Happy Christmas Eve Everyone....sharing some of my baking....

Hi Everyone....

Happy Christmas Eve!!!! I am sharing some of my baking with you all today....I wish I could send you all a plate of these so you can share them with your families and friends....

This is the Happiest time of the year for me....I am inspired and love to create each and every day....

I have one last thing to do...I am baking a snowman cake.....and then I will be all done....playing beautiful Christmas songs all day long....enjoying special time with my amazing family....waiting for Santa and waiting to celebrate the Birthday of Jesus!!!!

Wishing you all an amazing Christmas!!! Thank you all for being here....

Happy Christmas Eve and Happy Creating Everyone!!!

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Time for a break.....

Hi Everyone!!!!

Hope you had a wonderful Holiday with your Family and Friends.....We enjoyed an extended long weekend of festivities and fun with our Families and Friends.....now I am a bit run down from all of the rushing around and fun.....so I am keeping my pyjamas on all day and doing nothing!!! sounds pretty good doesn't it....we have all indulged and enjoyed all kinds of yummy treats this Holiday too.....so now it is time to just relax and get back into the swing of things.....

Today I think I will do something.....I have a date with my sketchbook that I have ignored for a few days....we have a lot to catch up on!!!!

Happy Tuesday and Happy Creating!!!

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The traditions started...and now we wait for the big day....Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!

Hi Everyone....it is amazing how quickly time flies....hard to imagine that Christmas is already here.....wow!!!!

I would like to wish you and your families all the best during the Holidays....your friendships and visits have been so welcoming and warm and I am ever so grateful to have met so many amazing people through blogging......

May you all enjoy each and every moment of this Magical time and share in old traditions and create new ones that many can pass down and enjoy for years to come......I wish you all Happiness and Health and Prosperity....and may you all enjoy the true meaning of this amazing time of year....


I created this special Angel to send you all blessings during the holidays and throughout 2011....

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!!!!

Cole and I started a tradition his first Christmas....we bake together....now that he is older he is my sous chef and he loves to help make these yummy treats for our family and for Santa !!!

Here are some of our yummy creations....

Vanilla and spicy Christmas trees....and below...some chocolate thumbprint cookies with peppermint chocolate ganache and crushed candy canes....yummy!!!!

and you know how much Cole and I love snowmen...so this is our new snowman cookie design for 2010....

some Anise gifts....my favorite recipe I came up with............

my spicy gingerbread cookies......

and this special plate I made for Cole on his first Christmas....we use it each year for Santa's treats!!!!

and one more of our traditions is to head over to a park that is lit up!!! We have been going for years now...and it is always fun to sip hot drinks and walk around and see all the cool lights and decorations.....

 

and how can you get even more Canadian....with one of these cool Moose....all decked out for the holidays too!!!!

and Santa and his reindeer are all ready for the big night!!!!

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Some free gift tags for all of my wonderful blog friends....Happy Holidays!!!

Hi Everyone....I have been getting into a lot of fun projects for the Holidays and attending all kinds of fun parties and events...so in the Spirit of the Season I created some freebies for all of you....you can print these out and cut them and add them to all of your gifts...from cookies to presents to bottles of wine....

just click on the pictures above and you will head to a PDF that you can save and print to your hearts content!!!

Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season!!!!

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IF - Mail ....Mice on ice with Sammy the Bluebird and their Mail to Santa.....and our Angel has his first school play........

Here is a piece I finished tonight....Mice on Ice.....I am all about the skating these days and as you can see what you have on your mind...comes out on paper when you're an illustrator.....hope you love these cute little mice and Sammy the Bluebird.....they are all ready for the Holidays.....they are ready to mail their letters to Santa!!!! My IF piece for this week...the theme is mail.....

Cole had his first ever school play and it was so so sweet!!! he played an Angel in the Nativity and recited a sweet little song....It melted my heart as anything with him involved does.....I am so blessed to be a Mom and so blessed to share in these moments that take my breath away....

my heart grows bigger with each new experience with Cole......

I am so grateful each and every day......
Happy Holidays!!!!!

oh and every year I add this link....you will be singing this song all day!!! Have a wonderful day!!!!

and since the song is all about Santa....some photos from our visits with Santa this year....

and one of the biggest Gingerbread cookies ever...lol

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