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Tag Archives: Handmade Christmas
Panic…
It’s 5 days to Christmas. If you’re panicking because you’re not gift ready for Christmas, first don’t panic! Here are a couple of quick ideas.. Or my go to biscuits or cheese stars Or salt dough decorations or fudge…
Mulled Wine Syrup for cocktails
I don’t really drink mulled wine, I’m not keen on hot alcohol, which is why I’ve had two gifted bottles of mulled wine kicking around the house for the best part of a year. I had a vague notion of … Continue reading
Posted in Booze, Christmas, Cooking
Tagged christmas, Handmade Christmas, mulled wine syrup, syrup, the cocktail hour
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Handmade Christmas: Salt Dough Decorations
Yesterday, I babysat for the Baxters. The children, especially the eldest, are really into making things and the youngest has been telling me that I don’t spend enough time playing with them! So after checking with their mum, I arranged … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Handmade, How To
Tagged DIY Christmas decorations, Handmade Christmas, how to, salt dough, salt dough ornaments
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Handmade Christmas: Fudge
We are 11 days away from Christmas and I find myself in my usual just before Christmas mood, recovering from my December cold, half sorted and with a seemingly huge to do list. This year has been much easier, I … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Food
Tagged carnation, christmas, fudge, Handmade Christmas, sugar
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Gifts of Christmas Past
Having established that I’m not really prepared for Christmas, I spent some time last night thinking about presents and what to get for who and how much baking I’m going to do. I’ve made mincemeat so there will be mince … Continue reading
Handmade Christmas: The Aperitif Pack
I made 7 of these as presents. The idea is that they kick off an evening. This is what’s in the bag: Something to drink A miniature each of cherry brandy, plum gin, raspberry gin and sugar syrup. … Continue reading
Posted in Booze, Christmas
Tagged Aperitif Pack, Cherry Brandy, christmas, handmade, Handmade Christmas, homemade Christmas presents, Plum Gin, presents, Raspberry Gin
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Handmade Christmas – The Quick Scarf
This is not an emergency present, but it is pretty quick, provided you can knit! It took me 3 nights of solid knitting to make it, but that’s amazingly quick when you think about how long knitting projects can take … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, How To
Tagged "look what i did!", christmas, craft, Handmade Christmas, homemade, Knitting, look what I made, presents, quick Christmas presents
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Handmade Christmas – Vin d’Orange
Without a doubt one of the most annoying things about this time of year, when bloggers start to talk Christmas and making presents, is seeing something that would be a good present, that fits your skills level and then realising that … Continue reading
Posted in Booze, Christmas, How To
Tagged alcohol, christmas, Handmade Christmas, homemade
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Handmade Christmas – Mint Chocolate Sugar Scrub
Like a lot of the things I am giving to people this year, the idea is not original. There are a ton of homemade sugar scrub recipes around at the moment but this particular one came from How Sweet It … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Things I Like
Tagged almond oil, chocolate, coconut oil, Handmade Christmas, homemade skincare, mint, Mint Chocolate Body Scrub, presents, skincare, sugar
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Cheese Stars
I gave in, I added Cassie’s Cheese Straws to my baking list. Only I did it slightly differently because I have to be me and because I didn’t have some of key ingredients or a cookie press. They are really … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Cooking, Food
Tagged Back to Her Roots, baking, Cheese Stars, Cheese Straws, Christmas gifts, cooking, food, Handmade Christmas, snacks
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