homemade gifts

December 23, 2010 at 6:44 pm (around the house, crafts)
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in month of november i made a few gifts. this was for my mother-in-law…

 

it was made with a simple straw wreath from the craft store, coffee filters and a hot glue gun. add a ribbon and this silver/gray ornament you have yourself a lovely wreath! she has a wall that she has filled with frames of black and white photos and i knew it would go perfectly nestled among then frames. i still haven’t seen it up!
(i just hung a small one of these in our master bathroom. i love it!)

 

this ‘catchall’ i made for my sweet niece, alex.

the hair accessories weren’t included…i was pretty sure she had a bunch at home. 🙂

both of these gifts easy and fun to make. the catchall was super easy and i followed this example/instruction. thank you martha stewart crafts and my mother-in-law for sending me the link!

the wreath i found on twitter from the nester. here’s the link – i really want to make the tree sometime! they are pretty easy but time consuming.

i need to look for more great homemade gifts.

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things i like. things i like better.

December 19, 2010 at 11:14 am (in the kitchen)
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so, baking cakes for the wedding and i ended up getting bake even strips from wilton. i needed my square cakes to not mound up in the center but to bake more evenly. these bake even strips work wonderful!! i love them! they even 30% off at hobby lobby when i went to get them yesterday.

now, onto eggnog… yummy eggnog. a few days ago i picked up some southern comfort eggnog. it was yummy and geoffrey and i had been enjoying it in our morning coffee. this worked out great seeing i forgot to pick up more half & half. well, when i went to the grocery store, again, i knew we would be running out of eggnog so i decided to pick up some more. well, the southern comfort was gone. i ended up getting borden’s eggnog. while it was thick and creamy it lacked the spices and was sweeter than the southern comfort. so, i like southern comfort eggnog best.

now, my favorite eggnog of all time is my mom’s homemade eggnog. i have been thinking about making some this year. we’ll see. she makes it every christmas eve.

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