Category Archives: Christmas
Delicious Dairy Dalahäst
God Jul! Many of my Christmas traditions are Scandinavian due to my family heritage, especially the food, but they don’t lend themselves to much original edible art…but this year for my Holiday Happy Hour I made Delicious Dairy Dalahäst with … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, christmas2015, cream cheese, dala horse, Dalahäst, edibleart, painting, rosemaling, scandinavian
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Holiday Happy Hour 2015
I took a break for 2014, so I was eager to have my Holiday Happy Hour again in 2015! This year had a theme…Crystals & Diamonds! Not only do they go well with ice and snow, but December 13th, 2015, … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, christmas2015, cookies, decor, food, icicles, jingle bells, parties, projection, recipes, reindeer, santa, scandinavian, snow
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Frozen Fractals Sugared Snowflakes
Ever since my mom bought me a fun set of modular mix and match to design your own snowflake cookie cutters, I have had great fun making these Sugared Snowflakes at Christmas time, even though the intricate piping can take … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Cinema Brittahytta, Edible Art, Parties, Recipes
Tagged christmas, cinema brittahytta, cookies, crystal, frozen, ice, recipes, snow, snowflakes, sugar
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Holiday Happy Hour 2013
My Holiday Happy Hour was the first week of December this year. So many years it’s been too warm inside for my holiday party even to light candles, let alone turn on the furnace, but this year’s chill more than … Continue reading
Lighted Presents
For several years I have wanted glowing lighted presents for Christmas yard decorations, but all I found for sale were ones you could see the points of light inside them, and they weren’t big enough anyway. I decided I would … Continue reading
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Tagged box, christmas, christmas2013, decor, halloween, halloween2013, lighting, presents, projects
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Astoria-Style Scandinavian Pickled Alaskan Salmon
Pickled herring is the standard Scandinavian delicacy, but I grew up with a big jar of “pickled fish” always at Christmas at my Grandma Peterson’s house. All of us Peterson cousins would pick out the pink meat from all the … Continue reading
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Tagged fish, pickle, recipes, salmon, scandinavia, smorgabritta
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Holiday Happy Hour 2012
Holiday Happy Hour 2012 last week was another fun evening with 29 adults & 7 kids! Since the last-minute decorate-your-own cookies was so popular last year, I planned ahead with easier gingerbread shapes and a warmer location this year, and … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, christmas2012, cookies, gingerbread, parties, recipes
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Caroling Cookies on Etsy!
Just in time for your Christmas baking, here are Caroling Cookies pre-printed frosting sheets! A caroling we will go! Sing along with your favorite Christmas carols, then snack on the songbook! (Actual cookies not included in your purchase.) Single pre-printed … Continue reading
Giant Gingerbread Holiday House
After spending over 50 hours creating the Ghoulish Gingerbread Haunted House for Halloween, I decided it would be really fun to keep it around for awhile and redecorate it for Christmas! Keeping it safe from kitties for so long was … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, christmas2011, edibleart, gingerbread
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Holiday Happy Hour 2011
Another Holiday Happy Hour was a grand evening with 33 adults & 7 kids throughout the evening! The mini gingerbread Holiday Houses appeared for the second year in a row, this time as a decorate-your-own activity with all sorts of … Continue reading
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Tagged christmas, christmas2011, gingerbread, parties, recipes
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