Only one more day until New Year’s Eve! I am not planning a large party this year, instead I am visiting family and relaxing, but in case you are planning a soiree, I wanted to share some of my ideas for party themes and decorations. Here are some of my favorites.
Arabian Nights
Las Vegas Nights
Black & […]
If you are like most families around the holidays, the time period between Christmas and New Years serves as a wonderful opportunity to clean up after the holiday chaos, and begin to prepare for the upcoming year. Goodness knows organizing all of your decorations can be a lot of work, so here are some helpful […]
For those of you who read my post on wrapping presents, here is a follow up on finishing your wrapping with a big, fancy bow on top of the present.
To begin, you will need a big roll of ribbon, about an inch wide, in a color that matches your wrapping paper. Once you are ready, coil the […]
This Christmas Eve, start a tradition with your family by making Christmas butter cookies as a family. Each year, since I was a little girl, my mother and I would bake these cookies on either Christmas Eve of the day before. It is a fun, easy way to spend some relaxing quality time before the […]
Every year on Christmas Eve, I used to leave out a letter to Santa, along with some cookies and milk for him, and some carrots for his reindeer. I used to work for hours on the letter - it had to be perfect. Now, I help my nieces and nephews write homemade letters to Santa, […]
My grandmother on my mother’s side of the family is German, and every Christmas, she would bake her homemade German Gingerbread Loafs. My family loved them - they were just the right combination of sugar and spice. Before my grandmother passed away a few years ago, she handed down this recipe to me, and now […]
Yum -That sounds good just reading it, doesn’t it? This is a great recipe for those big family dinners, because it combines just the right amount of sweetness, and it can be made a day ahead of time and re-heated, so it is super easy! The red cabbage goes really well with red meats, so […]
This past weekend, my little cousins wanted to have a sleepover at my house. We watched movies, pigged out on popcorn, and decided that we wanted to make some Christmas decorations for our family. One of my favorite activities from when I was little, was to make a paper cup reindeer. It is really simple, […]
Although stories may vary slightly, history tells us that Santa Claus, the jolly man in red, who comes down chimneys once a year delivering presents for good girls and boys was indeed a real person. Here is my version of the true story of Saint Nick.
Santa Claus, also known as Nicholas Claus, or St. Nicholas, […]
This year, I am compiling a holiday wish list from my friends, family and colleagues to see what their top “wishes” are for next year. This list can be purely fantasy, or reality, it is completely up to you. What I am asking, is that you leave a comment to this post, and tell me […]