Remember my post about homemade mason jar gifts from last year ago? Well, today I'm sharing one of my favourite mason jar gifts with you - amazing homemade cranberry and white chocolate cookie mix and I'm pretty sure you're going to love this festive cookie mix as much as we do!How to assemble your cranberry and white chocolate cookie mason jar gift What you need:300g plain flour (2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour if you're using US measurements) 1 tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp cinnamon 200g dark brown sugar (1 cup) 100g granulated sugar (½ cup) 150g white chocolate … [Read more...]
How to say no at Christmas…
Today I'm sharing a few tips to help you decline Christmas party invites in a nice way without damaging your relationships with friends and family.If you're anything like me, the closer Christmas gets, the more invites start piling up for various different Christmas social events - there's the work Christmas party, the drinks after work with one group of friends, the night out in town with another group of friends, the meals out with friends you rarely see (sometimes with good reason) and even just the invites to pop round to friends and family's houses.Some I wouldn't miss for the … [Read more...]
Festive Homemade Air Plant Terrarium (AKA a plant in a jam jar)…
Remember how I said I was going to do more crafting in the run-up to Christmas? Well, this little homemade Air Plant Terrarium is the first thing I made after deciding that we were having a handmade Christmas. (I feel like I should probably say at this point that this is a super basic craft that you can make more complicated if you want depending on what you want to use to pop into your little terrarium. I almost feel bad calling it a terrarium. ;-)) I started with this little mini project because I really wanted to make something to get me going but obviously, it's way too early … [Read more...]
Cute Christmas Cookie Cutter Tea Towels…
These super cute Christmas cookie cutter tea towels are a fantastic little craft to do with the kids and they make a great homemade gift for teachers, grandparents or neighbours.What you need to make your own Christmas cookie cutter tea towels (I've included Amazon links to what I used but you could absolutely go somewhere like The Works or Hobbycraft to get similar if you don't already have them in)Fabric paints - I used the Red and Green out of this set just because they're super festive but you can use any. Cookie cutters White flour sack tea towelsHow to make your own … [Read more...]
Why we’re planning a handmade Christmas….
For a couple of years, I've wanted to make a bit of a change to our family's Christmas celebrations - this year I'm finally doing it. Read on to find out why we're planning a handmade Christmas and what that looks like for us...Why we're making a change Usually, from about the middle of November, our lives start to go into overdrive with so much going on across everyone's lives that I get exhausted just thinking about it.There are all the usual Christmas school and work commitments, the fun Christmas days out, the gift choosing and shopping, the wrapping, the visiting, the Secret … [Read more...]
Homemade Advent Calendars for grown-ups….
Earlier on today, I shared some a post with 10 homemade Advent Calendar ideas and as I pressed publish, it occurred to me that all of the ideas were aimed at kids. That didn't seem fair so I thought I'd see if I could find some ideas for homemade advent calendars for grown-ups...I'm not going to lie, I struggled to find many ideas for homemade advent calendars for grown-ups which I kind of get but at the same time, I love Christmas almost as much now as a grown-up as I did as a child - maybe even more so. ;-)I got some great ideas from fellow bloggers though and I'm hoping to … [Read more...]
