Christmas Boutique Tour(Day #1)Mrs. Claus' Kitchen

Since we pretty much finished our Home Tour of
what kind of things I make & decorate my house
with during the Christmas Season..I thought you might
like to tour my home when I have my Annual Santa's
Gift Shoppe Christmas Boutique...So let's see what
you'd find if you came shopping to Santa's Gift Shoppe
the first FRI/SAT of each Dec.
****If you are in Central California..come join us..
we have a blast!!!

First stop is going to be Mrs. Claus' Kitchen..
You can probably smell all the Cinnamon Rolls,
Steaming Hot Wassail, Breads, Cookies &
Candies..

Don't those Chocolate/Peanut Clusters
just call out to you???

BELOW: Is looking in from the living room to Mrs.
Claus' Kitchen..These are some of the things you'll
find..
Cinnamon Rolls..with lots of creamy frosting
Breads of All Kinds: Cinnamon Bread (Sm/Lg),
Banana Nut, Cranberry, Date, & Pumpkin
1st place Award Winning Jams (County Fair)
300 jars of 15 different blends...
Salsa..3 kinds
Choc/Walnut Biscotti
Choc/white Peanut Clusters...
Choc/Mint Walnut Brownies
English Toffee...4 kinds of Fudge...
Misc. Cookies
Fun Gifts..like Snowman Soup..Reindeer Food..
Mrs. Claus' Kisses..Elf's Favorite Snack..
Santa's Favorite Hot Chocolate.....

Below: We also have some other things

besides Food...We have a great assortment

of fun Aprons for Mom, Grandma, Auntie

& a matching one for your Daughter, Niece,

Grand-daughter..There's count down items,

trees, wreaths, snowmen, Santa's, angels...

But FOOD was our main VISUAL today.

*****Many of these items can be shipped to you

from the blog...with the exception of Food products...

We are in the process of adding a

Shopping cart to the blog for your Christmas

Shopping convenience...Coming Soon!!! We

are going to be making some changes on the

blog...so please bare with us...

Getting hungry yet?????????

Christmas Recipes/Hall/Bath

In the Christmas Kitchen..Let's stop & get
some of my Favorite Christmas Recipes to share...
(Above) Is my "Chocolate Trifle Tower"
For the RECIPE CLICK HERE

(Below) Are my Fast/Easy "Chocolate
Peanut Clusters" ONLY 2 INGREDIENTS!!
For the RECIPE CLICK HERE...

(Below) Are party gifts for our "Christmas
Party" Guests..My husband & I have carried
on a tradition that my parents started when
I was young & that was to have a Buffet Dinner
for friends/neighbors. We usually have between
35-40 guests...We have been doing this for 20 yrs
& just LOOK FORWARD TO IT EACH YEAR!

Leaving the Kitchen Area..we are going into the hall

where hanging over us is our "Christmas Mop

Angel"

(Below) We are entering the Bath..

Who in their right mind would be

showing their bathroom?? I am

showing you..so that you can have

some fun decorating in the bath too!

By just putting a few touches here

& there it really makes the bath

as festive as the rest of the house!

Here I just put a Poinsettia (real or

silk) & a Christmas Tree (middle

size..about 20") One of my Favorite

things to make are Alpine Christmas

Trees 2', 3', 4', & 5' Tall.. (Below)Is my "Christmas Elf Clock"
He is made with Card stock, scraps of fabric,

red yarn, glue, small clock, black felt, couple

of buttons, a fine felt tip marker, & a bell.

Sorry I don't have a tutorial..He was made

before blogs!

Then moving down the hallway we have

our Welcoming X-Stitch Sign (I love

Cross-stitch) & a Snowman Quilt I made

a few years back..I LOVE Quilts &

Snowmen too!!!

(Below) Underneath the wall hanging is a

favorite little spot of mine where we have a bench

with goodies & gifts to give out when people stop by.

(Below) On each side of the bench we have

another one of my Favorite things to make...

Wooden Toy Soldiers! They take alot of

time & work but are SO Cute when they are

finished! My sister I think has bought 6 or

more from me & lines them up outside her

house & they are TOO CUTE for words!!

Coming to a close of our third day of

the tour..is the end of the hallway..

We have 2 pillars on either side of a round

table with my Decorator Alpine 2' tree,

sleigh, & a "Christmas Book..Christmas

Jars"..If you haven't read it you should.

It's wonderful!! Great tear jerker!!

Chocolate Peanut Clusters

Would you like to give a FAST & EASY "Special
Treat" to someone you love on Mother's Day?
Here it is...It could not be any easier than this. Can
you believe that there are only 2 ingredients???

1 pkg. Candy Melts (found @ Walmart, Michaels)
1 c. Planters Roasted Peanuts (salted, or lightly salted)
**(You will need wax paper & a baking sheet, too)

Directions:
1) Take a full pkg. of candy melts and microwave on

50% power for 1 min. Continue to do this every 30

sec. until completely melted (stirring at each interval)

2) Stir peanuts into melted chocolate..

SEE BELOW:

3) With a teaspoon.. scoop some melted Chocolate
& Peanut mixture on to a baking sheet lined with

wax paper.
SEE BELOW:

4) Let Cool..(I put them in the refrigerator to speed

up the process) To plate the finished candy....put on

a heart plate with a white heart doily.

Like the plate??? I got mine at Walmart (they have

Red & Pink...) HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!

Enjoy...These are Yummmmmmmmmy!!!!!!