I had this recipe for 5000 years and it works every time. Recipe is from my Christmas Collection. Excellent to use when baking with kids - just be ready colorful icing will be all over the place!


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December 25-th right on the Christmas day my blog is turning 6 month old - "baby" is getting quite independent, learned to smile, can sit and turn around :) But still depends on his "Mom" a lot! We are growing and learning together! Happy anniversary to my "baby" and Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating catholic Christmas once again!


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My usual Tuesday post about Successful People, well, not so usual today! We were waiting to talk to this fellow for the whole long year and managed to catch him just moments before he hopped into his sled to deliver the gifts to all the good children (and adults) of the world! Open your hearts to Mr. Santa Claus!


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So, Christmas Holidays have officially started, kids are home!


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Who else, but Ruth Sanderson would be the best artist to introduce today, just 2 days before Christmas. You might wonder why...Your questions is just about to be answered.


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I love giving gifts, making them or buying them, thinking of something unique and exciting. But wrapping gifts never was a priority, well, I always found it a bit boring.... But looks like this year I will really enjoy the process with this new video from Robertson Design Studio!

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Recipe from the famous "Pastry Chef", by famous Bo Friberg. Wording slightly modified to make it a bit shorter. These cookies were part of my "Cookie Drive" this year


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Something makes me think I am ready for my Christmas cookie drive.


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It is not easy being Santa, not easy coming up with a gift that will be memorable, valued and needed. You really have to step in someone else's shoes and change your way of thinking, it takes a lot of learning, quite a bit of self-sacrifice and constant urge for perfection. But being Santa is also the most rewarding thing in the world. And it has ( Read more... )

I think I am having an originality crisis. Everything standard, systematized and out-of-box seems to annoy me tremendously. Just to give an example - I can't find blank post cards anywhere. You know, the good, old-school blank greeting cards? They disappeared.


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