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Gingersnaps

December 17, 2013 by Julie 13 Comments

I have decided. Cookie exchanges are the best kind of holiday party.This is the spread for one I went to over the weekend. (Everyone was supposed to bring four dozen cookies to share.)I brought my mother-in-laws famous gingersnaps.Gingersnaps3/4 cup shortening1 cup sugar1 egg1/4 cup molasses2 cups flour1/4 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons baking soda1 tablespoon ginger1 teaspoon cinnamonBeat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: christmas, dessert

Be Merry

December 11, 2013 by Julie Leave a Comment

Five star ornaments hung on a tree in a city park.Hoping everyone who sees them will be a little more merry. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dallas Fort Worth, Knit and Crochet Tagged With: christmas, Fort Worth, yarn bomb

icepocalypse

December 9, 2013 by Julie 6 Comments

Things have been a bit cold and icy here this weekend. Thankfully we have never been without power (lots of people were) and we had plenty of food in the apartment. We played outside in the ice on Friday for awhile. On Saturday the elevators in our building didn't work (we are over 10 floors up) so we pretty much stayed in the apartment. But Sunday they were back on and we ventured out a little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dallas Fort Worth, kids Tagged With: christmas, Fort Worth

Be Warm

December 5, 2013 by Julie Leave a Comment

All year long I have saved the scrap ends from all of my projects. I have wound them round and round making a huge scrap yarn ball. When it was finally big enough I knew that my scrap yarn ball needed to be turned into a scrap yarn scarf. Made with two strands of yarn held together and using a single crochet stitch. I have to say, I love the results. Now it is wrapped up with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Knit and Crochet Tagged With: christmas, Crochet

Our tree is up

December 2, 2013 by Julie Leave a Comment

A big Thank You to everyone who has supported my shop during this Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday shopping weekend! We got our tree up on Saturday. We changed up our decorations for the first time in about 8 years (we kept things the same the whole time we were in our house). But I love the new colors and it really fits our new space.We've also been visiting the new Sundance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dallas Fort Worth, kids Tagged With: christmas

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