My mother made these delicious muffins and brought them over for Christmas. You can find the recipe on the Food Network. She made the pineapple/coconut muffins and the cranberry muffins. They were both delicious and very cake-like. Yum. You can try this recipe when you feel like cooking or eating sweets again!
I finally finished this table runner just before Christmas Eve. I am still just piecing together fabric and am satisfied with the pieced work without the additional step of quilting. I designed this runner to resemble a tree with triangles of descending size that meet in the center.
Don’t forget to say thank you for those wonderful gifts you receive this year. Here are some lovely cards to artfully send your gratitude:
I love the simple design of these letterpress cards from Orange Beautiful. Available on Etsy here ($3 each or a set of 6 for $16).
I know, more birds. But aren’t these from inkylivie nice? $8 for a set of 4 cards.
And some fruity letterpress from a. favorite design available here ($15 for 6 cards).
I have been craving this! Here‘s a good recipe from Martha Stewart. Planning a birthday party for both girls tomorrow, but hope to make some after that. Stay tuned for photos from the Alice in Wonderland Celebration.
I made this snowflake today and was really pleased with the results considering all I needed was six pieces of paper. The beauty of this project is that it looks complicated, but was so easy! You can find the instructions on wikiHow here. This could be used as a treetopper, a wreath, or would look lovely hanging in front of a mirror. Smaller versions could be used to make a great mobile or as tree ornaments.
I used red and green construction paper that we had on hand, but it would be really pretty with double-sided origami paper. I cut the standard-sized paper into squares (8″x8″), which turns out to be a very large snowflake (about 16″). Double-sided tape would be helpful for this project. I measured the cut lines in 1″ increments and marked with a ruler.
This time of year we’re having lots of family time indoors and always looking for new projects. Some less-complicated snowflake instructions can be found here. My almost five-year-old loves folding, designing and cutting these snowflakes and there are so many possibilities. These would make a lovely garland when strung together and made from origami or foil paper. We end up with them all over the house.
Try this site and let the kids “cut” a snowflake on the computer here.
