great advent calenars

1. Baby socks advent from Martha Stewart

2. Wreath advent from Better Homes and Gardens

3. Quilted wall advent from prettyswank on Etsy

4. Box advent from aebaby on Etsy

Oh christmas tree

My family and I created a winter wonderland in our living room this week!

Oh yes, we really did put up our tree! Christmas is our most favorite holiday and if it didn't get two entire months of decorations we would feel cheated. This room not only looks magical it smells magical, we lit four evergreen scented candles and it completes the whole feeling. wish you could smell. The tree was flocked by my awesome husband, he covered almost every branch with a little bit of acrylic blanket snow specifically made for Christmas decorating.

Oreo Turkey Cookies

I made these the other day as a treat for some friends. They were a big hit. My 4 year old loved helping us make them. We actually did a variation. Instead of the body, head and second cookie we just put a candy corn in the middle of the Oreo as the head. We wanted more simplicity. Have a great turkey break! Click here for how to.

new paper mache figurine

He is so cute! I am so happy with how my first boy sculpture turned out! Please visit the shoppe and check him out!

Sale!

This little Halloween Witch has been marked down! Check it out in the shop!

Halloween inspiration

While browsing the archives on the Country Living website I found some great Halloween decorating ideas, crafts and recipes. I am loving the bright orange accent to a black and while background. That three layered cake is great isn't it?

chocolate

Good afternoon! Inspired by the blogger Bakerella, I made an experimental treat last night.

Here is how it went.

1. I made a normal batch of brownies.
2. I spooned it out into bite size servings.
3. I rolled each spoonful into a ball.
4. I melted a bag of chocolate chips.
5. I dipped each ball into the melted chocolate, then placed them onto wax paper to cool.

One thing to note if you want to try it: you will need to dip the balls into the chocolate right away so they don't dry out; mine were a little dry. Or you could under-cook the brownies a little. Also when I make these again I will try white chocolate for a contrast to the strong chocolaty flavor brownies already have. The end result was still very yummy! Happy experimental baking!