Sorry I haven’t been posting much lately. Christmas present making has been keeping me super busy -Remind me again why I decided to make them all this year? I just don’t know if I am going to be able to get them all done. With only 11 days left I am definitely beginning to wonder.

Anyhow, here are a few ornaments I made for our tree this year.  I made them back in November and I have been meaning to share them ever since. We all had a lot of fun making them, even though they didn’t really turn out the way I thought they would. The picture on the site where I got the idea, may have been a tad bit misleading.

Most of the ones I made got so puffy that the cut out middle practically disappeared, and some of the others didn’t have enough crushed Jolly Ranchers in the middle so the cookie kind of absorbed it all…but hey! A few of them still worked out!!!

Plus…and this is a BIG plus…they were super good to eat! You would think that the melted Jolly Rancher center would make them really hard, but they were super chewy and the whole cookie had a really yummy candy flavor. YUM. Oh, let me say that again YUM YUM YUM!

Find the complete tutorial and FANTASTIC sugar cookie recipe at RD.com

(I am SO excited for todays post! Today we are having our very first EVER guest blogger here on FloralShowers. Wahoo! Thank you so much Kristine for sharing your talent with us! Hope you all enjoy:)

I was honored that Anne invited me to be a guest blogger for floralshowers.  For those of you that don’t know me, My name is Kristine McKay.  I am currently a contributor for Studio 5, which is a local morning show here in Utah.  I do craft segments for them.  My Career in the craft world started in the scrapbooking industry.  I have worked with various companies as a designer and a product developer.  My specialty was developing kits for QVC and the Home shopping network.  I love the craft world.  However, I found that while I enjoy the business my true passion is found in the creative process and sharing that process with others.  So, I stepped away from the business aspect and started my adventure in blogging, contributing for Studio 5, and sharing my experiences through public speaking.  I have found that life is not about “finding yourself” . . . it is about “creating” yourself.  There is nothing more fulfilling than the process of “creating”.

I am thrilled that Anne has decided to share her talents with others and that she invited me to share a couple of quick projects with you.

There is something magical about Christmas that is best described in one word, “nostalgic”. When I think about Christmas, my memories  often turn to  my childhood.  One memory that comes to mind is of my grandmother, who was never without her pearls and matching purse.  She was born in 1903 and lived through the depression to become quite the “Queen of Thrift”.  She was a woman with style but little means and found beauty even in the smallest things.  One of my favorite things to do with my grandmother at Christmas was to look through her “card books”.  She would save and collect Christmas cards by gluing them onto the pages of old magazines.  When the pages were completely covered with cards you would never knew that it was an old magazine binding them together.  It was this memory that inspired the Christmas ornament below.  My poor grandmother probably would have had a heart attack that I cut up a perfectly good book, but I’m a new kind of thrify and the book would have ended up at good will.  So, by repurposing it and turning it into something beautiful . . . I hope my Grandma would be proud.

Thanks Anne,

Kristine

Kmckaydesigns.com