Peppermint Bark with My Kids!

This is a project that I do with my daughter for winter break… not even necessarily Christmas but any time in the winter. It is the most simple idea and any age kids can do it! We break ours up and put them in mason jars for teacher and neighbor gifts. So simple and so fun to make!     Ingredients:2 packages semisweet or dark chocolate chips 2 packages white chocolate chips 2 tsp. peppermint extract- 1 tsp. for each chocolate [more or less if you want it more or less minty] a handful of candy canes or…

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our Home to Yours!   The week and days before Christmas always disappear like a complete blur around here and I always find myself wishing I could slow it all down and take it in more. But since that is a bit unlikely to happen today as we are almost ready to sit down to our traditional Polish Christmas Eve meal…. I thought I would just share a few snippets of our home and send them to yours. Hoping and praying that each and everyone of you has at least a few moments of joy, peace…

Poinsetta Flour Sack Towels

Hello Everyone! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I am still recovering from the 12 DAYS SALE around here… and I definitely mean "ing" in that I'm definitely not done recovering! Yes, there has been  A LOT of couch time this weekend… A LOT! Although the one that we managed to accomplish is that my house is now decorated!! I am so excited. Christmas kind of explodes at our house each year and I can't wait to share some photos with you… hoping for tomorrow! But today I have a little…

THANK YOU and Some Info!

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS YEAR     FOR THE 6TH ANNUAL 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SALE!! I just wanted to send another quick thank you to all of you who followed along and/or participated in this year's sale! Each year since we started this insane sale we think about whether or not to continue it… both because it is such a crazy amount of work and because we know that each year a few people will be sad and some mad, because they haven't gotten what they hoped for. But each year…

12 Days of Christmas: Day #12

Happy, Happy Friday Everyone! Welcome to the 12th day of the 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS SALE! Wow… we have together made it to the last day of this crazy 12 day sale! Thank you so much for sticking it out with us. Some of you have filled box after box and some of you just a few stocking stuffers here and there but I want to thank each one of you for following along and participating with us. This is the 6th year we have done this and although it is nuts and we know that each year a…