holidays/birthdays

7 Quick Takes: December 30, 2011 (Vol. 106)

~ 1 ~ In the week that has passed since my last 7 Quick Takes, I feel so different.  Just so much older. Okay, not really.  I mean, I don’t feel older, but I most definitely am older than I was when I wrote it last week. Hello, 35!  As a number, you sound nicer [...]

Merry Christmas From Our Family to Yours

7 Quick Takes: December 23, 2011 (Vol. 105)

~ 1 ~ Apparently I needed a vacation from my Disney World vacation, as I have spent all week just trying to get caught back up.  I feel like things are (maybe) finally getting back to normal. I also feel like I would like to start planning our next trip to Disney World.  Oh my [...]

Fabulous Deal on Embroidered Christmas Stockings

While I don’t normally pass along deals, I had to share this fabulous deal that expires on December 6th.  It is for embroidered Christmas stockings from Vistaprint for just $7.99 each (plus free 7-day shipping)!   You could get a whole set for your family!  They would also be great for putting a family’s name [...]

It’s a Christmas Link Up!

This week, I’ve been writing about Christmas, and so have a bunch of my best blogging friends.  So, now it’s your turn to share a link to a favorite Christmas post from your own blog. It could be a recipe, a craft, a tutorial, decorating tips, gift wrapping ideas — whatever! And, my favorite thing [...]

Edible Gifts for Christmas: Non-Traditional Options

Yesterday, we talked about some of the more traditional options for edible holiday gifts.  So, I thought today I would share some less traditional options. No, this doesn’t mean that they are going to be crazy options.  However, they are options that are just not what you necessarily expect in a basket of goodies for [...]

Edible Gifts for Christmas: Traditional Options

This week, we’ve worked our way through the logistics of giving edible gifts for the holidays.  From brainstorming what to make to exploring the cost to what to put our gifts in – the logistical part is done.  Now, let’s focus on some actual ideas of what to make. Today, we’re going to look at [...]

Edible Gifts for Christmas: Let’s Find a Container

During this week, we’ve looked at how to decide what to make as edible gifts, as well as taking into consideration the cost (in both time and money).  Now that we have all of those out of the way, it’s time to consider how we will package up our goodies. I can’t have the perfect [...]

Edible Gifts for Christmas: Is It Really Worth It?

Yesterday, I shared some ideas for creating your list of what edible gifts you might be making this Christmas season.  If you are planning on making edible gifts and you did your homework from yesterday’s post, then you might have an idea of what you’re planning to make.  Now is the point where we really [...]

Edible Gifts for Christmas: What to Make?

Each year for the last many years, I have made a set of edible Christmas gifts to give out to people such as employees at Eric’s work for whom Eric is their boss, religious education teachers, our piano teacher, various therapists, ballet instructor, and the like.  Some years, I have also made a gift basket [...]

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