Nothing says "Happy Holidays" like the AMAZING Recipes in The Motherhood's Holiday Rice Krispies Recipe Challenge

"Rice Krispies Holiday Showstoppers"

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Please check out all the awesomeness on TheMotherhood's Rice Krispies Recipe Challenge Circle! Our team of incredible bloggers did such an AMAZING, AMAZING job. You will be inspired to create a yummy masterpiece of your own, we guarantee it!

Here are the pastry chefs extraordinare: 

Alicia Hagan, The Mommy Insider: http://www.themommyinsider.com

Amanda Acuna, Mommy Mandy: http://www.mommymandy.com
Amanda White, Oh Amanda: http://ohamanda.com/
Amy McGuire, The Finer Things in Life: http://amysfinerthings.com/ 
Beth Davis, The Plus Size Mommy: http://www.theplussizemommy.com
Briana Carter, Bargain Briana: http://bargainbriana.com
Dariela Cruz, Mami Talks (guest posting on Modern Mami):http://www.mamitalks.com/ and http://modernmami.com
Jen Murray, Quatro Mama: http://4tunate.net
Jenna Gaskill, A Mom's Balancing Act: http://www.momsbalancingact.com
Jennifer Matuska, Mommy Instincts: http://www.mommyinstincts.com
Jenny Rapson, Mommin’ It Up: http://momminitup.com/
Jodi Grundig, Mom’s Favorite Stuff:http://www.momsfavoritestuff.com/index.php/
Karen Coutu, 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires: http://www.3garnets2sapphires.com
Kate Marsh Lord, The Shopping Mama: http://theshoppingmama.com
Kathy Sykes, A Wife, A Mother, A First Lady: http://wifemotherfirstlady.com/
Kelly Whalen, Centsible Life: http://www.thecentsiblelife.com/
Kelsey Banfield, Naptime Chef: http://www.thenaptimechef.com/
Kimberly Ortiz, Pretty Pink Momma: http://prettypinkmomma.blogspot.com
Kim Janocko, Crafty Mom of 4: http://www.craftymamaof4.com/ 
Maricris Guadagna, Zen Mama Ventures: http://zenforyou.dalefg.net
Melissa Angert, Girlymama: http://www.girlymama.typepad.com/
Mel Tuttle, Mel's Box of Chocolates: http://www.melsboxofchocolates.com
Monica Brady, Mommy Brain Reports: http://www.mommybrainreports.com
Renae Chiovaro, Inexpensively: http://inexpensively.com/
Robyn Wright, Robyn's Online World: http://www.robynsonlineworld.com/ 
Sara Breuninger, Deal’icious Mom: http://dealiciousmom.com
Shannon Snow, Coupon Princess: http://www.couponprincess.net/
Shannon Steen-Larsen, The Mommy Files: http://www.themommy-files.com/
Tricia Callahan, Once a Month Mom: http://onceamonthmom.com/ 
Vanessa Druckman, ChefDruck Musings: http://chefdruck.blogspot.com/ 

Thank you everyone for being a part of such a fun and delicious project!!!!!!

Happy holidays!

DIY, cont.

How is it that Christmas is almost 10 days away? There were busy DIY elves working away this weekend, no doubt. There was lots of activity in Cooper's house!

Here are some updates from Cooper's basement:

Charm bracelets for the grandmas:

This was so easy to make. I found nice, inexpensive charm bases and glass beads to fit. The boys made happy faces and hearts and with a little glue, presto - a treasure!

The kids also made a few Tic Tac Toe boards from tile I found at Lowes (for about $1.50 a piece) and some stones. They look so great!

Here is another Japanese Washi tape project my daughter made:

I'm making necklaces from drapery pullbacks (seriously, they are awesome). I love them:

I had to share this -- Here is one of our old holiday cards I found stored away in the decorations. We made this seven years ago, but it is still my favorite:

Homemade Holidays

We are loving our Homemade Holidays circle (started by the amazing Brandie), a conversation that has inspired us SO many times through the last few years with awesome ideas. Homemade Holidays has in fact made both of us focus most of our holiday giving on handmade presents, which has added a wonderful element (and A LOT OF WORK) to the holidays.

This year we are loving Japanese Washi masking tape. It is cool and easy for kids to make great presents:

Here are a couple goodies by Cooper's 6 year old. So fun!

Old books from Goodwill make GORGEOUS gifts (not too hard to do, a little time consuming)  

What are you making this year? We need ideas! In the meantime -- Happy Homemade Holidays!!!!!!

 

Fantastic Holiday Gift Ideas From Everyone in TheMotherhood

Thanks to Treehugger.com and Cool Mom Picks for hosting an amazingly creative and inspiring Talk on holiday gift ideas for the holidays!

Here are few of the highlights - -

My favorite gift this year is to my parents. They don't really NEED anything, but since they've just moved to a new city, we are getting them season tickets to the symphony. I think this will be a great way to introduce them to the community, and it's not another tie or sweater that will get packed away with all the other gifts from Christmas past...

- If you think about it, what we really treasure are memories as opposed to stuff someone buys in a store!

- Buy someone new to an area one of the discount coupon books for their city or region. They can get restaurant meals for half off, discover new stores to shop, get discounted sports or recreational opportunities, etc.

- My parents love getting gift certificates to hotels near our house - it's a little reason to “vacation” near us, and the kids have fun seeing them, playing in the pool and getting room service.

- My one gift for my mother this year is decorating her house for the holidays.

- A friend of mine painted her roommate's room as a Christmas gift one year - it was something the other girl had been meaning to do for months and didn't have time for!

Here's a link to the full Talk - http://www.themotherhood.com/talk/show/id/62108