Merry Making

I can’t believe it’s been over 2 months since my last post! I have been Busy, Busy, Busy. I can see now why some people pay to have their blog written! With a (closing past due) Real Estate transaction , a few small design jobs and 2 kids with school parties- plus 3 weeks worth of Client’s Christmas Decorating and our house too, there is just not much time for Blogging.

It’s Christmas Eve, Eve and we only have 2 presents under the tree!!!!! Can you say, PANIC??

I actually love giving gifts, but like most everyone else I know, my family already has everything plus more than we need or even want, for that matter. I have been on Pinterest looking for some home made gifts that would be fun to do with the kids. It’s really not about saving $$$, but more about it being personalized! Since it seems, for me to get the unique style I want, it might actually cost more than I would spend on something from the store! 🙂

So I went shopping last night to gather up all of my supplies for our homemade gifts. I have decided that I will make my infamous Chocolate Chip Cookies (going to make them bars) and the Best Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cake EVER! I also bought every thing to make Strawberry Preserves… well everything, but the Strawberries! They only had 1 container left and they didn’t look good. So I’ll do those another time. I also got the fixins for brown sugar scrub for the girls in my family! Aren’t ya’ll lucky! Here are some images I took from Pinterest. I’m hoping mine turn out this lovely!