Carmelitas

Saw this image:

on this blog:

and could not resist making them myself.

This is the product of my own baking adventures:

Unfortunately, I don't have a great camera, but I think you get the idea! Can you feel your arteries hardening even as you look at this picture??

They were as delicious as they look. Make them!

Love Gubby xo

Its what's inside that counts

These are the pages for my 'Handmade Holidays' planner.

I have 5 so far:

• Christmas card list- this will allow me to keep track of who I have posted cards to and received cards from
• Gift giving- this will allow me to jot down ideas for gifts for each person, as well as keep track of which gifts are completed
• Craft projects- so I can write down ideas as they come to me, including any special equipment or materials I might need
• Craft register- an index of craft projects
• Recipes- some of the gifts will be baked goods (I always like to give my Mum's famous Vanilla Kipferls at Christmas time) 

You can download your own pages

Craft register (.pdf)
Craft projects (.pdf)
Recipes (.pdf)
Gift list (.pdf)
Christmas cards (.pdf)
(I have not left space for an address in the Christmas card list, as I do all my mailing labels using a spreadsheet)

 Enjoy an organised Christmas :)

Love Gubby xo

Happy New Year!

Well, I haven't posted since before Christmas, so let me say a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!

We had a lovely time- very relaxing. I didn't host, so was saved a lot of the hardest work, but I did make my traditional glazed ham. I don't usually eat a lot of ham on its own, but this is absolutely delicious- and makes for fantastic left-overs for weeks afterward.

  

I use a wonderful recipe that was originally from the gifted Martha Stewart and I have adapted it over the past few years.

I hope 2011 has begun well and holds wonderful things for each of you.

Love Gubby xo