I LOVE Christmas Morning! Each Christmas, our little family has a special breakfast with just us 6 after opening presents. After the kids go to bed on Christmas Eve and after Santa leaves the presents, I set the table for breakfast. I bring out our Christmas plates, glasses and mugs! My kids LOVE eating on our "Christmas Tree" plates. This year I saw some adorable felt reindeer napkin rings at a local craft store and thought...hey I could make these!...and so I did. So this year we will add … [Read more...] about {Christmas Morning Breakfast + Felt Reindeer Napkin Rings}
Archives for December 2010
12 Days of Christmas Ideas
One of my favorite things to do during the holiday season is the 12 Days of Christmas. For as long as I can remember, my mom has been making up fun little packages of 12 Days gifts for widows or widowers. She would drive up to 40 miles to deliver these packages, most the time not even knowing the person who was recieiving them, just finding out that they needed Christmas cheer. We have kind of done this on and off for a few years, but decided to pick this up last year as a family and delivered … [Read more...] about 12 Days of Christmas Ideas
{Fun & Festive Candle Decor}
Recently, while playing around with my Silhouette, I found out that the leftover part of my vinyl after using the center makes a great stencil. I have wanted to make some new decor for my mantle and this was perfect. Sparkly stenciled glass candle holders... They look much better in real life than in the photos. :)Â Also, a bright colored candle would look better behind the silver snowflake and would make it show up much better. :) To make these festive candle holders, you need: -A glass … [Read more...] about {Fun & Festive Candle Decor}
Christmas Gifts for Groups
We all have them-- co-workers, friends, neighbors, and family who we like to give gifts to but sometimes time and money end up stopping us. Here are simple and inexpensive gift ideas for the groups in your life. So simple and so inexpensive that it is borderline embarrassing for me to disclose how little I actually spent on the gifts! Here are some of my favorite Christmas gifts for groups. 1 :: Reindeer Noses. Add your favorite red and green candy (jelly beans, gum drops, Christmas … [Read more...] about Christmas Gifts for Groups
{South African Milk Tart – A Yummy Holiday Treat}
My wonderful husband is from South Africa. He is always making treats that he loved when he lived there. A lot of these treats I don't particularly like (some are a little strange), but I do like South African Milk Tart. I really like the texture and I love cinammon. My husbands family made Milk Tart a lot around the holidays, so that is when we make it too. My sweet husband makes this for our family often and he usually makes just one normal sized pie. He found these darling little mini pie … [Read more...] about {South African Milk Tart – A Yummy Holiday Treat}