Craftsy – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com Making a Handmade Modern Home one DIY project at a time. Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:01:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/francoisetmoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Untitled-2-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Craftsy – Francois et Moi https://francoisetmoi.com 32 32 76357554 French Croissant Workshop for Mother’s Day https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/french-croissant-workshop-for-mothers-day/ https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/french-croissant-workshop-for-mothers-day/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2015 12:18:52 +0000 http://francoisetmoi.com/?p=10218 The art of French croissant making is something my Mom (blogger at Seam Sew Cool) and I have always wanted to learn. So per her birthday request, we signed up for Craftsy’s Online Class: Classic Croissants at Home, and spent the weekend in my kitchen chatting, sneaking bites of that oh-so buttery dough, and of course, mastering the technique for classic French croissants. The croissant workshop made a fun birthday gift, and so it got me thinking that it would also make a fantastic gift for Mother’s Day too. (It’s coming up, kids!) It’s a creative way to spend time with Mom, while learning something new. Here’s how it came together: I picked up the croissant ingredients, a bouquet of flowers (just because), and any additional tools we needed ahead of time. I wrapped up the new croissant tools with a pretty bow for her to open when she arrived. On Saturday, I pulled out a few fun aprons and had some French tunes humming in the background. If you’ve ever made French croissants, you know there are a lot of steps and a lot of breaks in between while the dough refrigerates or rises. My mom and I made them over a Saturday afternoon + Sunday morning so that we could have fresh-from-the-oven croissants for breakfast on Sunday, but you could also make and […]

The post French Croissant Workshop for Mother’s Day appeared first on Francois et Moi.

]]> https://francoisetmoi.com/diy/french-croissant-workshop-for-mothers-day/feed/ 2 10218