Pinterest has been the death of me...in a good way! There are way too many amazing ideas and too little time to do all of them, especially during Christmas time. The first idea I got from Pinterest for Christmas was this ruffle tree skirt. I added the "Peacock Tree" in the dining room this year and needed a chocolate brown skirt for it...this was PERFECT!
This was our second year doing an advent calendar. M&M love it. I also got this idea off Pinterest. But instead of the throw away version using brown craft paper, I thought I'd sew the stockings using white felt and lots of red and green ribbons and buttons. This took way more time than I thought but I'll have it to use again next year. It was fun doing all the ribbon and button embelishments...fabric glue was my saving grace and glitter glue for the numbers!
These cute shirts for the kids were just pictures on Pinterest so I had to try and recreate it the best I could. Michael's was a cute snowman face and Mary Ellen's a ribbon Christmas tree. They wore them for our BCG Christmas party and on Christmas day.
The idea below was from my super talented friend Mandy. All the families at our church made one during "Jingle Jam with the Fam". What a precious idea and super cute for all year long once I framed it. All 4 Thorne's hands as a perfect reminder of this Christmas.
I wanted to make some special gifts for all the ladies at my MOPS table this year. They turned out to be great gifts for family too. Big and small candy-cane-chocolate-heart pops and Crockpot Apple Butter. I used to can every Christmas before M&M. Forgot how much I love to do it. This Apple Butter is super yummy and made the whole house smell AMAZING!
BAKING
We wanted to give some treats to our neighbors this year and have some for when family visits. So M&M helped me spend one full day (and part of the next) baking. They were such great little helpers...and tasters!
Peppermint Snap Kisses...we also made Chocolate Snap Kisses using red M&M's.
Peppermint Brownie Cookies...YUM!!
Gingerbread Men...M&M decorated all the ones for our neighbors!
We loved Reindeer this year and found a few really cute ideas. The most amazing are these Reindeer gingerbread cookies...just turn the gingerbread man upside down...why didn't I think of that?!
These reindeer cupcakes were so adorable I made them twice! The first for our BCG Christmas party and then again for M&M's school Christmas program.
This Christmas was so super busy. I'm determined next year to slow things up a bit and ENJOY more time with just our family. I haven't figured out yet how that's going to happen...but I'm determined to try! I have so many things I want to do and this ideal in my head of what needs to happen. I'm afraid trying to reach that ideal may threaten to take me OUT one of these days. I so want M&M to remember the LOVE and not the PROJECTS. I must say that seeing them joyful and excited has become my new addiction! Maybe God can show me how make them and me joyful...can't wait for Christmas next year!
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