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One of our favorite Holiday traditions is finding new cookie recipes to make and share with friends. Usually, hubby and I each pick 4 recipes, and spend the weekend baking, tasting, and decorating packages to deliver some *happy*! This year, however, we've had to be mindful of just how much I can take on, so we decided to pick just a few recipes that are quick and easy, to keep our little tradition alive. I'm sharing recipe links below, and a few notes on the tweaks. But the real star of today's post is actually the packaging! It was so easy and fun to pull together! And since I don't have the energy I once did, making all the packaging from scratch seemed like quite the feat. Instead, we found several packaging options, and decided to just focus on making the tags. We found these adorable treat boxes at a local craft store, and we've also picked out a few larger boxes at our local Michael's. ____________________________________________________________________ T...

Isn't it fun to give just because? I find that Autumn brings out the gifting spirit in my soul and all I want to do is shower everyone with goodies! Especially home-made goodies :) And one of my favorite fall gifts is homemade mulling spice pouches, which are super quick and easy to pull together, but are such a tasty and fun treat to share with loved ones. I've included my quick recipe below, but first let's chat about the itty bitty pocket.  To start the pocket, I used a bit of soft yellow cardstock and PTI's Seed Packet die . Around the edges, I stamped, PTI's Stitch in Time borders in two different embossed colors, white and soft yellow. To the top of the card I added a few bows, one made of paper, one of felt and another colorful embroidered trim.  For the sentiment, I used PTI's Petite Places: Home and Garden stamps, stamped and embossed in Rose Quartz .  For the adorable pie, I used an older Spellbinders die set, but you could just as easily use this cute...

Hi friends! I'm back again today with another little Valentine's post before the day's gone.  These little creations are going to some very special people, so before I send them off, I thought I'd share them with you. First up, I made a few of these little tags to tuck into goodie bags and to add to some yummy baked treats.  I wanted to make something that was simple and easy to duplicate, but still looked elegant and detailed. So I used a simple design, and then embellished each tag with a pile of fancy bows.  I picked up most of the ribbons in the sweetest little shoppe you can imagine, right here in our city.  We are so fortunate to have such a lovely, local place to find beautiful goodies. If you're ever visiting us here in Saskatoon, be sure to check out Soul Paper .  I also created little coordinating gift bag cozies out of this lovely blue embroidered fabric. I am smitten with the delicate pattern :)  And these honestly couldn't have been any simpler...

Morning Friends!  Another little Holiday card today along with a pile of festive Santa boxes.  You'd think that you've entered Santa's workshop if you took a peek inside my little crafty space...Glitter, and bows, and sparkly things...Tools and wrappings and all kinds of bits.... Everything scattered about as I happily pull together all of this Season's gifting.  This year, we will be gifting a lot of homemade baked goods and sweet confections, which means pretty boxes, sweet trim, and tags + cards of all shapes and sizes.  I love these bitty treat boxes that come all decorated and ready to assemble. It's saved me a lot of time in contrast to making my own, and since I've been a little under the weather this month, it's come in very handy having little things like this ready-to-go. I've also been looking for easy and quick recipes to help with keeping things simple as I get better, and I found one I just love!  I'm sharing it below, if you're int...