Christmas Sweets

Here's just a collection of yummy looking Christmas treats in pretty packaging.

LOVE the way this caramel sauce is packaged!!  Aren't those jingle bells adorable!!?  And the velvet ribbon. I love it.  What a perfect little neighbor gift.

Fell in love with these little candycane cookies, too.  They look super cute and yummy!

Love these little chocolates, and the boxes are adorable!!  Again, I love that velvet ribbon.

Ornament Necklace

I just kind of love this idea.  I'd probably use different colors, but it sure is a cute and festive idea!  And, it would be so easy to make!  There are so many shatterproof ornaments out there these days, and it's really easy to find small ones, too.  Love it! Visit {Someday Crafts} for the info on this one.

Cozy Christmas

Sometime I think it would be fun to spend Christmas in a cozy little cabin somewhere.

Something about the simplicity of it really appeals to me.  Just sitting around sipping hot cider and enjoying the company of those you love sounds so nice.

Being able to walk outside and feel the snow falling in isolated silence.

To be able to actually use real pine bows and berries in your holiday decorating, complete with real candles, sounds wonderful.

I would love to be able to walk outside and find pine cones in the woods.

To see the snow falling and slowly covering everything in sight sounds so relaxing.

To go on long evening walks through snow covered woods sounds very romantic.

There's something so enticing about a homemade pie.

There's something so inviting about a real wood burning fire.

Something about homemade foods and drinks bring out the best in family time.

Have a tender, cozy Christmas.

Gold

Love these images of gold for this holiday season.

Cute idea for a take home gift at a holiday party.  Put presents in their shoes.

Pretty gold and silver.

Love this gold and brown display!  So pretty!!

Gold paper packages...love em.

Pretty gold garland.

Gold ornaments make great vase fillers.

Love these pretty gold pears!

Santa Sleigh

I just sorta love this.  What a fun yard decoration!!  I want one.

Peppermint Chocolate Roll

I LOVE peppermint and chocolate!!  Must try this!

{Brown Paper Packages}

White Christmas

I love red and green at Christmas, but these pictures takes my breath away.

White is just so gorgeous!

The simplicity is so elegant!

It makes Christmas look a lot more sophisticated.

Everything is so fancy!

It is a perfect depiction of the winter world outside.

A snowy white wintery display.

Oh so pretty!

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!

Pinecone Kissing Ball

Love this!  It looks easy to make, too.  And you could just dust it lightly with paint to get that frosted look.  Love it.

Merry Christmas!

Pinecone Elves

Isn't this a cute craft idea to do with kids!? 

It looks pretty simple, too. 

Thank you, {Martha Stewart}!

And this one from {Woman'sDay} looks even easier!

Super fun.

Merry Christmas!

Peppermint Bark Cookies

I am a HUGE fan of peppermint bark...peppermint anything, really.  So, naturally these look divine!  I'll have to try them out sometime.  Visit {My Blessed Life} for instructions.

Merry Christmas!

Deck the Halls

Here are some fun ways to deck out your entire home for Christmas.

Love this pretty garland running up the stairs!

But I think I love the wreaths hanging from these stairs even more!  It's adorable!  I also love how they added a garland to a really remote area of the home - it almost looks like a back entry - but it deserves to look like Christmas, too, right?

Look close at the pictures above the bed.  There is mistletoe hanging from them!  Pictures above a bed are a really cute idea, and the mistletoe is adorable for Christmas time.

Love the garlands on the windows in this room, and the presents on the shelf.

My favorite evergreen is definitely a boxwood.  I LOVE them!  The leaves are just so much prettier than needles, in my opinion.  And this wreath hanging by the kitchen sink is perfect.  I want a wreath hanging in front of my sink!  The ornaments are adorable as well.  What a great idea!

Merry Christmas!

Wooden Doll Nativity

I fell in love with this Spool Doll Nativity from {Holes in my Shiny Veneer}.  Here's {part 2} of her adorable nativity, in case you're interested.  So, I set out to make my own. 

Within a week, I came across this wooden nativity backdrop at Target for only $2.50!  I was seriously so excited!  Then, I went to get some wooden spools and doll heads at the craft store and while I was looking I saw these little unfinished wooden doll bodies:

They already have a head and I love skipping steps, so I bought them.  They have two different sizes, too.  Perfect for a nativity, since you need a smaller one for baby Jesus.

Anyway, I spent an hour one day cutting scraps of fabric and ribbon and hot gluing them onto these dolls.  The link mentioned above has a great tutorial which I looked at just to get ideas and see how she did things.  For me, it was as easy as cutting strips of fabric and wrapping them around the doll bodies, and in some cases their heads.  Then, putting on embellishments to create different characters.

I'm absolutely in love with the way they turned out!!  And my son was very excited with each new addition I put out for him to put in his "house".

I might eventually paint faces on them, but I'm kinda worried I'll totally mess them up, and I kind of like them faceless... 

It's a perfect little durable nativity that my little guy can play with to his hearts content without me worrying about him breaking something.  And even if he did, the whole thing cost under $8.00, so it wouldn't be a big deal.  I think this is a really cute and easy way to help my 3 year old understand the real meaning of Christmas.  We love playing "Baby Jesus" with them, and I hope we will continue to play with them year after year.