Christmas Confections

Is it a cookie? Is it a candy? These yummy chocolate confections can be whatever you want them to be! This is one of my mother's recipes from long ago. Variation - if you make a indentation with the back of a spoon after you drop them onto the wax paper, they will look like a nest. Then add a few small jelly beans for "eggs." These are cute at Easter time too.

xo

jeanne

P.S. Jenny will be here tomorrow with her darling tutorial, so be sure to check back!

No Time To Bake?

Here's a quick and easy cookie recipe that you can make for the holidays.

It practically takes no time at all to make!

Enjoy!

xo

jeanne

Crafting in the Kitchen ~ Part 2

Now here's a quick and easy project you can whip up in no time at all. This time of the year always makes me think of baking Christmas cookies with my mom and grandma. Well, once you are finished rolling out the cookie dough, you can make this cute little garland to use as a decoration for your kitchen or on your Christmas tree.

~ Supplies ~

* Cookie Cutters - These can be vintage cookie cutters or new ones. I bought this set of six vintage-looking cookie cutters at Homegoods for $7.99. I like to use an odd number of cookie cutters (I used 5 of them for my garland), but you can use as many as you like.

* 48"-54" of ribbon - I used 7/8" wide red gingham.

* Red & green buttons - larger buttons work best for this project. I used 3/4 " diameter buttons.

* Glue gun and glue sticks.

Fold ribbon in half and mark the center with a straight pin.
Figure out which cookie cutter you are going to use for the center of the garland. Thread the ribbon through one of the holes in the cookie cutter, starting from the front and going to the back of the cookie cutter. Then thread the ribbon up through the other hole, from back to front of cookie cutter. Center the cookie cutter on the ribbon by using the straight pin marker as a guide.
At this point, your garland should look like this.
Continue to string the cookie cutters on to the ribbon, spacing the cutters evenly along the ribbon.
Apply a dab of hot glue to the back of one of the buttons.

Center and glue the buttons to the ribbon midway between the cookie cutters. If you prefer, you can sew the buttons to the ribbon using needle and thread.

Tie a knot near the end of each ribbon.

Hang your garland on the Christmas tree, or the fireplace mantle, or from a small kitchen tree or wherever you want to add some holiday cheer! Don't forget to post a picture of your garland (and other projects) on the Joli Paquet Flickr site, so we can see all of your wonderful creations.

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xoxo

jeanne