LIGHTED ELF ORNAMENT

Christmas is coming on so fast again this year...

I remember when I was a kid it just couldn't get here soon enough...

but now I wish we could slow down the time and have it take longer to arrive...

I love everything Christmas!

This year Santa is promising us a snowstorm...hoping it doesn't 

get too bad for people who want to travel somewhere....

I have this cute little elf with the lighted nose to share with you..

isn't he cute?  If you like to crochet this would be a great project

for using up those yarn scraps that you hold onto because you just

know that somewhere along the way you will come across a small

pattern that you can use them for...

she also has patterns for a snowman and a Santa

and much more so you might want to try all of them...

...free pattern here...

http://www.frommmetoyou.com/lighted-elf-ornament-free-pattern/

CHEWY COCONUT BARS

Again...keeping with my love of coconut....

how are these for your Christmas goodies plate?

Wow do they look good...and such simple

ingredients in them too....

....I will be adding these to my list of Christmas recipes...

...recipe here...

http://cookiesandcups.com/chewy-coconut-bars/

POCKET MISTLETOE

I thought this was a really cute little
Christmas craft...
you get the easy printable pattern to trace on
craft foam and cut out...can't get easier than that right!

...pattern here...

http://ourpeacefulplanet.com/2014/12/01/pocket-mistletoe-diy-for-quick-kisses/

WHITE CHOCOLATE TING-A-LINGS

These look so good...

I remember many years ago when everybody was making

pretzels dipped in white chocolate for a Christmas treat...

it was always one of the recipes I used at that time too...

and when I ran out of the pretzels I decided to mix Rice Krispies cereal

into the left-over chocolate...then I dropped it by teaspoon onto a pan

and put it in the refrigerator to set...as it turned out it was one of my

favorites....I made them every Christmas season for many

years...

....and now here are Ting-A-Lings...similar but

some different ingredients...cute name for a recipe too!

...enjoy!

...recipe here...

http://www.lemontreedwelling.com/2013/12/white-chocolate-ting-a-lings.html

MINT CHIP SUGAR COOKIES

It's been pretty snowy and windy here over the past few days...

and more of it in our forecast for this weekend...so it's a good time to

do things around home....like making a delicious macaroni hotdish...(or

casserole to you younger people)...which I made early so all we have

to do is put it in the oven with some cheese on top and supper will be ready...

...another thing I have enjoyed doing today is searching around the

internet to see what's new out there in recipes for Christmas goodies...

every year I find some fantastic ones...

this is my newest find...wow do these look like Christmas huh?!!

..they are so pretty and colorful....

...recipe here...

http://www.littledairyontheprairie.com/mint-chip-sugar-cookies/2/

THE 12 DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS

I came across this post on a wonderful website a couple weeks

ago and knew right away that I would have to share this on my blog...

...what a fantastic idea...

I will let you go to Julie's site and read more about it but it consists

of  putting two of these cards into 12 envelopes.....

put them all into a gift bag for someone to have and open one envelop

per day starting on December 13th....this would be great for kids or

adults.... (my mustached man will get a set of these and I know he will love it!)

I could go on and on about this but instead I will let you go

over there and check it out...

....you can print these here....

http://happyhomefairy.com/the-12-days-of-christmas-a-celebration-of-the-nativity-free-printables/