This year my family decided to forgo exchanging gifts for the holidays since everyone traveled home for Thanksgiving. And while it’s nice on the pocketbook, I’ll admit I miss the shopping. I love to seek out the perfect gift and watch with satisfaction as the recipient falls to the floor and faints with gratitude. OK,...
I’m pretty sure if you leave this out for Santa (in lieu of a plate of cookies) he will get you a Mercedes instead of the usual tube socks. Mainly because this is a CAKE. A white butter cake layered with chocolate fudge and homemade butter toffee chunks, covered in Italian white chocolate butter cream...
Just got done working on some Christmas cards for one of my all-time favorite clients! Her only requirement was to incorporate the color red somehow, so we used this insane red floral Japanese paper as the focal point. I love how it looks with the metallic paper and shimmery satin ribbon band. And now I...
This ties in perfectly a Recessionista Christmas – Jim over at Sweet Juniper! is giving away one of his lovely photographs (pictured below). All you have to do is leave him a comment with your first name and email address. And if you haven’t read Sweet Juniper! before, now is a great time to start.
If you are a fan of Seinfeld, you may recall George Costanza lamenting a childhood sans mantle. I believe the exact quote (confirmed by Wikipedia) was, “If my parents had a mantle, I might be a completely different person.” I grew up without a mantle as well. And while I’m not sure I would have...
