ve made banana bread, muffins, brownies and most importantly, donuts. It hasn’t been the best for my waistline, but my stomach sure is enjoying it!

I love donuts. As in, I really, really love them. The only problem with being gluten-free, is that there aren’t really a ton of options when it comes to donuts so I ‘most always have to making them myself from scratch when I’m craving one, (hashtag gluten-free problems) and as you all know I can be pretty lazy sometimes.

A few weeks ago, I was craving donuts really badly. We didn’t have any of my usual go-to items in the house for donut making, including my regular flour, so I had to get a little big creative and come up with some substitutes and a new dough-recipe. Turns out it was a blessing in disguise as this dough recipe is my favourite one yet! Overall, it was pretty easy to make and the donuts were so soft and fluffy. As an added bonus, they also freeze really well!

Beauty, Skin care

5 Korean beauty skincare products I love

March 1, 2020

In the past year, I switched over most of my skincare routine to Korean Beauty (K-beauty) products and let me tell you, my skin is glowing! I’ve always been sort of skeptical whenever I heard people rave about how life-changing K-beauty products are, especially considering many of the price-points, but I finally bit the bullet and tried some out myself and I’m never going back.

So, I thought I would take the time to share some of my favourite products in case you’re looking to try something new.

As for where I buy my K-beauty products, I’m lucky to have a couple of stores/malls nearby where I can access these products: Innisfree, Sukoshi Mart, The Face Shop and some items are even available at Sephora. You can also get a lot of these products online. For reference, I’ve included my skin type as well!

Cricut Made, DIY

Everything you need to know about Cricut Joy + a DIY hostess gift (wine tote and card)

February 18, 2020

If you follow me on Instagram, you may remember when I went to Salt Lake City in January, posted a few airplane photos and then proceeded to never told you why I was there… and that’s because I was sworn to secrecy by Cricut. I’m so excited to finally be able to share what I got up to while I was there… and it’s HUGE!⁣

Well, technically it’s little.⁣

Meet the new Cricut Joy! It’s tiny, but mighty. We flew out to SLC to learn all about it and take it for a test spin (spoiler alert: it’s awesome) and I’m so happy to finally be able to talk about it.

I’m seriously so excited about this product. Cricut Joy can cut more than 50 materials, including brand new new Smart Materials without a mat, (more on that later) and the regular vinyl, iron-on and paper materials with a mat. It can also write using Cricut Joy pens. (Note: the pens are different from the ones you would use in your Maker/Explore machines.) It’s bluetooth enabled which means less cords. ⁣

If you already have a Cricut machine it’s the perfect companion, and if not it’s great as a stand-alone product for anyone who wants to start dabbling in Cricut made crafts!