Get Your Gingerbread Goodies

Do you need a little inspiration to get in the mood to make your gingerbread house for the holidays? Take some time to test out the gingerbread flavors offered around town. Once you are cozy and warm in the belly with gingerbread treats you’ll be ready to make your own gingerbread land — get to it!

Head on over to my post at Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch: Get Your Gingerbread Fix to find out where.

Girls Crafty Weekend

This weekend my girls (well the local one’s) and I got together for a grown up sleepover, crafting weekend. We ate, laughed, ate, drank and crafted. We had butternut squash, pear soup with beet salad and fresh bread. We drank peach champagne with pomegranate seeds. We snacked on maple cookies and black licorice taffy.  We made holiday items to decorate with, stockings for new babies and gifts for friends and families. We had such a great time we all vowed to make it an annual tradition the weekend before Thanksgiving. Sending the kids and husbands on their way we will drink champagne, eat great food and make things with our hands – what could be better? Nothing. Thanks my lady friends!