Monday, December 11, 2017

A Christmasy finished project!

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I actually finished the stitching on this some time ago.  It has taken me this long to figure out how I wanted to complete this lovely De...
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Sunday, December 10, 2017

An unusual and pretty Christmas card

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 I have never seen a Christmas card like this one, and most likely you all haven't, either.  It's a wooden card that was sent to m...
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Saturday, December 09, 2017

A quick-to-make supper for a busy day

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I've shared this recipe on my regular blog, but not here on my Christmas blog.  I happened to think of posting it here since it's...
Friday, December 08, 2017

A new-to-me mailbox card!

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If you've been reading here long at all, you know of my love for Christmas cards depicting scenes that include mailboxes.  In my curr...
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Thursday, December 07, 2017

Tips for mailing those Christmas packages

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I'm not by any means an expert on this, but I have learned a few things over a dozen years of mailing packages to loved ones in a d...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Secret Spice Cookies

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The Secret Spice Cookies were the one cookie on my baking list that I don't already have here on my blog, so I promised to share the ...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Sweet vintage stockings

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Many of my readers know that I'm cleaning out my childhood home.  Spending hours at it.  In some ways it's sort of like a treasur...
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Monday, December 04, 2017

Last-Minute Fruitcakes

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Last week I promised to share the recipe for Last-Minute Fruitcakes, which call for the homemade candied pineapple and cherries I shared ...
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Sunday, December 03, 2017

December 1965 calendar

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I have always enjoyed the calendars which came in Woman's Day magazines in years past.  The lovely illustrations and Bible verses ma...
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Saturday, December 02, 2017

How to make your own candied cherries and pineapple

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Years ago, I made my own candied fruit for some fruitcakes I wanted to bake as kitchen gifts.  Does anyone else remember Farm Journal coo...
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Friday, December 01, 2017

Come on into the Christmas kitchen!

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Yes, the Christmas kitchen will hopefully have an open door every day in December.  I so love spending time in my Christmas kitchen and I...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

And two more from the November archives

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As promised, here are two more posts from the November archives! Planning for Christmas baking is just a simple account of how I got a...
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Monday, November 27, 2017

Two from the November archives

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I went browsing through the November archives here in the Christmas kitchen, and found a total of four posts I'd like to share with y...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

From the October archives here in the Christmas kitchen ..

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In both of my blogs, I've been trying to do a couple posts from the archives each month.  In the process of trying to do so for Octob...
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Monday, October 30, 2017

October Rudolph Day (lakeside edition!)

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 Obviously, October 25 would have been Rudolph Day for this month.  I was pretty busy that day (Wednesday) and decided to postpone any Chr...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

A little vintage Christmas gift!

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As many of my readers know, I've been cleaning out a house.  One thing I've been finding is lots of decorative tins full of odds ...
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Friday, September 29, 2017

A Cracker Barrel Christmas with Arlene!

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Image of Woodland Cardinal Mug from CrackerBarrel.com My friend Arlene blogs over at Nanaland , and she recently visited a Cracker Bar...
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Thursday, September 28, 2017

A couple more from the September archives

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Just a couple more posts from the September archives! I couldn't resist linking to our Mini Christmas in September from 2012.  Jus...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

A few posts from the September archives

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Image from The Graphics Fairy I guess I must not post very often in September on my Christmas blog, because there were not a lot of pos...
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Friday, September 22, 2017

Customizing Christmas cards with Paperless Post (a review)

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Recently I was given the opportunity to try out Paperless Post , a company that offers the capability to create one's own unique onl...
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