Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Christmas gifts and more


Hope yall had a most blessed Merry Christmas day!!  We had a joyous peaceful day at home on Christmas and were in pjs most of the day lounging around with the boys!  They were excited Santa paws brought them lots of presents to open.  What fun watching these guys open them and play!

Here are a few of the kinds of cookies my mom and I made at the kichen for the cookie trays we made up and boxes.  Coconut macaroons, linzer tart, mocha, chocolate hazelnut espresso cookies, decorated sugar cookies, cranberry lemon, orange marmalade filled kolachky, butter candy cane, peppermint topped chocolate, chocolate dipped butter squares, red velvet cake truffles, sugar cookies and I think that was it. 




I bought alot of boxes from Hobby Lobby after xmas last year and they looked great. 

Susan made a chocolate cake that was to die for!!!  super moist chocolate cake, peppermint infused buttercream frosting topped with chocolate ganache' and marzipan holly.  Super delish!!

these are the butter squares, just butter cookies cut with a pastry wheel baked and dipped in chocolate and topped with xmas non pariels


decorated sugar trees

cranberry pistachio biscotti 

peppermint swirl marshmallows

butter candy canes, topped with some crushed peppermint candies

linzer tart cookies filled with red raspberry preserves

candy canes

here are the butter squares I cut up


This was a block set I did up for my niece, only had to redo the r  oooppppssssss!!  It was on backwards, lol  I got up at 2am to make this so no wonder I did something wrong! 

I painted this old milk can for my hubbys boss.  Love it!!  I was very pleased with how it turned out. 

and a close up of Carissa's blocks for her room.

Well 2013 is just round the corner now!!  Hope yall have a great week and I will be back in the new year with some exciting new news and also more goodies and treats!!
God Bless!!
HUGS
Darlene
~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

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