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 in July (Tour day #2/Kitchen/Fast/Easy Tips)

Continuing on with our Christmas in July
Tour Day 2..we are entering the Kitchen
where I smell Gingerbread baking in the
oven...Can you smell it??? In the above
photo we are looking back into the Living
room..Notice the applique "Noel" wall
hanging on the entryway into the kitchen.
I have had that for many yrs. & love the
memories every time I put it up.

Upon entering the kitchen the china hutch has

my Christmas Village collection of dinnerware

that is so festive. Tip: An easy thing to dress

up your hutch is get a garland & wrap tiny

lights around it..Gives great atmosphere...

(especially when the lights are off)

Here is one of my favorite kitchen

wood pieces. It had counted cross-stitch

hearts in the four doors..However to

update my kitchen this yr. I replaced

them with black/white polka dots (but

always have the option of putting my

cross-stitch back. Easy to remove &

change fabric.

(Above photo) Favorite Tea kettle of all time..

I found @ a craft fair..if I ever find red tea kettles

I will make these to sell. Great decor item in the

kitchen!

I also love Christmas plaid & Carolers of any kind.

She's my kitchen Caroler. (Above)

Did I tell you I have a Gingerbread Wall? I

love anything Gingerbread..especially these cute

little dolls..and the one with the chef's hat holds

plastic bags! I also love quilts, wall hangings, &

hearts!

The Gingerbread people have even invaded the

top of my Refrigerator & Microwave!! Oh..By the

way....I did mention that THIS HOME BELIEVES..

Didn't I?

(Above) is the Stackables (Misletoe/Candycanes/

Sugarplums that I sell at my Santa's Gift Shoppe

Boutique..in Dec. 2010

(Below) is a picture of the Christmas

Countdown Calender I made and sold

a few yrs. back.

FAST/EASY TIP for the Kitchen: Just

replace your cutains with Red ones..What

a difference it makes..I change them for

my "Santa's Gift Shoppe Boutique

(I have in my home every 1st Fri/Sat

in December) & leave them up til after

New Year's..

ANOTHER FAST/EASY Kitchen TIP:

Just change your stool seat covers to

something Christmasy! And garland

around the breakfast bar/with red

bows doesn't hurt either!!

Remember my POST a few months back..where I

reupholstered 4 kitchen chairs for $1.25 each? Well

for these kitchen bar stools it was probably even

cheaper!!

I hope you have enjoyed the 2nd day tour & have

picked up some inspiration or Quick Tips for your

Family/Home. Next...The Family Room/Fireplace...

Hope you'll join us...Ya'll come back now..hear?