Welcome to Homemade Christmas, 2010! This is my third year to trade homemade gifts, and I love it for a number of reasons. Before I get to the gifts that I made, I'll tell you what we received. From other family, we received a car-cleaning-kit, homemade jams & honey syrup, chocolate rugelach, and a some framed photographs.
For 2 years, I have been meaning to make vanilla, but it requires a bit of curing (recipes range from 2-6 months), so i never get started early enough. I was originally inspired by this beautiful post (
from Design Mom, complete with instructions). And then by
this gorgeous presentation. Mine weren't quite as glamorous, but still, I was pleased with the results.
I also made some Blueberry Jam (made with blueberries picked from a little Amish boy we met this summer). And I threw in a few chocolate chip cookies, because it was looking a little sparse. Then, I made these fabric buckets based on
this tutorial. You might remember
this one I made a while back. Pretty much all of this was done before October, so it was not a mad dash to finish with 3 little ones on top of a cold, busy Christmas season. What fun! I'm already looking forward to next year's projects (If we do this again next year).
For 2 years, I have been meaning to make vanilla, but it requires a bit of curing (recipes range from 2-6 months), so i never get started early enough. I was originally inspired by this beautiful post (from Design Mom, complete with instructions). And then by this gorgeous presentation. Mine weren't quite as glamorous, but still, I was pleased with the results.
I also made some Blueberry Jam (made with blueberries picked from a little Amish boy we met this summer). And I threw in a few chocolate chip cookies, because it was looking a little sparse. Then, I made these fabric buckets based on this tutorial. You might remember this one I made a while back. Pretty much all of this was done before October, so it was not a mad dash to finish with 3 little ones on top of a cold, busy Christmas season. What fun! I'm already looking forward to next year's projects (If we do this again next year). 
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I made Marge Keedy's granola recipe and gave to some family. I also made some homemade candy and Chex Mix and packaged with the granola. Unbelievably- I didn't get a picture of any of it to put on my blog!!
Very, very cute! I love it!
Love it!
This is great. I am wanting to make the homemade vanilla extract for Mother's Day... I better get started soon! :o)
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