Christmas Cookies

I just used the recipe from Quaker Oats "vanishing oatmeal raisin cookies." I omitted the raisins and added M&Ms and chopped pecans.

Christmas Cookies
adapted from Quaker Oats

2 sticks room temperature butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3 cups uncooked Quaker Oats
1 cup M&M's milk chocolate candies for the holidays
3/4 cups chopped pecans

Heat oven to 350 F
Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together. Set aside.
Beat butter and sugars until creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla.
Add combined dry ingredients.
Stir in M&M's and pecans.
Brop by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.

Homemade gift # 2

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

I made my own recipe. I did some trial and error to get the right taste. The only thing missing is the homemade marshmallows. Lol.

Deployent project Week #9

Homemade Gift # 1

First, I made Christmas Cookie mix. I got the recipe from Bakerella.

Christmas Cookie Mix.

I bought the paper at Michael's when I had the 50% off coupon.

I made my own label.

Sugar Cookies # 3

We had a cookie exchange a week ago. It was my first time and I had a blast! It was nice to chat and socialize with AWESOME ladies! I think I did good on talking to some of them. (I was still kinda looking for my comfort zone so sometimes I was just quiet and listened to them). ;)

So for the cookie exchange, I decided to make some sugar cookies. I have lots of blogs who I admire who make cakes and cookies and decorate them. One of the blogs I admire and wish that I was good as her when it comes on decorating cookies is Munchkin Munchies. She's the mother inlaw of a friend of mine from BYUH. Her Christmas cookies are so cute and so delicate!

She even made some SPONGEBOB cookies!

So yeah, I still have a very long road to become one of them. ;) My husband told me that it takes time and patience. Hmm... For how long though? Lol.

Here's the cookies I made. I used Sue's recipe and it's really a no fail sugar cookie recipe! The only problem I had was the icing. I didn't follow her direction about drying the icing overnight. I only dried mine for a couple of hours. It looked dry but it wasn't. Some of the cookies I brought were ruined. Oh well, I learned my lesson! The picture just shows one dozen but I actually made 3 dozen. I brought 2 dozens at the cookie exchange and Arianna and I had the rest. :)

Deployment Project # 8

Decorative Tealight Candles

It's a super easy project and very affordable! I found this idea on this blog. I purchase the vanilla cookies tealight candles at Walmart. The only thing I didn't do was melt the tissue paper on top of the tealights so it's easy to peel.

Deployment Project Week # 7

Hair Clips

This week's project, I decided to use materials that I already have. The only thing I bought was the clips.

Materials I used:

I used metal single prong clips, ribbons, glue gun and embellishments such as flowers and the crocheted butterfly. (I wanna give a shout out to my friend Emily who let me borrow her glue gun! Thanks Emily!)

All I did was glue the ribbon around the clip.

Then, I glued the crocheted butterfly that I made. Make sure you glue it well.  

Cute hair clips for my daughter!

Deployment Project Week # 6

Hurricane Vases

It's week # 6 and my husband is still on deployment.. BOO!!! I miss him every single day. Doing small project every week helps me make the days go by fast! I can't wait for my husband to come home.

Anyway, for this week's project, I decided to make some hurricane vases. I followed the tutorial on how to make inexpensive hurricane vases here.

I bought the vases and the candle holders at a thrift store and the dollar tree store. I got the holiday candles at Walmart.

I am so happy with how they turned out. The hurricane vases are so cute!