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!