Friday, December 23, 2011

Pre-Christmas Snapshots


Daisy's Pre-K School Christmas Party
With Lavella at her Pre-K class Christmas Party.

Daisy's Pre-K School Christmas Party

Daisy's Pre-K School Christmas Party

3 lbs of Jalapenos just about to be turned into Cowboy Candy
3 lbs of Jalapenos to make Cowboy Candy.

Fresh Christmas Potpourri
A little pot of fresh potpourri on the stove (cranberries, an orange, a cinnamon stick, a few cloves, and half of a cracked nutmeg pod).  (Thanks for the "recipe" Becca!)

Mason Jar Lid Ornament for Billy's school gift exchange
Mason Jar Lid Ornament for Billy's school gift exchange.  So simple and so fun -- I plan to make a bunch with the children tomorrow as a Christmas Eve project.  (It's pretty intuitive, but if you want a Set Of Instruction, check here.)

Lemon Curd Tart with fresh berries and apricot glaze (shortbread "sweet tart" crust recipe by Dorie Greenspan)
A lemon curd tart with fresh berries, brushed with apricot glaze ("sweet tart" dough recipe for the crust found here.)

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Making little 6x6 photo books for the children for Christmas gifts.

current hair color
Used this to turn my hair a super fun shade of red again.

Red hair again

2 comments:

Sseifert7 said...

Jamie says the cowboy candy I made keeps getting hotter and hotter! And that's saying something from Jamie, who basically eats fire!

Jilldarling1973 said...

I want a lemon curd berry tart! Yummmm.