Christmas

Gingerbread 7.0

Posted on December 24, 2013 Elle BerryPosted in CREATE, SNIPPETS

My sister and I first started our gingerbread house tradition in the Christmas of 2003. The year before my friend Allison (of the curious cupcake) […]

Christmas Morning!

Posted on December 25, 2011 Elle BerryPosted in MISC.

Christmas morning! This morning my sister and I made yummy breakfast. There’s really not much else to add to that, except maybe to say…yum. Happy […]

Christmas Eve: T'was the Night Before Christmas & other Christmas preparations

Posted on December 25, 2011 Elle BerryPosted in MISC.

It’s my first Christmas not being in the great MO. Thankfully I was lucky enough to get some actual Christmas time with my parents last […]

Christmas: Why love actually makes me smile every year

Posted on December 25, 2011November 17, 2015 Elle Berry2 CommentsPosted in MISC.

There are certain holiday films that have become so much a part of my Christmas tradition, that it almost doesn’t seem like a holiday if […]

Countdown to Christmas: The Holiday Community

Posted on December 21, 2011 Elle BerryPosted in MISC.

It is in fact one day closer to Christmas. The fact that I didn’t countdown yesterday, didn’t seem to slow this fact in the least. […]

Countdown to Christmas: Gingerbread Houses!

Posted on December 19, 2011December 22, 2013 Elle BerryPosted in CREATE

I actually don’t remember making a real gingerbread house when I was a kid. I think I might have crafted something out of marshmallow goo and graham […]

Countdown to Christmas: Keep Calm. Be Merry.

Posted on December 18, 2011 Elle BerryPosted in MISC.

So every year I find myself experiencing the Christmas card saga. It usually begins something like this. Step 1: Somewhere around mid, to late, […]

Countdown to Christmas: And then there were 8…

Posted on December 18, 2011 Elle BerryPosted in MISC.

And then there were 8 days until Christmas. Of course the problem is that tonight we did what we always do on Christmas Eve and […]

Countdown to Christmas: 9 days!

Posted on December 16, 2011 Elle BerryPosted in MISC.

Nine more days until Christmas! In acknowledgment of the swiftly approaching holiday, the morning was started with some cookie baking. (Actually, because the parents are only staying […]

Countdown to Christmas!

Posted on December 15, 2011 Elle BerryPosted in MISC.

Last Year I was somehow on the ball enough that I managed to blog through the Twelve days of Christmas. This year I’ve been so […]

Gingerbread Past…

Posted on January 12, 2011 Elle Berry2 CommentsPosted in MISC.

Ah, a random gingerbread memory.

Salted Caramel

Posted on January 3, 2011 Elle BerryPosted in MISC.

For Christmas one of my students gave me a box of salted caramels. I had never had salted caramels and was skeptical. Sea salt? On Caramel? […]