Christmas In The Kitchen Swap Goodies!

 This was such a fun swap! I really enjoyed seeing what everyone made, especially because we each received such different things! My partner was Jennifer of "Adventures in Mixed Media, from Canada. I hope you'll visit her blog! She has a house full of beautiful things, an art studio, a dog named Odelia, and even some chickens!

 

 Instead of sending just one recipe, she made this little book for me! Darling!

 

 Doesn't this sound good?

 

And these "Chocolate Bumps" ARE good! I know because I made them!

 

 The tart mold is an old one! And so is the Santa paper she used. I love the mica around the edges!

I'm sure many of you will recognize the ornament on the right. Jennifer opened the vintage ornament and added a bottle brush tree. Can you believe that she made those teeny tiny cookies and candy canes out of clay? I love the little sugar bells on top too!

 

 Look at the gingerbread ornament! It's made out of puzzle pieces!

Isn't that neat? You probably want to go make one now, don't you?

 

My things came in this wonderful Pillsbury tin. And then this little cookbook and two of the most perfect ornaments for a kitchen x-mas tree ever!

Next year, next year! :)

 

There was one more thing but it got inhaled eaten within minutes of opening the box! I did share it with Angie though. It was this amazing fancy Canadian candy bar. WOW is all I can say!

See below for the description of a Maple Syrup Butter Crunch Bar!

This is a Canadian classic. A Butter Crunch toffee middle made with demerera and maple covered in a white chocolate and almond bark .

 

Jennifer, thank you so much for this wonderful package of kitchen themed things! It was a delight to get to know you and be your partner!

Erica :)

 

Here are a few pics of what I sent to Jennifer. But please visit her blog! You'll love it!

 

 

See you soon!

 

 



Merry Christmas 2014!

A little late in the day, but we want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Love- Erica and Wellie

p.s. We will be back tomorrow to share what we received in the kitchen swap!



My Holiday Hoosier!

Hi Friends! I hope everyone has been well! I'm sorry that my posts have been a bit few and far between. You know how that goes though. I got halfway through my decorating and then I just sort of lost steam. So I decided to just accept it, and not pressure myself to decorate every single inch of the house. I'm liking it! Plus there will be way less to put away. :)

 

 Here's how the Hoosier turned out though. Last year it had snowmen in it, so I wanted to switch it up.

 

The little metal doll cupboard up top was at an antique store this fall. It was only $5.00 "as is" because it's kind of banged up. But we don't care, right?

 

 That's my sister's polka dot pitcher...one of only a few vintage things she owns...so of course I stole it for my display! lol

 

 That vintage candy cane box at the top is one of my favorites. And it's funny because it was a "bonus" buy. I bought the box for a couple bucks because it had dozens of vintage hankies in it. And then when I got home I realized how cute the box itself was!

Deb gave me the snowflake space-saver (under the box) and the Santa mug with the red hat in front. So generous of her!

 

I love this vintage apron so much! Pam sent it to me last year! And the Santa mug in the top left corner (with the red nose) is from Susie! I adore it!

This year, as I pulled things out of boxes, I realized just how fortunate I am for all of my sweet blogging friends. You've gifted me with some really special things! And while the "things" themselves are great, your friendship has been invaluable to me! And I really mean that!

Happy Holidays-

Love, Erica :)



Vintage Stuff I Haven't Told You About!

This post will only make it seem like I've been buying tons of stuff. But I really haven't been. lol

These things are from that chunk of time a few months ago when I didn't have a computer. The flea market was still going on. And I went to a few estate sales. Here's what I found!

 

Actually these were at Goodwill. I didn't own a single thermos. Wasn't going to jump on that bandwagon. But there they were...all three of them sitting together like that. An instant collection. So of course I HAD to.

 

 This guy is a major score for me! I've wanted a Santa Candy container like this for years. I went to an estate sale that was a total bust. And just as I was leaving (empty handed) I looked up and there He sat, up high on a shelf in the dining room. He wasn't priced. So I asked how much and was told $1.00.

He's German and in such great shape!

 

 Ok, What do you think? Is she holding a mitten? And He's trying to go deliver toys without his mittens, but She's saying "Wait Dear, You better put your mitten's on".

Or is She holding an oven mitt? A squirt gun? lol.

 

 Flea Market finds, and a couple things from a good sale at an antique store. My favorite thing here is the box that the Tree Top came in!

 

This large Santa table cloth is not old. But I was thrilled to find it at the flea for only $2.00!

 

 Another Tree Topper with Santa this time. And one teeny knee hugger.

 

 The little turquoise Santa is one that I didn't have. Harder to find I think.

 

 I want to do something fun with these two reindeer. I might have to get a little "Magpie Ethel" with them.

 

Nice to find tear drops instead of the same old round ones.

 

Whew! Ok, now I feel a little better. I felt like a had a dirty little secret that I had to share with you guys. Had to confess and come clean. Now I have nothing more to hide.

Oh! Well...maybe a couple (little) things. :)

Thanks for listening! I hope you're all having a great week!

Erica :) 



The Christmas Mantle

Yikes! Seems like I just can't keep up lately. I'm sorry it's been awhile. We had our Christmas party (for our group of high school friends) last weekend. So that was a lot of fun! And then we also had Thanksgiving out at my parent's house, since it doesn't work to get together on Thursday.

 

 I found this guy a couple weeks ago! Right away I knew he would go over the fireplace.

 

 And he did!

 

 I then figured that Santa could use some Elves. And so they found their home for the season too!

 

 Our little place gets almost no sunlight. So it's always so hard to take pics.

Sorry for the glare.

 

 One of my favorite planters holds glass picks.

 

And this guy was found this summer. He's also a favorite. I have two of these aqua McCoy planters with the icy looking ridge, so it helps things look at least a little symmetrical.

 

 This glass garland isn't "vintage". I bought it at Macy's in the late 90's. It was originally really expensive stuff, but I was able to buy it after x-mas for 75% off. Each strand is 7 ft. and I have 6 of them. They're real fun to decorate with!

 

So that's that! We love having a real wood burning fireplace, and have been making a fire almost every night lately. I'm almost done decorating. Still need to get the big tree up. That'll happen Friday  I think. Hope You've all been well!

Erica

p.s Just a reminder to those that are part of the SWAP, packages need to be mailed no later than Dec.8th!

 

"Mama, let me in, let me in"!