Today was the first of two Christmas baking days at our home. I started old fashioned over night yeast rolls that will be baked on Thursday morning (and they are heavenly), magic bars, and tea balls. I had hoped to finish more baking but my older son and his lovely girlfriend arrived mid afternoon to visit for a few days.
I was thrilled to see Aaron and Crissie, but especially Crissie. This is going to be a horrid holiday season for her and I knew she would need lots of hugs. Crissie's father passed away unexpectedly last Monday (the 13th) and she is still in shock. Also her mom is too hurt to even consider Christmas at their home so I know this is the closest to real Christmas as she will get this year.
I have several things planned to keep Crissie busy, but also lots of quiet time so that she can talk. Tomorrow (or is that later today?) we plan to have the annual cut out cookie decorating event. It is an activity that we all enjoy - decorating the cut out cookies as crazy and funny as we can make them! (I will post photos later in the week). Tonight we went out for a lovely dinner at a nice restaurant followed by a short shopping trip. Later Crissie and I talked for about two hours. Tomorrow she will be helping me bake as well as seeing a bit more of the Aiken and meeting more of Aaron's old friends who are also home for the holidays.
In the meantime, I mentioned at the beginning of this post that today was day one of two baking days. I am making the rolls to share with neighbors (in the decorated paint cans I posted recently), as well as a few friends. I knew I would need a couple of small treat contains for our single neighbors.
I used the popcorn box from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More to cut my base box. I welded the scallop from Plantin Schoolbook together in a pattern similar to the the angle of the popcorn box. This allowed the cut scalloped trim to fit the popcorn box nicely. I also made a matching flat strip to wrap the middle of the trim.
I cut a layered snowflake from Accent Essentials and tied it on to the corner of the box. I added layered prima flowers in the corner as well. I finished the popcorn box with holly peelies and green tissue. I will be adding treats and a handmade card before delivering the box to my neighbor!
Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with photos of this annual crazy cut outs adventure to share!
