My friend Barb from The Every Day Home Blog invited me to her Christmas Cookie Exchange Party so I’ve pulled this old recipe for Apricot Pinwheel Cookies out of the Christmas Cookie archives, dusted it off, and am sharing it at the party! These cookies are an old family favorite. Apricot Pinwheel Cookies were my absolute favorite Christmas Cookie when I… View Post
Meaningful Gift Giving
Full Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, meaning that if you make a purchase after clicking through, Create & Babble may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks for helping to support this site! Meaningful gift giving. I love the sound of that. What does that phrase mean to you? To me, meaningful gift giving says to the recipient that they… View Post
How to Make Christmas Stockings From Old Sweaters
There is a brand new thrift store in my town and I love it. It’s huge! Not only is it huge, it’s so nicely organized. And clean. But best of all: it doesn’t smelly funny. You know what I mean. You’ve been in those thrift stores, right? They smell a little funky? Not this one. It is big, bright, clean, like… View Post
DIY Winter Candle Holder
I am up to my elbows in Christmas crafts and decorations! And it sure is fun . . . most of the time. Especially when things go according to plan. Not so much when they don’t. I saw a really pretty winter scene candle holder in Lowe’s last week when I went to pick up some paint. It was only… View Post
How to Make Old Sweaters into New Pillows
This was going to be a post about Christmas sweater pillows. I was going to buy a bunch of used red and green pillows from the thrift store and make Christmas pillows. But while I was at the thrift store, I had another idea for those sweaters. Come back on Sunday and see what I did with those sweaters. In… View Post