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New Year for me is so not a big event… I know it feels like a fresh start and new calendars go up… but I feel like a whole fresh start every time I start a new moleskin - why wait until New Year.

And then we had kids and “Oh my goodness” there are [...]

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One of our Christmas Traditions is to have a cookie swap the last Sunday before Christmas. We invite almost everyone we know and certainly everyone we bump into leading up to it… And yes I can sense you reeling in horror - “Who in their right minds would do this?”… Turns out it is a [...]

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This recipe is fabulous and makes an enormous amount of cookies - perfect for us! It fills the house with a heavenly smell of honey and spices. All very Festive and Christmassy.

We first made it a few years ago when we tried to make a gingerbread house - that was a disaster with [...]

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A couple of weeks ago I posted Basic Window Cookies in Se7en Steps. And I realize that this is the season that you need to know more…
Here is a quick recap of the recipe:

 
So now that you have a lump of cookie dough, let’s go:

Strictly sprinkles: These are the easiest, roll your cookies, cut your [...]

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Gifts from the kitchen - who can complain! I love a consumable gift, they don’t take up space! And who can begrudge something yummy made from the heart. So here we go: Se7en Gifts From the Kitchen that kids can make themselves…
Cookie Jars: I got this idea years ago from Family Fun and I have [...]

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These cookies are astonishing because they turn out - well nothing like you think they will. I love this recipe - it is quick easy and very impressive! Great big Giant Cookies!

It is especially great when you need to bake and you have nearly no flour in the house - I can’t help you if [...]

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I have been blogging about babies and The La Leche League this month in honor of World Breast Cancer Awareness Month and I haven’t done a non-birthday party post for a long time. So here we are A Baby Shower in Se7en Steps… Following the Se7en Steps Party Plan.
This is not your traditional baby shower…
Step [...]

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