Christmas has come and gone

Treats were made...

Stockings were stuffed...Gifts were wrapped...

And trees were trimmed...

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

So much to do, so little time!

Christmas is here in 4 days!!!!!!! Time to get going on all my Christmas chores! Luckily this is a short week for me so I only have work today and tomorrow, then I am free for 5 days! Monday and Tuesday will be spent cleaning and wrapping gifts.

This year, I bought Hallmark's Adhesive paper and I am pairing it with one of my greatest thrift store scores of the year, 25 yards of mustard yellow velvet ribbon. I am also adding a monogrammed tag, and I couldn't be happier with how they are turning out. I'll post pictures later this week.

Wednesday, I am starting my Christmas baking and I have a huge list of things to make:

Chocolate Mustaches for the kids, Santa has a mustache right? I purchased the mold at BakeItPretty and am wrapping them in silver and red foil.

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Chocolate covered pretzels! I am going to use dark and white chocolate and sprinkles! Yum!

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Next is cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and Poinsettia cupcake toppers from Martha Stewart.

I am also going to attempt these lovelies from Bakerella

And lastly, cookies, cookies, and MORE cookies, sugar, chocolate, cake, the whole shabang!

Ready, set, go!

Christmas Wish List

Hello friends and family! Welcome to my 2008 Christmas Wishlist! Feast your eyes on this wonderful array of quirky, colorful, cute, and admittedly useless stuff I want for Christmas this year!

Tokidoki Rain Boots - $120 - Here - Size 10

Pink Devil Shirt - $33 - HERE - Medium

HK/Tokidoki Cell Charm - $48 - HERE

HK/Tokidoki Plush - $55 - HERE

Sandy - $25 - HERE

Wall Candy - $45 - HERE

Chinese Laundy Black Boots - $109 - Macy's - Sz 10

Dr. Martens "Christina" Ballet Flat - $60.00 - Macy's

***STAY TUNED FOR MORE***

HOST - the Etsy Helping Others Street Team

If you haven't already, please take a moment to check out a very important team I belong to: HOST - the Helping Others Street Team. We formed at Christmas time last year when someone asked a very important question in the Etsy forums: is anyone in need this season?

It was such a simple question and I don't think any of us were prepared for what followed. I couldn't believe the amount of people that flocked to not only tell their stories but for all the help they gave as well! It was amazing! And it all happened so fast.

I was at work when the thread started and I followed it for over 3 hours. When it was time to go home I was just so amazed that I couldn't leave my computer! Needless to say, I left work a little late that day! When I got home I kept following, I couldn't stop reading in awe.

Click here for the original thread - there were 2,933 posts in that first thread! What followed was the formation of our street team, then a store but most importantly, amazing friendships!

If you are a member of Etsy or know someone who is, and ever find yourself in a jiffy, don't hesistate to talk to us! Do a forum search for HOST and you'll find us! We'll do what we can to help :)