Thursday, May 01, 2025

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Vintage Cookie Tin Hostess Gift

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I first shared this on Instagram as a gift to bring someone hosting Easter but honestly? This gift is good for anything: birthdays, hostess gift, teacher appreciation - heck, just to say hi with! 

VINTAGE COOKIE TIN HOSTESS GIFT

The vintage cookie tin is from HomeGoods and totally inspired this! If you know me, you know I love a good vintage piece and this tin truly does give that vibe. Not only is the tin adorable but it was only $5.99 and the butter cookies inside are incredible. Does anyone remember these from when they were little? I think they came in a circular blue tin. Ugh, so good. Anywho, wrap this gift up with a super cute, festive ribbon and attach a tag on it (I am obsessed with the ones from ThreadMama) and gift away!

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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Spring Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Chip Cookies

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There is just something about a chocolate chip cookie that I can't resist. Homemade is always best but I truly cannot get enough of Tollhouse cookies. They bring back so many memories of when I was little! I was so excited to find these spring edition cookies because they were dye-free and not too many of the fun, festive seasonal cookies are. High-five, Tollhouse!

 

Friday, February 14, 2025

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Teddy Bear Cookies

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Have you guys seen these cutie teddy bear cookies that went viral for Valentine's Day? They are the easiest things I have ever made and only take three ingredients and a few minutes to come together. 🧸

TEDDY BEAR COOKIES

Three ingredients: sugar cookie dough, chocolate chip cookie dough and mini chocolate chips!

INGREDIENTS:

• Sweet Loren's Barbie Pink Sugar Cookie Dough (my son made sugar cookie dough for this but I highly recommend anything from Sweet Loren's)
• Sweet Loren's Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough (we had their limited edition Valentine's Day dough for this but again, anything from Sweet Loren's is amazing and this is the closest you can find)
  
• mini chocolate chips
  

DIRECTIONS:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 325 and let the cookie dough sit out for a few minutes. I like to do this just so it's a little bit more moldable to make into teddy bears.
2. Roll the cookie dough pieces from each type of dough in to a ball. Keep two dough balls of each kind to the side for the ears and snout.
3. Place them on a cookie sheet with parchment paper, spacing them about an inch between.
4. Flatten each one with your palm into a circle.
5. Start taking pieces of the dough balls that you put to the side and create ears. I made two small balls and pushed them down on top of the head.
6. With the opposite type of dough (ie: if you have a sugar cookie head, you'd use chocolate chip cookie dough for the inner ears and snout), go ahead and make the inner ears and snout.
7. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
8. Once the cookies are cooled, pop the mini chocolate chips in for the eyes and the nose.
9. Enjoy!

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

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Valentine's Day Occasions Bin

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One of our favorite "new" traditions for almost every holiday since the kids were little is creating an occasions bin. The occasions bin idea came from Occasions By Shakira (she is amazing!) and we've incorporated it into every single holiday since!

Sunday, January 19, 2025

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Gift Guide: For Toddler Girls (4 years old)

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The last gift guide is for little chickadees (2-4 years old)! Again, I know these are way past Christmas but I recommend coming back if you need suggestions for upcoming birthdays. Best part of sharing a gift guide way past Christmas is at least I can let you know if it was a hit or miss! 

Friday, January 17, 2025

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Gift Guide: The Little Guys (6-8 years old)

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Moving onto to B's gift guide! Again, I know I'm sharing these way after Christmas but might  I suggest using these as a good reference for birthday gifts this year? The plus side to sharing after the holidays? I can let you know if they were an actual hit or a big miss.