All the friendly neighborhood mail carriers are working pretty rough hours this week! If you have a chance, leave a little Christmas cheer in your mailbox! Tomorrow’s the BIG DAY!!!
Photography
Photography is my newest hobby. I’m learning new things every day and love to share my latest pictures with my readers!
December 23rd
December 22nd
These delicious pizzelles were just brought to us from my next door neighbor. They are Italian waffle cookies that look like snowflakes, and they’re almost too pretty to eat! My neighbor, Mrs. C, grew up with her Italian grandmother making these every Christmas and continues the tradition in her own home. They’re wonderful! Thank you […]
December 21st
The holiday baking has begun! *trumpet blast* In order to fill up 10 plastic tubs full of goodies for my relatives on Christmas day, I’ve got to get cookin’! Cookies, candies, and fudge…oh my. Hope you’re having a sweet Tuesday.
December 20th
Hey there. It’s me with a big poinsettia behind my ear. I’ve posted a photo for 20 days straight now and I’m running out of ideas. 🙂 Most of my family has gone to Sea World so I’m ho humming around here cleaning (not really) and baking (mostly eating chips […]
December 19th
Today’s photo features this beautiful poinsettia wreath from Paper Source. Similar to the paper sunflower kits I’ve shown before, this kit comes with everything you need to assemble this gorgeous wreath. My 8 year old made it with minimal assistance. I’ve now been amazed twice at how awesome these kits […]
December 18th
We changed up our candle holders this year by using different colored tapers. I don’t why I haven’t done this before? It’s really fun to have candles in several colors instead of all white or all red. Happy Saturday!
December 17th
Nothing smells more like Christmas to me than the spicy scent of cloves mingled with sweet citrus. Mmmmm….. This was another favorite gift idea of my mother’s when I was growing up. We’d create a pretty pattern of cloves all over a big juicy orange and tie a ribbon around […]
December 15th
We’re making Christmas “bark” candy by the pound over here! We’ve used white chocolate, dark chocolate, and some mint chips too (yum). We’ve added smashed up pretzels, toasted almonds, and ground up candy canes. And we’ve eaten ALL OF THE ABOVE. 🙂 Here’s a good recipe for peppermint bark if you’d like to try it. Happy […]