Christmas Cookie Exchange

I wanted to get this in before the end of the year... the pictures from our USPS Christmas Cookie Exchange! It was such fun packaging bundles of goodies to go out, and receiving over a week's time yummy treats from all over the country. Check out the recipes here for snickerdoodles, gingersnaps, peanut butter, vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, nutmeg logs, and chocolate kiss cookies, chocolate peppermint cookies and melt-in-your-mouth caramels. Can't wait to do this again next year :)

{thanks to my sweetheart for the picture collage}

Calendar Journal

I have never been very diligent in keeping a journal, but love discovering the thoughts, stories and notes from when I actually did write them down. Yet this vintage postcard calendar journal from design*sponge makes it to irresistible not to scribble life down as it happens. I love the idea of having the same day over a number of years all on one list in a cute, repurposed fruit box. The vintage postcards are great as month dividers; you could also use recipe cards or old black and white photos. A great gift for a graduating senior moving off to college, or expecting parents.

image via {design*sponge}

A Very Merry Christmas

Welcome Home

“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” ― Jane Austen

image via {Pottery Barn}

Clever Girl

This was too cute not to share. My sweetheart is a bearded-spectacles-wearing-kinda-guy... I love this card. Plus it makes me think of a classic Jurassic Park line and my dear friend Jill.

image via {bows & sparrows}

Cards, Labels, Menus and More

Here are some neat FREE downloads from West Elm to help jazz up your holiday gift-giving, parties and the like. Here are some more freebies discovered via babble. (ps... I love FREE!)

Piece of Cake (or Pie)

These cake/pie boxes would make a great take home gift after a holiday party, filled with a delicious slice from the evening.

image via {stephmodo}