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Wrapping Week 2013: O Tannenbaum

December 13, 2013 By Katrina

Wrapping Week 2013: O Tannenbaum

Well, we started the week with Beany’s favorite wrapping project, and we’re ending the week with Jared’s, though I’m not sure whether it’s his favorite because he loves how it looks or because he had a hand in the process. I originally planned to break pencils into small pieces, glue those together to make the…

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Wrapping Week 2013: Ready to Mail

December 12, 2013 By Katrina

My love for paper is pretty intense, and I could probably be happy for an unreasonably large amount of time surrounded by cardstock and stationery. But no matter how strong that love might be, watching an hour’s worth of bow-making get crunched and smooshed by way of suitcase, mail or toddler hands is not my…

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Wrapping Week 2013: Pretty in Polka Dots

December 11, 2013 By Katrina

The other day I was hanging up some laundry to dry and realized that between Beany and me, we could rock a polka dot nearly every day of the week. The entire doorframe of the master closet (the designated drying spot in our humble abode) was filled with a smattering of spots in varying sizes…

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Wrapping Week 2013: Fa La La Felt Ornaments

December 10, 2013 By Katrina

Ever since I made these felt cookies for Beany and my niece last Christmas (which are holding up amazingly well and still favorite toys in our house), I’ve been toting around a ridiculously large supply of scrap felt. It’s like when you’re eating dinner at one of those gigantic-portions Italian restaurants, and no matter how…

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Wrapping Week 2013: Holly Jolly Reindeer Prints

December 9, 2013 By Katrina

We got our first real covers-everything-and-makes-the-world-look-pretty snow last night in Boston! Woo hoo! After living in North Carolina for two years, where we barely, barely got anything that could count as flurries for nearly the entire stay, I think Jared and I just assumed that moving to the Northeast would mean bunches and bunches of…

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Let’s get wrapping!

December 6, 2013 By Katrina

How did Christmas get to be less than three weeks away? I know, broken record, broken record. But has this past month flown by, or what? I’ve amazingly finished my shopping already, which is pretty unheard of for me this early in the game, but that just means there’s lots of wrapping around the corner….

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Salty, sweet, gone: Chocolate-pistachio sables

November 22, 2013 By Katrina

Salty, sweet, gone: Chocolate-pistachio sables

If the recipe list on my blog is any indication, I’m a pretty big fan of cookies. They’re my favorite dessert (aside from ice cream) and my go-to baked good for pretty much any occasion. Dinner with friends? Cookies. Housewarming party? Cookies. Something to take to work? Cookies. I’m staying home the entire day with…

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A Very Merry Toddler Tree

November 19, 2013 By Katrina

When I was little, I kept a closely monitored countdown to Christmas on a large dry-erase board in my family’s kitchen. This was old school, mind you. Every day, I’d erase the number and write in a new one, sometimes adding snowflakes or stars or something else festive once the countdown broke into double digits….

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An easy peasy, no-sew craft to keep your coffee cozy

November 15, 2013 By Katrina

Last December I wrote an article for Carolina Parent magazine about super simple gift ideas your kids can make (or help make) themselves, and though I think I posted most of them not long after the article came out, this one slipped through the cracks. As luck should have it, the chilly weather and warm-drink…

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Eat like a monkey: Ginger(monkey)bread

October 10, 2013 By Katrina

Eat like a monkey: Ginger(monkey)bread

The first time I ate monkey bread was for breakfast at a school friend’s sleepover when I was 12 years old. I remember watching, fascinated, as her mom cut Pillsbury Grands biscuits into six pieces each, rolled the dough into balls and then dunked them into a bath of butter and cinnamon sugar before layering…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: baking, breakfast, brunch, Christmas, cinnamon, dessert, food, fresh from the oven, ginger bread, gingerbread, holidays, monkey bread, recipes, Thanksgiving

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