holiday cookies

Let the holiday cookie baking begin!!! My favorite holiday thing to make!! I should have been employed by Keebler!! LOL
So I whipped up some cookies for markets and also made up some gifty boxes and tins up for my shows this weeekend.

My cranberry pecan with lemon cream filling.

No gingerbread men here!!   I scooped out the dough and smoooshed down a tiny bit then baked them out  but  they needed that little "farmgirl bling" so I piped a bit of white icing on each then topped them off with a cinnamon candy.  They smell absolutely divine!!   Winter Gingerbread Cookies!! 

 dressed for the holiday!!

Some chocolate cinnamon rounds sprinlked heavily with powdered sugar. 

I love spritz cookies and did up some almond butter ones complete with the "bling" some asst color nonpariels.

I took some plain ol kraft paper boxes and added some colorful holiday scrapbook papers cut with decor edge scissors and stuffed them with cookies, tied with some pretty ribbons and a cute stamped out tag.  Perfect for gift giving.

White chocolate peppermint fudge! 

Love white choc with peppermints. 

all sliced up and ready for markets

I had some of these little boxes I used for cake truffles and made up a few fudge and peanut butter balls for gifts.

These are known as buckeyes and are one of hubby's favo!!  Creamy smooth peanut butter, butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla dipped in melted milk and semi-sweet chocolate.  YUMMY! 

Packaged some up in bags of 4 for markets

Love the round tags looks like this one I cut off a bit!!  LOL OPPPS!!

So today will be full of baking also, I was suppossed to be in Kazoo for Bronson Winter Market this am but had major truck troubles so am not able to go!! DARNIT!!   

So will head over to the kitchen and bake!!  perfect day!!  Lots to get done for this weekend, mexican hot cocoa cookies, candycane cookies, snowman cut outs, oatmeal rasin, and maybe some shortbread trees on the list so far since I will have all day to bake now.

Have a wonderful weekend.

I will be in Saugatucks Green holiday market tomorrow 10-3 and Saugatucks Brewing Co market/art show sunday from 1-9

Stop on by for some great winter offerings!!

HUGS

Darlene

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

Painting today~

Well figured I better get to painting some new signs for my show sat in mount pleasant. Here are a few i did last year and will do similar ones today and a couple of new ones too! TOO many ideas floating around in my head so better get them down in paint huh~~

~~LIVE LIFE JOYFULLY~~and SIMPLY~~

A kids skate lamp I did for shows last year. I found 3 pair a couple of weeks ago to do more of these!! The double blade skates are really hard to find. My mom pointed them out to me at a thrift store we were in so CHA CHING!! they were all in my basket immediately!!

All these signs sold last year at the show my friends and I put on in Decatur the weekend after thanksgiving! We rented a very cool old old schoolhouse, stuffed it full of holiday treasures and also I put on a lunch for it!! WE had a blast~ now gettin ready to do it again in a few weeks!!

Norton Wood show will be friday sat sun starting the day after thanksgiving!! MARK YOUR CALANDERS~! more primitives and sweet treats this year!!

The show yesterday was ok NOT nearly as busy as any other shows. They ended up with 85 booths and a good selection of items too just not many customers around.

Hope yall have a blessed sunday!!

~HUGS~~

Darlene