Great "Little" Gift including Gift Tags!

This has got to be one of the easiest recipes I've seen for this...and I can only begin to imagine how great your house will be smelling!  Using a slow cooker is a brilliant idea...not so much worry about burning...and much easier to work with.

Great gift for someone you need to "remember" at Holiday time...if you give it a try, please let me know how it all turns out!  And...a big Thank You to Chelsea's Messy Apron for sharing this with everyone...and for including the free printable gift tags.  Perfect!

Sugared pecans, walnuts, and almonds with delicious spices all prepared in the slow cooker make the perfect and most delicious Christmas gift. This recipe includes a free gifting printable.

Can You Use These?

I was very excited to find these Free Holiday Postcard Printables...I adore vintage postcards!  Perfect for tags, artwork...just about anything.  Anyway...these are really pretty, including a couple I've seen before but also some new ones.

Anyway...hope you have a use for them...enjoy!

Free Holiday Post Card Printables



Time To Get Serious!

Yep...decorations, wrapping, decisions...lots to do in the next 21 days!

 I saw this picture on Brooklyn Limestone and wasn't sure if the black wrapping was gonna work for me...BUT...the addition of those little, teeny, battery operated lights have totally changed my mind:


**I used simple black kraft paper (purchased cheaply in giant rolls bulk) and these Martha Stewart mini battery lights to add a little something unexpected to a special package.**



 

(via Brooklyn Limestone)

Wishing you all a wonderful...and productive...weekend!

Sweetest Thing Ever



Is TheTree Up Yet?

We have not put our tree up yet, since dear Hub Don is a stickler for "Christmas is in December"!  So...picking out a tree and getting it in just the right spot will happen this weekend...I hope!

We always put up 2 trees...one in the living room and one in the family room.  The family room tree is mine...tall, skinny and so full of handmade and vintage ornaments that each year I really have to work to find a spot for each one.

I love the trees when they are done...but, every once in a while I think it would be nice to do something easy...like this...

 

 



I'll share some pictures when everything is complete!



Red Mittens

I want red mittens...no, I need red mittens! Not only does this look perfectly simple, you know it's all about the season just because of those red mittens!
Just love all of this....

(via pinterest)