Cookie Exchange

Every year (for the past 8 years) the women in my family get together around the holidays to share in one another's favorite baked goodies. For my cookie of choice this year I decided to tackle the gingerbread variety. In part because I love anything with ginger in it and my favorite part is the decorating. I used this recipe from Martha Stewart, because one it calls for fresh and ground ginger and because I loved the photo as a source for decorating inspiration. You can find more if you pick up this months issue of Good Housekeeping too :) I decided to make and bake the cookies at my place so that we could relax and really enjoy decorating them the next day together. Today I have for you some of the cookie exchange highlights.

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Weekly Roundup

Good Housekeeping

Happy Friday everyone! This day couldn't come fast enough for me. I have so much to do, so many things dancing around in my head. Tonight I am making gingerbread dough so I can relax and take my time decorating them tomorrow at my family's annual cookie baking exchange. I'm so excited and will try to take photos of the event, if my hands aren't to covered in icing. I know I promised you to show you what I'm crafting up with my thrifted sweaters (and am also in the works to complete those tonight too!) To help keep my spirits lifted today at work I've been listening to this jazzy take on Christmas songs. I highly recommend playing it in the background as you work through your day today :) Happy Friday, cheers to a great weekend!

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