Treats for Teachers

My little 3 year old goes to a Morning Out program twice a week at our church and yesterday she took her teachers some Christmas goodies! We baked up some sugar cookies, frosted and sprinkled them, and then I bagged them up.

I baked some round cookies that would fit inside clean soup cans with the tab top lids I opened with a edgeless can opener.  I hot glued the lid back on once the tins were filled with cookies so the teachers would have to use the tab to open the can to get to the goodies inside!

I used Christmas scrapbook paper to decorate the outside and top, garnished withe some ribbon, a little holiday cookie cutter, and matching labels!

On the 8th Day of Christmas...

There are all kinds of Holly Jolly Merry Berry Ho Ho Ho Christmas Time is coming giveaways on the blogosphere this time of year! I love it!

It's Day 8 of Somewhat Simple's 

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways!!!

Stop on over to enter for a chance to win 6 Months of Cupcake Wrappers from Yummy Cuppy Crafts... and don't forget to check out all the other amazing giveaways from Day 8!

Just listed in my Etsy shop...

A Gorgeous Blue & Silver Ribbon Friendship Gift Ball

This plastic globe opens up so you can fill it with little trinkets or gourmet treats and give to a friend as a gift.  Exchange this ball back and forth for all the special occasions in your lives... It's just as fun to give as it is to receive when you have a Friendship Gift Ball!

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways at Somewhat Simple

Have you been drooling over all the giveaways over at Somewhat Simple this week? I have been!!! This week kicked off her fabulous 12 Days of Christmas Giveaways! Day 1 started off with 1 fabulous giveaway, Day 2 added 2 more, Day 3 had 3.... and you get the idea!

Well, today was day 6, and I just wanted to let you all know that on Day 8... Monday the 20th, I'll be included in one of the eight giveaways!  That's right! Yummy Cuppy Crafts is giving away a 6 Month Membership to the Cupcake Wrapper of the Month Club!

If you know a wonderful baker who would love this, it's a gift that keeps on giving! Receive monthly packages full of cupcake wrappers and extra special treats!

What's great about all these giveaways is that the winners of all the giveaways are going to be announced on Christmas morning! How fun! It's as if Santa will be dropping a little Christmas gift in your inbox!

Tonight I just listed 4 new kissing balls in my Etsy shop!

 

Don't forget to check out the other great crafts I have listed over in my Zibbet Shop!

Countdown to Christmas

Twenty {20} Days Until Christmas!!! I still have so much shopping to do! This is a magnetic countdown calendar I made with my Cricut and a cookie sheet last year! You can read about it in this link.  My 6 year old LOVES to move the magnet each morning! 

I was hoping to get a couple more made to sell in my Etsy and Zibbet shops, but these past couple months have blown by so quickly, it feels like Halloween was just yesterday!

I hope you all are having a wonderful December so far!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today [and every day] I am thankful for my wonderful friends, amazing family AND MY FABULOUS FOLLOWERS! Thank you everyone for stopping in to see my blog!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day here in the United States!

Oh Deer! Puzzle Answers...

Here are the answers to the OH DEER puzzle from this post!

WAIT! If you haven't read the puzzle and want to try it... click the link above. You'll love it!
If you've read the puzzle and think you have the placement of the reindeer all figured out..... then here you go!

Here are the answers:






DASHER (BUCK) MAGENTA        COMET (DOE) CHARTREUSE

CUPID (BUCK) WHITE                  DANCER (DOE) MAROON

DONNER (BUCK) BLUE                VIXEN (DOE) ROSE

BLITZEN (DOES) OCHER              PRANCER (BUCK) CERISE

A Fun Christmas Game

My mom had my siblings and our spouses do this after our holiday dinner last night. It was so much fun to see who could figure it out first! I love puzzles like this. 

 Oh Deer!

INSTRUCTIONS: 

Can you find out where each deer fits in? With logical thought, you'll determine the answer and write down the color and place for each deer!

• Who's a buck?
• Who's a doe?
• Who's Comet?
• Who's Cupid?
• Where are Donner and Blitzen?
• Who's Dasher?
• Who's Dancer?
• Where are Vixen and Prancer?

'Twas the night before Christmas and at the North Pole, 
the last-minute planning was taking its toll. 
As Santa was hastily making a scheme
for placement of deer in his sleigh-pulling team,
the good Mrs. Claus was crocheting bright bows
to be worn by these reindeer - four bucks and four does.
The bows were colored in eight festive hues:
ocher, rose, cerise, chartruise, maroon, magenta, white, and blue.
These helped Santa keep track of who's who.
The deer pulled the toy-laden sleigh in four rows,
arranged so no row held two bucks or two does.
The order of pullers was changed year by year,
for Santa was thoroughly fair with his deer.
He summoned the elves and instructed them thus:
"Let's hitch up the reindeer with minimal fuss."
The bow on the buck behind Dasher is white,
while Blitzen, a doe, sees cerise to her right.
The blue bow is nearer the sleigh than is Dancer,
but nearer the front of my team than is Prancer.
The doe in Chartreuse gets a front-of-team honor,
but not on the same side as Cupid or Donner in blue.
Now, Comet stands two spots ahead of the rose.
And three deer of four on the right side are does.
The cerise bow is worn two in back of maroon,
one of which is beside the bright ocher festoon.
Vixen is girlish and behind Dancer.
Oh, Cupid in white is in front of a buck by the way.
That's how they line up for pulling the sleigh.


Good luck! 
I'll post the answers tomorrow!