Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Santa's elf has been busy! Ho ho ho!

I've been baking lots of cookies lately. Some for DH and I, some to give away, plus we went to a "cookie-baking and football" party all day on Sunday. It was lots of fun - the guys pretty much sat and watched football all day and ate while the ladies baked hundreds and hundreds of cookies and then divided them up to go home. Hmm......seems like roles haven't changed all that much have they?! Here's a picture of some I made on my own - the cookies are purchased ones (Nutter Butters) and then you just do the decorating. I think they are so cute - I have seen these same cookies made into snowmen as well but I haven't tried those yet. The Santas are easy to do but time-consuming (click for closeups).

I also finished working on my mantle finally - I had splurged on some new decorations I fell in love with at a candle shop. I couldn't capture the candlelight with my photos but when they are all glowing it's really Christmas-y. The lanterns hold a mix of tealites and pillar candles - since my other half is "Mr. Fire Safety" I bought the battery-operated tealites and pillar candles they have out and they work out really well. I love the battery-operated tealites, you can use them in votives around the house and not have to worry about pets, kids, etc.




It's been rainy and chilly here lately but I'm not complaining as I see so much bad weather around the country.

P.S. 3 more days of work to go this year!! Then 15 glorious days away from the office. :)

11 comments:

  1. My heavens, the elf has been busy!!! And very attractively-busy too! Love the cookies and the decorations :)

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  2. Those cookies look too cute to eat--but that wouldn't stop me! :) And, your decorations are beautiful!!

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  3. The Santa cookies are really, really cute. Love the mantle decorations. Merry Christmas!

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  4. The lanterns are really beautiful. And I love the Santas - bonus points for no baking or cleanup! :)

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  5. Ooooh your decorations and cookies look yummy! Your tree does too. Have a good holiday. xx

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  6. Very lovely and sweet santa cokkies!!!
    They made me smile a lot!

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  7. CUTE cookies!!!!!! :-P

    The laterns look lovely on your mantle! Like little greenhouses in the snow.

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  8. Merry Christmas Jeanne!

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  9. Merry Christmas!

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  10. Oh it all looks so gorgeous. Love the new decorations you got from the Candle Shop and the cookies look too good to eat. Hope you had a really lovely Christmas. Lots of love Patti xxx

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  11. Just wanted to drop by and with you the very best for the remainder of the festive season - hope 2008 is a wondrous year filled with peace, love and happiness ... and lots of stitchy goodness! :)

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