Merry Christmas! And a free Christmas cupcake topper printable

Hello everyone!

So sorry about the late post. I was planning on getting this up wayyy before Christmas so that people could actually, you know, use them for Christmas. Alas, that was not to be, but I figured I should share them now anyways so that maybe you can use them for next Christmas! And now you have 365 days to plan ahead! ;)

So the reason I fell behind on posting these is I kept planning on baking the actual cupcakes and making the home made frosting, making the toppers and posting them. I had already done it for my office's Christmas party this year, and had snapped a few pics of them (in my office!), but I was planning a whole photoshoot to get some real nice pics. However, since that proved next to impossible, I decided to just share a few of the pics I took from work, so please excuse the less than stellar shots!

These were a great hit at work and everyone loved them! I piped a swirl with Wilton's 1M tip, and sprinkled some white snowflake sprinkles on some of the cupcakes and left some plain. I then stuck on the printable cupcake toppers. Everyone was really impressed with it and I even got asked more than once if I had purchased them from somewhere! WIN FOR ME! :D

Anyways without further adu, here are some pics of the final result, followed with a link to the actual free Christmas printable. What you want to do is to either print it either at home or at a printing centre (I printed at Staples!), preferably using thicker stock paper, then cut out, and stick on to lolly sticks or toothpicks. Easy as that! If you do end up trying them please send me a pic - I would love to see it! :) Merry Christmas! 

A FREE Christmas Printable! Its a series of super cute christmas themed cupcake toppers you can print at home! Great for a fancy looking treat to take to a Christmas Party!
A FREE Christmas Printable! Its a series of super cute christmas themed cupcake toppers you can print at home! Great for a fancy looking treat to take to a Christmas Party!

Free Printable - Christmas themed Santa's Milk and Cookies

 

Hello my Lovelies,

Look what I made! A Christmas themed printable. Just for you :)

 

A Free Printable for Christmas! Print out and stick on a Label for Santa's Milk, Santa's Cookies, and some magical reindeer food! ;)

 

Its a cute little printable that I'm sure kids (and adults alike) will love! Its a really quick and easy craft which you can make with the kiddos on Christmas eve. This year instead of just putting out a glass of milk with a plate of cookies why not get more creative - I'm sure Santa will be pleased! ;)

A Free Printable for Christmas! Print out and stick on a Label for Santa's Milk, Santa's Cookies, and some magical reindeer food! ;)

 

One of them is a printable for 'Santa's Milk', the other is a printable for 'Santa's Cookies', and an extra bonus for Santa's reindeer! Santa might get well fed on Christmas Eve, but what about poor Rudolph and Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen ? Carrying all those gifts can be pretty tiring, so why not leave out some baby carrots or other treats for some Magical Reindeer food!

A FREE Printable for Christmas! Print out and stick on a Label for Santa's Milk, Santa's Cookies, and some magical reindeer food! ;)

 

And since 'tis the season' , I'm sharing these printables with you free of charge! :) Enjoy and please feel free to share with me pictures of how they turned out either through the comments or email, or even through my social media....I would love to see how they turn out!

 

Happy Crafting and Happy Holidays :)

A Free Christmas Printable! Print out and stick on a Label for Santa's Milk, Santa's Cookies and Magical Reindeer food! A great fun little craft for the kids for Christmas Eve!

 

And in case you would like to pin this ;)

 

A fun little christmas printable ! And more importantly its free ;) Its a great DIY craft to do with kids on Christmas eve :) Santa's Milks, Santa's Cookies, and Magical reindeer food!

Super Soft Thumbprint Butter Cookies

These cookies are seriously sooo quick and easy to throw together (only 5 ingredients!) and make the yummiest melt in your mouth butter cookies. These thumbprint cookies are a great addition to my Christmas cookie plate!

OH. EM. GEE. 

YA GUYS. These cookies. They are to die for. Not only are they super soft and just *melt* in your mouth, they are super, duper, easy to make. Like I'm talking ONLY 5 ingredients! It's so easy and has ingredients that any basic pantry would have. This may lead you to think "well it can't be so good if it's so basic". But you would be wrong, friend. Very wrong. 

