The Many Faces of Santa

THE MANY FACES OF SANTA

Ever since I can remember the jolly face of Santa made the realility of the season possible for me.  I usually have our pictures with Santa from childhood displayed.  But since I can't find them, they must be in storage, I have my Santas to show.  Some are vintage and some I have collected yearly at favorite shops.  My brother called Santa "HO HO".

                                                         THE JOY OF SMALL EYES

 MY DEAR FRIEND IZZY BROUGHT THIS BACK FROM ITALY

                                          We Wish You A Merry Christmas! Di
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Thanks Debra for featuring my holiday gifts!!
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Favorite Things

Favorite Things...(said in my Oprah voice)

      Take your ribbions and outdoor greenry and WRAP
  My friend (niece) Brandi always does a gift with the ingrediants and beautiful container...this has saved me during the holiday visits!


  In my family we love homemade gifts...I love spices, oils and cookies
    We usually pick one theme and make something we would like...this idea and recipie came from Whole Foods (3 of my family work there)

Makes 2 cups of salt or enough for 4 (1/2 cup) gifts

Lemon, lime and orange zest add bright, fresh flavor to gourmet sea salt. A great addition to any seafood dish from grilled fish to shrimp stir fry, and perfect for rimming margarita glasses too. Package for gift giving with our downloadable gift tag.

Ingredients

2 cups sea salt, grey salt or fleur de sel
2 tablespoons fresh lemon zest
1 tablespoons fresh lime zest
1 tablespoons fresh orange zest

Method

Preheat oven to 225°F. Mix salt with zest and spread evenly on a baking sheet. Place in oven and bake 2 hours, until zest is dry. Place in a food processor or blender and pulse until evenly mixed. Divide evenly and package in decorative containers for gift giving.

I will make enough of this for me too!!

I hope you will save some of your favorite things for yourself also!!

                   

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DI

My Wish for You

My Wish For You

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So My Wish for you is to have a blessed holiday... Enjoy these holiday pictures and WISH

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                                                            Make TIME for each other

                                                                           Gather at a Holiday Party

                                                                    

                                                                          Dance

                                                                         Enjoy Music

                                                                       Take a bubble bath!

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My Christmas Mantel

                                                                My Christmas Mantel

man·tel also man·tle  (mntl)

n.

1. An ornamental facing around a fireplace. Also called regionally mantelpiece.

2. The protruding shelf over a fireplace. Also called mantelpiece, mantelshelf; also called regionally fireboard.

Usually you would have a fireplace but we don't have one in our cottage.  We did have a fireplace but during this cottages reno they took it out to add the master bedroom and bath.  Gosh, I wish they would have kept it...we could use it.

So what is a girl to do.  I took the literal definition on #2, mantel shelf, the protruding shelf over "a fireplace".  Okay, I have a protruding shelf over my buffet...it will work.

                                                                             

                             Peace My Dear Friends, Di
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