Studio 27 - By Jennifer Adams: March 2026

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 61

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

Spring plant wrappers by Two Chicks and a Mom

Crochet Easter decorations from Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs

Spring brunch table ideas by Thrifting Wonderland

A bunny village hutch from Debbie Dabble

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Monday, March 30, 2026

Salt Dough Mini Pies

Last week when I shared my salt dough Pop-Tarts, I mentioned that I also had some salt dough mini pies, check them out:

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I found this set of mini pie molds at the thrift store for a couple of dollars.

The top photo shows you how they open, allowing you to fill your pie. The bottom photo shows you how they also serve as pie crust cutters, with one side featuring a decorative design. The design allows you to make a pretty top crust.

For a real pie you would make two crust shapes, one with the decorative cut-outs. You would then place the bottom crust into the mold, add filling, put the top crust on as well and then close the mold to crimp everything together.

Because I'm making a fake bake, there is no need to worry about filling. I can use one handful of salt dough for the entire pie and add the 'filling' with paint a little later 😉

Here is where I put the handful of salt dough inside the mold and closed to get the shape right. Any excess I trimmed off with a butter knife and then smoothed the edges.

(This post contains my salt dough recipe and baking instructions)

Once I had my pie shape, I removed it from the mold, flipped the mold over and used the cutter side to press the decorative shapes onto the top of the pie.

It ended up looking like this.

Some of the dough darkened a bit during the baking process. I decided that was ok 😆

With a bit of acrylic paint mixed with water, I made a wash to darken the pies. Make sure your dough is completely dry before painting on with a brush, and then let fully dry again before moving on.

Here is how they look with a golden glow. Still a little 'burned' but that's ok. If you have burned spots that you don't want to keep, gently scrap them off before applying your wash.

My pie filling was puffy paint in purple, red and blue.

After letting the puffy paint dry over night, I applied spray adhesive and sprinkled some baby powder 'powdered sugar'.

I added these mini pies in my pie and pudding cabinet, which you can see here.

And that's how I made my salt dough pies!

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-Jennifer

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 60

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

A warm spring garden tour from Jaipur Gardening

How to style a dough bowl from Amy's Creative Pursuits

Curtains and copper decor from The Apple Street Cottage

Easy toasting loaf from Scratch Made Food

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Friday, March 20, 2026

Salt Dough Pop-Tarts

Today I'm sharing how I used a mini pie mold to make these faux salt dough Pop-Tarts, check it out:

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Here is how the mini pie mold looks, with the cut-outs showing. You use this side to make the top crust of your mini pie, then open it up, add a bottom crust and filling, place the top crust cut-out on top and squish it together.

I thought the overall shape of the mold looked a little like a Pop-Tart, so I flipped it over to the non cut-out side.

Here is how the cut dough looked like. Using plenty of flour helps to keep your dough from sticking to the counter, cutter and your hands!

I baked the shapes at 250 for a couple of hours until they were nice and dry. You can see a mini pie shape in this photo as well, I'll have that post available soon 😉

Using cinnamon colored acrylic paint mixed with water I created a wash to give my tarts a golden baked look.

Here you can see the difference that the color wash makes, with the tarts on the left being a richer, golden color.

To create the look of icing I selected acrylic paint in; Territorial Beige, Melted Chocolate, Antique White and Princess Pink.

For sprinkles I pulled these from my craft storage.

I separated out the sprinkle colors I wanted before applying the Mod Podge.

Once ready, I used a paint brush to apply a thick layer of the Mod Podge.

And then placed the sprinkles by hand.

I gave each tart a coating of spray glue as well, to make sure that the sprinkles stayed securely in place.

Here is how they all turned out:

Cinnamon (Territorial Beige)

Strawberry (Princess Pink)

Chocolate (Melted Chocolate)

Vanilla (Antique White)

I love how they look all stacked together, and put them into my breakfast cabinet.

And that's how I made my salt dough Pop Tarts!

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Interested in more fake bake crafts?

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I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Wednesdays in the Studio - Link Party 59

Welcome to Wednesdays in the Studio, a weekly link party focusing on designing everyday life.

Thank you to everyone who joined last week! This week's features include:

Homemade bread from Two Chicks and a Mom

A spring tea cup floral arrangement from Steph Creates Things

Hidden Treasures from Thrifting Wonderland

Fun with crazy stitch from Stitch Whisper Designs

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*Please link to a specific post and not your homepage.

*Link only your own posts, not someone else's.

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*Linking up gives you the opportunity to be featured in next week's party.

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-Jennifer

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