Marshmellow Yumminess

Dave and i made cookies again the other night. These are called Smore Sandwhich cookies, or something like that (if you are not a member you may not be able to access this recipe... sorry bout that). I suggest getting your kids, friends, roommates, mom or husband... anyone really, and baking a batch of these. Sure, you'll have a great time bonding over cookies dough, cutting fun shapes, and waiting while they firm up in the fr idge, but i gaurentee that memorable part will come from shoving them into your mouth at the end! DELICIOUS, and simple.

I find these ornaments that Dave created so nostaligic, and such a beautiful way to re-display our favorite Christmas cards. Dave's brilliant addition was the idea of beads. I think he did a marvelous job! Find the info on making these here.

I am going to enjoy a Smore cookie and some Light eggnog (yuck to some.. delicious to me! I haven't had the real stuff in years, so i have nothing to compare it to! I'll keep it that way!)

Sweet Things

I have filled up my empty freezer space with the beginnings of our Christmas baking. So far i have made a few of my favorites from Kraft Canada.
Search around a little and you will find the 'Cookies Galore' section. My favorites are the Big batch Kris Kringle cookies, made with a basic cookie dough and stuffed with carnberries, white chocolate chunks and almond slivers. Yum and festive!
These cookies are Gingerbread Chocolate Chip Cookies. I recommend them!

Here is an easy Christmas craft idea that brings me back to childhood years. My mother would sit me down with a little pile of fragrant cloves and a manderine orange. Before i had a chance to peel the fruit she would tell me to poke cloves into the orange for a festive pomander. Simple as that.
Here is an update version of the old time christmas craft. Before studding the orange with whole stemmed cloves trace the circle of a tealight candle along the top of the orange. Cut and dig out a little space for a tealight to fit snuggly in the top. Place the candle in the top and then begin to make a delicious design.
My mother actualy suggested this craft to me! She's marvelous.
She also showed me how to make a little greenery base starting with a carbaord circle. Glue little pieces of cut, fake garland flat ontop of the cardboard circle. We then glued little silver stars on some of the branches and simply placed our pomander on top! Fancy it up anyway you like! Make it yours. If i were to make another i might put a little twig of berries where the bow is, for instance.

We started decorating our apartment for the Christmas season of celebrating Christ. Even the kitties got involved!

Snowflakes Falling

Our first Christmas craft of the year is dough ornaments. We had a friend over on saturday, occupied Corrina with toys, and rolled, cut, painted and glittered the day away.
Here is the process:
Dough: mix 1 cup salt with 1 1/2 cups hot water. Mix in 4 cups flour. Knead for 10 minutes or until the dough is moldable. Add more flour if it is too sticky or add a few drops of water if the dough is dry and cracking.
Roll out and cut with cookie cutters, or mold into your own wonderful little creations!

Bake in a 300 degree oven for 1 1/2 hours, flipping half way through.
The finished product:Let the Magic Making begin!

Vintage Crochet

Easy and pleasing! I crocheted this little piece from the book Happy Hooker!

I made it with love from variegated Mohair!