~Christmas Treats and Simple & Sweet Fridays #144~

The girls and I have been baking some goodies for Christmas.

~Pinecone Treats~

Made with peanut butter, pretzels and Fiber One chocolate cereal.

Easy to make with some powdered sugar sprinkled on top.

We made some stamped sugar cookies.

We're getting started on baking our annual Christmas cookies.

I had to make some Paris sugar cookies too!

A little Paris Christmas treat.

We also made peppermint candy plates.

We melted some peppermint candies in the oven.

I lined some parchment paper in a bowl,

so after it cools it's easy to remove.

It would be a pretty Christmas gift for a special teacher, 

friend or neighbor.

With a delicious cupcake on top!

It finally rained in San Diego,

We needed the water!

How are you doing with sending out your Christmas cards?

I just starting mine.

Looking forward to seeing all your wonderful Christmas holiday projects this week.

Last weeks features:

Howling at the Moon - Star Garland

Vintage Life - A Book Story

Bastelangie - Yielding Header and Coffee Hour

With a Dash of Color - Christmas Mason Jar Luminaries

Olla - Podrida: Toffee Bars

Sharing Shadymont - Decorating for Christmas

On Crooked Creektt - Simplistic Style in Mind

My Thrift Store Addiction - Countdown to Christmas Eve 6: DIY Ornament Chandelier!

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~Cottage Flower Vases and Simple & Sweet Fridays #117~

I wanted to share with you some handmade gifts I made for my friends. It was Tami's birthday and we always exchange little gifts to each other at the parties.

I love flowers,

 so I decided to make a Stamped Flower Vase for the girls.

 Stamping the word "flower" onto the vase,

 they could use it for one rose or a bouquet of flowers in it.

I found some Jim Holtz metal plates at the craft store.

I stamped "Flower" onto some cut linen.

I torn a bigger piece of linen to go around the jar and just tied it

 in a knot to secure it.

I found the jars at Walmart.

I hot glued the plaque to the linen and 

then added different beads to it.

~Simple Cottage Vase~

A fun project for a vase for all your Summer Flowers...

Another added little gift to go with the Sunflower theme was some

 Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds I found at Trader Joe's.

I found small round boxes at the craft store 

along with small yellow flowers.

I hot glued the flowers to the box.

Then added some Sunflower Seeds from our garden that we collected last year to the boxes to make it more personalized.

Then put it all together in a clear bag.

I stamped the tags with a Sunflower on them.

~Special Summer Gifts~

I experimented with stamping a tea towel with fabric ink.

Now, I want to try making more towels,

using fabric paint.

It was a fun weekend project.

Last weeks features:

My Vintage Life - This Week's Finds

New House New Home New Life - New Potting Table

A Vintage Green - Hydrangea Pie Safe and Dress Form

Simply Suzanne's - Pink Tulips and Celebrating May

Chateau Chic - It's Porch Time

Satori Design For Living - Refreshing Basil Cucumber Mojito

Dreams On 34th Street - Vintage French Distribution Tags

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