Holiday Baking - Sticky Business

This year I started all of my baking pretty early and I'm actually already done.

I feel very accomplished (pat on the back)!

This year the cookie line up is: Peanut Butter Blossoms, Peppermint Meltaways, Oreo Truffles, Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies (the best cookies in the entire world....I am sure of it), and Peppermint Marshmallows!

Yes...I said Marshmallows!!

I found a recipe for them and thought I'd give it a shot!

They weren't too difficult but it was a sticky sticky mess...

...but I think they turned out pretty good.

They will make really cute gifts + I think they will be

amazing in hot chocolate!

Try the recipe for yourself!

Be warned....it's like working with glue!

...I really need to get a (cute) apron!

On the Ball

With the holidays rapidly approaching I've been thinking about my Christmas cards for this year. What kind of paper am I going to use? What color envelopes? You know, the usual.

I usually send out quite a few cards and writing them all out takes a good chunk of time. I thought this year, I'd invest in a return address stamp to help me out a little!

On Monday night, my search began for my custom address stamp.

Paper Source was one of my first stops (of course) but to my surprise they didn't have any.

I woke up this morning to this little treat in my inbox....

Paper Source does it again ladies and gentlemen! (Applause)

How is it that they continually make my dreams come true...it's kind of creepy.

Check out their new self-inking address stamps here!

Finger Lickin' Good!

My friend Ashley wanted to send recipe cards out with her bridal shower invites so that she could start a collection of finger lickin' good recipes for her and her new hubby!

Her kitchen is black + white + red, so I designed the cards to match!

I bought a Martha Stewart recipe tin to house all of the cute little cards,

in candy apple red....of course!