I like to make a batch of these to take to work around the holidays and they are always a great hit. Its a very simple cookie and appeals to most palettes, and you would be hard pressed to find someone who 'hates' soft melt in your mouth butter cookies. In fact they were so good my health conscious boss even asked for seconds!

These cookies are thrown together real quick but make a really nice, smooth, easy to work with dough. I used my kitchen aid mixer, but you can of course use a regular mixer. Its just a basic 'mix your butter with sugar, beat, then add the rest' kind of recipe. The result is a super delicious butter cookie that melts in your mouth. They are great both warm and cooled. They aren't too sweet so its a great 'base' cookie - the cookie itself is soft and melt-y, but you can add other treats to make it sweet such as jam, chocolate, and icing sugar.

Its a great Christmas cookie recipe, but honestly I would have them all year round. Its a great base so I plan on trying different recipes in the next little while to see how they come along. So if you are looking for a great quick and easy Christmas cookie look no further than these soft butter cookies. Ok. I think I might have accidentally over hyped these cookies, thus causing extremely high expectations that no cookie could live up to. Forget what I said. They are just 'meh' cookies. 'Meh' cookies that I highly suggest you make ;)

 

These cookies are seriously sooo quick and easy to throw together (only 5 ingredients!) and make the yummiest melt in your mouth butter cookies. These thumbprint cookies are a great addition to my Christmas cookie plate!
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Soft Thumbprint Butter Cookies

Ingredients: 

  • 1 cup softened salted butter (BE SURE to use butter - no margarine here please!)
  • ½ cup icing sugar, plus a little more for dusting the cookies at the end
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ cup jam (any flavour but I usually use Strawberry or Raspberry)
  1. Preheat oven to 325°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Be sure to do this because unlike other cookies made with a high butter base these cookies stick to the pan!

  2. In a bowl (or your kitchen aid mixer with the paddle attachment), beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and salt. Switch to low and gently mix in flour, just until combined - you don't want to over mix!

  3. Roll balls of dough into 1-inch balls (about 1 tablespoon each). Place dough balls on parchment lined baking sheets. Press down the center of each ball with your thumb (they are thumbprint cookies after all!). I have also used the back side of my teaspoon measuring spoon before too!

  4. Fill centers with a teaspoonful of the jam of your choice. Bake 12-15 minutes, making sure to not over bake. The baking of these cookies is a bit special - when they are ready they wont look ready because they wont get golden brown on the tops. That's ok. We don't want them to! When it gets golden on the top it means its over baked and will result in a dry cookie. Instead, to check if the cookie are ready carefully check the undersides to see if they are golden. If the cookie lifts (it wont if its not baked) and is golden underneath you are good to go! Let them cool on the baking sheet, then transfer to cooling rack.

  5. When cookies are completely cooled (otherwise it will melt into the cookies), dust with icing sugar. Cookies can be kept in a container for a few days (though they probably wont last that long!)

If you try the other flavours let me know how they turned out :)


These cookies are seriously sooo quick and easy to throw together (only 5 ingredients!) and make the yummiest melt in your mouth butter cookies. These thumbprint cookies are a great addition to my Christmas cookie plate!
quick and easy Christmas cookie recipe anyone? Super soft butter cookies that just melt in your mouth :)




FREE Christmas Holiday Gift Tag Printable!

LOOKIE what I made! :)

 

free holiday gift tage


Today I was sipping on my tea in the local coffee shop, watching all the people walk about doing their holiday shopping, when I suddenly got inspired to make some lovely gift tags! With all that money spent buying the perfect gift why spend more for some gift tags? Especially when you can just make them at home (and give it that extra home made level of love), and most importantly - its free! 

Thats right. In the spirit of the holidays I have decided to make some lovely gift tags available for FREE! :D YAY! Consider it my holiday gift, from me, to you! 


 

Just click HERE to download the pdf and print on some nice card stock paper. And follow these simple steps:

 

1) Gather materials - printed tags, ribbon, one hole punch (or use just one hole of a regular hole puncher), pair of scissors, and something to write with!

2) Cut out the tags you like. I was sure to make some that include both christmas themes and general holiday themes to suit everyone on your list! :)

3) Hole punch the top part

4) Thread some ribbon, and Success! You have made your own gift tag!

 

I really enjoyed making this so please let me know if you used it and like it :) I just might add a matching napkin holder next week!