Potluck pedestals

Pretty cookies on pretty Christmas pedestals you can make for pennies.

Potluck pedestals

12/22/201206/12/2013 Kristina Ackerman 0 Comments budget, cheap, easy

It takes like ten minutes to throw together these little pedestal dishes. Anyone can do it, and they cost next to nothing. Find out how!

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Christmas is for the birds, but not in a bah-humbug way

12/14/201204/24/2015 Kristina Ackerman 12 Comments gifts, the great outdoors

Sprinkle the gift of birdseed ornaments around your neighborhood, making the trees and birds both merry. Oh, and here’s a window into my neurotic creative process.

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To the Nines: Christmastime 2012

12/07/201209/18/2013 Kristina Ackerman 0 Comments christmas, decorating, holiday, holidays

With just a few weeks to go before we achieve critical holiday mass, I’ve rounded up my nine current

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Instant Artichokes

11/29/201211/30/2012 Kristina Ackerman 8 Comments

These artichokes are easy to make out of fabric scraps pinned to a ball. Also, congratulations to the winner of the Gangbusters treasury contest!

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Roundup: Last-Minute Holiday Inspiration

12/23/201112/03/2012 Kristina Ackerman 3 Comments christmas, holiday

Here is a list of the things I still believe—however delusional it may sound—that I still have a chance to

McCall's Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Cookie recipe

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McCall’s Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies

12/12/201112/03/2012 Kristina Ackerman 40 Comments cookies, holiday

I rarely bake cookies, so when I do, I almost always choose a new, never-before-tried recipe, in the interest of

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Ice cream Christmas trees

12/05/201112/04/2012 Kristina Ackerman 23 Comments chocolate, christmas, easy, food-crafts, holiday, ice cream

These trees are nothing but chocolate-covered ice cream cones filled with delicious ice cream of your choice.

Set your pretty holiday table with these easy snowflake placemats.

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Paper-snowflake placemats

11/28/201106/12/2013 Kristina Ackerman 3 Comments budget, cheap, christmas, diy, easy, holiday

Refresh your holiday decor on the cheap by making sweet custom DIY snowflake placemats in a matter of minutes.

Chocolate Chip Snowflake Cakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream

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What I learned at Chocolate Pink

12/13/201007/25/2013 Kristina Ackerman 6 Comments atlanta, chocolate, christmas, holiday, peanut butter

A farewell to the amazing local bakery that inspired this chocolate chip dessert with peanut butter buttercream.

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Season’s sweet things: Fancy shortbread spritz cookies

12/03/201012/03/2012 Kristina Ackerman 3 Comments chocolate, christmas, cookies, holiday

I get to go to my first cookie exchange ever! I am very excited. I hear there will be cookies.

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Want! (Holiday Edition)

11/30/201012/03/2012 Kristina Ackerman 2 Comments christmas, holiday

Etsy is a dangerous addiction, especially around this time of year.

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Coffee Trees

01/02/201002/18/2014 Kristina Ackerman 1 Comment christmas, holiday

I feel like I should preface this by saying that I love the smell of coffee. Because if I don’t

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