We didn’t have a card holder in our home for the holidays, but when I saw this design for a ribbon holder, I knew I had found my solution. I had some double-faced ivory ribbon left over from our wedding invitations, so I used it to make a tight tuxedo bow and [...]
I made Mr. M a stocking for our first Christmas together many years ago. Ironically, I bought myself an identical stocking as well, but never got to decorating it. I guess I’ll have to do that this year!
Last night, I constructed the mock-up of the “Gingerbread M House.” That’s a heck of a lot of pieces to cut and gingerbread to roll out! Wowzers!
Thanks to a small stop at Lowe’s on Saturday, we have our first tree up in the house! If you didn’t know already, they’ve marked down all of their holiday decorations (indoor/outdoor) to 50% off… and some items rang up for even less than that… like our bargain of a 7.5′ tree at 75% [...]
Mr. M was quite lucky to grow up next to the city that celebrates the advent season like no other: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. And one of the Christmas traditions that we’ve started at our house involves Moravian candles. Everyone just uses the electric candles as decoration, but places them in the center of every window [...]
Last night, I got a wonderful holiday treat. And if you think it’s the cheesecake, you’re only 1/20th of the way there. Although that raspberry & chocolate ganache cheesecake was pretty darn yummy.
Let’s just say 1) someone broke the “rules” and 2) that same someone has a really hard time waiting until [...]
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I would love to make a gingerbread house this year… but I’m unsure of what kind of house I’d like to make. Should it be a home that GingerBread men & women would live in? Or a replica of a home I already know (like ours, or our parents houses) ? Or [...]
Last year, Mr. M and I set a Christmas gifting limit of $100 for each other. We hadn’t done so before, but since we we’re both traditionally big gifters and were saving every last penny for our house down payment, we thought it would be a good way to quell our urges.
This year, we [...]
Unless we’re heading out on the town, or photos are going to be taken, I’m a “moisturizer & concealer” girl 24/7. My lovely combination skin doesn’t take kindly to foundations, so when I do need to apply it, it takes awhile to blend and contour, and I really don’t need that every day.
But [...]
One of my favorite bloggers just started up a business venture. Let’s just say she’s creative beyond means and is always coming up with great stuff. But today I’m kind of sad. (And I’m not naming names or putting in links just because I want to vent openly without a traceback)
She’s selling [...]
I’ve made both of these “Martha” cards in years years past, and as always, her designs were very impressive, but also easy to do! The snowman buttons can be “pre sewed” and simply glued onto the card to make the job really quick. But I warn against using that trick with the ribbon… as [...]
