My Top 10 of 2010

I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and are gearing up for the New Year!  We did and are still partying with the in-laws, so I haven’t been able to do much blogging or blog business.  I did want to get my annual year in review post up in time to participate in Rhoda’s party.   [...]

Top Ten of 2010

Best of 2010

I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and are gearing up for the New Year!  We did and are still partying with the in-laws, so I haven’t been able to do much blogging or blog business.  I did want to get my annual year in review post up in time to participate in Rhoda’s party. [...]

Upon a Midnight Clear – My blog Christmas Card to You!

Nativity Christmas Card

Pin It Wishing you and yours a most beautiful holiday, filled with Christmas magic, and some of the wondering awe that the wisemen felt so many years ago! (Inspiration for our Christmas Cards this year came from Design Mom)

Christmas Breakfast

French toast Christmas Tree

Pin It My sister sent out an SOS on Facebook asking for favorite Christmas breakfast traditions.  Breakfast on Christmas morning can be tricky.  First of all, I don’t know many of us who are up for something labor intensive, after all of the Christmas Eve preparations.  And in homes like ours the opening of the [...]

The Pretty Ones! Cookie party wrap-up & Cooking Class winners

Thanks for linking up all of your amazing cookie recipies and ideas to our fun Christmas Cookie blog hop!  It’s going to be a great resource for years to come!  My sister already tried out the peppermint whoopie pies and said they were very yummy.  I wanted to feature some of my favs and since [...]

Great Gifts, Artful Teachers’ Mugs

Christmas mugs for teachers

  Pin It I may be late in posting this to help you out this year, unless you have school into next week.  When I taught school in Utah, we never got out until a couple of days before Christmas.  Is that still the case, Utah peeps?My kids are out for break after today, so [...]

Great Gifts – Idea #4 Personalized Gingerbread Families

Neighbor/friend gifts.  They always get me.  They seem so simple in my mind, but the mass production always leaves me pulling my hair out.  Ever since the infamous star cookie tree incident.  Still, I like to do something thoughtful and fun (and inexpensive) for the people we interact with the most. Pin It Last year, in [...]

The Incredible Cookie Party Blog Style

Pin It The time has come for our Incredible Christmas Cookie Party (Blog Style).  I’m going to share my favorite holiday cookies with you.  Then you want to check out the cookies from my fellow hostesses… Steph of Somewhat Simple: Pumpkin and Chocolate Cookies Kristyn of Lil Luna: Ooey Gooey Butter Cookies Jax of Aly [...]

Great Gifts – Idea #3 Cooking Classes (GIVEAWAY!)

I was talking about gift ideas for BSB with my sister (and I have pretty much banned him from the blog this month), and she suggested some sort of cooking class.  It was a great suggestion because he loves to cook, and he loves to learn new things.  He would be thrilled to not have [...]

The Incredible Cookie Party Coming Soon!

Pin It I’m so excited to let you know that I am teaming up with some of my favorite Arizona bloggers to bring you a Christmas cookie exchange party like no other! This was the brain child of Ashley @ Cute as a Fox, who also helped dream up the Arizona Bloggers’ Tour de Thrift [...]