~Vintage Cards for Christmas~

I ordered some vintage cards and 

wanted to glitter them.

Love the verses inside.

Merry Christmas

Just started decorating the house.

A friend sent this from Germany.

My sister, Charmaine, sent these 

sugar pine cones from Lake Tahoe.

So pretty at the front door.

I made this stained glass star years ago.

I always display it for the holidays.

I made some cupcakes for the cookie exchange.

It was a wonderful party.

Now, back to decorating the house.

~Christmas Cookie Exchange Party Tonight~

Tonight is a Christmas Cookie Exchange Party at my friend's, Tami's house.

I made some biscotti for my family, but might surprise her with something different.

Every year I always make cookies and wrap them up all pretty and my kids deliver them to family and friends. This was last year.

I just starting making cookies again this past weekend. It's fun to see 

the family tradition continue.

My mother made them also at Christmas and gave them to friends and family.

Speaking of tradition. At Thanksgiving, our son, Scott made a fresh apple pie.

We picked some apples off our tree and he decided to surprise us with his tradition every year.

A Fresh Apple Pie.

He then surprised us by making fresh bread. He's such a good cook now.

I love the holidays and family traditions!

~Kitchen Garden Inspiration and Simple & Sweet Fridays #40~

Stan and I designed two kitchen gardens

 near our house, so it would be easy to harvest.

We planted different varieties of vegetables and 

of course, cabbage.

It took us about 4 weeks of planning and 

working on both areas.

We did all the work ourselves.

Stan added more brick and stepping stones to the area. Then added

 soil, compost and rototilled.

We're looking forward to fresh salads and vegetables everyday this winter.

I took these photos this morning.

The cabbages are doing great and 

getting bigger day by day.

It's just the way we wanted it 

and it looks so pretty too!

Now on with the Party...

Last weeks Simple & Sweet Favorites!

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Go check out the The Country Farm Home's post Jewels For The Tree!

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~December Skating~

I have been wanting to find 

some ice skates to display for the holidays.

This week I was lucky to find a pair at 

a thrift store in San Diego.

There's something magical about having

 them at Christmas time.

When I was younger I took ice skating lessons, 

but through the years, the skates I had, 

 were probably given away.

They bring back so many wonderful memories.

So when I spotted these, 

I knew I had to have them. 

December is such a special month.

Fun times with family and friends.

~It Was A Fun Craft Sale~

On December 1st was our third craft sale.

We were blessed with good weather,

 the night before was raining. 

Our daughter, Carly, came down from 

Santa Cruz to help us again.

It's always fun to see her and

 have the family support. 

Here's some photos from the

 Summers Past Farms Craft & Antique Sale.

Looking forward to next year!

Hope everyone had a great weekend.