Neighbor Christmas Gift: Red Pepper Jelly. Red Pepper jelly is a holiday favorite for many people. If you have not had it, you need to! Most people pour it over cream cheese and then eat the cream cheese and red pepper jelly together with crackers. Some like it on rolls, bread, and toast. It tastes …
DIY & Crafts
Kid’s Christmas Tablescape: Dinosaurs. I love making tablescapes for kids. I find it fun to make a table setting that they will enjoy and maybe even remember. Growing up, my grandma always had “kid tables” and “adult tables”; I loved that! The kids could talk about nonsense issues while the adults discussed business, politics, travel, …
Elf on the Shelf: Baking Cake. Our elves got to baking today. Pepper Mint and Winter Mint made some cakes in little mini cake pans. They sprinkled edible glitter in green on them as well. My kids each got their own mini cake to eat. Which, not surprisingly, was a bit hit. My favorite was …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Macarons. This is a gorgeous neighbor Christmas gift. It is a macaron box with a clear top filled with six macarons. It is easy to assemble, impressive, and delicious. Macarons are typically expensive as they are difficult to make and often do not turn out. The fun part about this …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Emergen-C Tin. These darling vintage-looking Christmas tins contain Vitamin C and make unique and festive Christmas gifts. I would love to be gifted this tin. I like that this gift is healthy and that the tin can be reused. It is something my family and I would use and be grateful …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Magnetic-Mistletoe Plus Free Printable. Almost everyone could use another magnet—especially if it has a dual purpose. These mistletoe magnets have two purposes. They attach papers to refrigerators and they can ‘attract’ kisses. Unlike those wonderfully cheesy Hallmark Christmas movies, hanging a mistletoe in a random spot usually brings about awkward moments. …
Neighbor Christmas Gift: Homemade Peppermint Hot Cocoa Bombs. I wanted to give out hot cocoa bombs for neighbor gifts for Christmas but they are so expensive—costing about .75-$1.50 each (homemade) and $2.00-$5.00 each (store-bought). I wanted to give neighbors more than one so I didn’t think they would fit into my ~$2.00 a neighbor Christmas …
Elf on the Shelf: Letters to Santa Our elves were being very elvish today. They were helping Santa sort through his letters and to determine who is naughty and who is nice. This was a cute and interactive Elf on the Shelf scene. My kids used the letters left to us by Pepper …
This is How to Make Hot Cocoa Bombs Inexpensively. These are the best hot cocoa bombs AND also the best peppermint hot cocoa I have ever tasted hands down no question. I do not say this lightly. I was not expecting much (as I hadn’t made them before) and I was completely blown away. I …
Nutcracker Tablescape. I love setting up tablescapes for holidays and birthdays. I am hosting this week and so my daughter and I decided we’d get a jump-start on the tablescape for the adult table—I typically do adult tablescape and kid-themed tablescapes for family parties. We did this Nutcracker-themed tablescape using items that I had and …
Elf on the Shelf: Snow Tubing. This morning I was awaken by my daughter frantically looking for our elves. She could not find Pepper Mint or Winter Mint our Elf on the Shelf elves. I didn’t know where they could be but since she had searched the entire house and didn’t find them I remembered …