Last Minute Ornament and Gift

If you are anything like me, you are trying to pull all the loose ends together and thinking about ideas that began in your head last Christmas!  I saw these and thought they were the perfect last minute ornament/gift:

(via Pinterest)



Yes...they are tea strainers.  But...not filled with tea, filled with cinnamon, rosemary or cloves.  Nice, right?

So sweet, so cute...and so easy!

Have a wonderful weekend, dear friends...

So Many Amazing Things!

The amount of amazing things floating around out there makes my head spin! (in a good way, not an exorcist way)  Primitive style decorating is my fave but just not practical for us now.  I love the really hard core prim, but don't know if I could go quite that far...but, I was snooping around Pinterest and look what I found today:

 Simple & Sweet

 

"Dealer in good things"?  Be still my heart...









Now...if I only knew where to get some ceiling tin....

Please Share This!

I do hope everyone gets a chance to see this.

Healthy Is Good..Right?

There are about a gazillion Christmas candy, cookie, cake and pie recipes out there...lots of the dreaded sugar and carbs...but, so so so good!  I imagine myself wearing a Christmas apron, tossing flour and sprinkles everywhere and having tins and baskets of cookies and candy to give out to my friends and neighbors and the mail person and tellers at the bank and my hairdresser...and the whole world!!!

Whew...I just never seem to get that done.

So...instead of the "expected" sweet treat for my Staff Lunch this week...I'm going to arrive with the most "unexpected" treat:

It's cute and will be appreciated by those that try to do the right thing...I'm probably not on that list...but, I'll add some yummy dip...I think they will love it!

Somebody's Been Busy...

...but, it wasn't me!  My sister and her family and dogs and cats live in a beautiful farmhouse with a big ol' brick porch.  I've got a wee tiny porch that holds a poinsettia (kind of) so, I can't do much out there.  But, she's used my fave color, red, and created this warm welcome:

This should put you right smack dab in the middle of the Holiday Spirit...have a great week...

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.