Category Archives: Christmas 2009

Last Minute Gift: Scrapbooking Paper-Wrapped Box

Looking for a last minute gift?  Looking for a way to wrap your gift of homemade baked goods, so that the outside of the box is as irresistible as what’s inside?  Look no further. Grab your scrapbooking paper, decorative punch, … Continue reading

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Christmas Dinner Menu

Christmas is only a couple of days away, so I am sure you can’t possibly be looking for a last minute Christmas dinner menu, but if you are, you’re in luck.  All of these recipes have been tested out on … Continue reading

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Easy Christmas Gift: Vanilla Sugar

For a quick and easy to make, but lovely to receive, Christmas gift, try making vanilla-infused sugar. Just place a few vanilla beans in an air-tight jar and fill with sugar.  Allow to sit for a few days and the … Continue reading

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Gingerbread Trees

Gingerbread cookies are a must at Christmas.  Martha Stewart has a recipe for Gingerbread Snowflake cookies that is just dreamy.  Since I do not have a snowflake cookie cutter, I made gingerbread trees, instead.  I piped the outline with royal … Continue reading

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Christmas Melt and Pour Soap Tutorials

I am so far behind on Christmas crafting, baking, and blogging.  I just can’t seem to convince myself that it really is almost Christmas.  The dusting of snow we got today helped.  Hopefully, the 3 – 6 inches we are … Continue reading

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Christmas Card and Gift Box

Last month, I had the honor of hosting a Martha Stewart Crafts house party through House Party.com.  House Party sent me all of the materials to make some fantastic craft projects using the Martha Stewart Crafts product line, available at … Continue reading

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…

Did you know that Christmas is only 5 weeks away!  Yikes, I had better get posting and crafting! Above is the cold process soap I made for Christmas this year. First, I made the trees in a tree-shaped silicone muffin … Continue reading

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