It's possible this week's Six might contain a little extra Christmas, and we'll start with this tutorial on how to make dried orange slices for your home. If you're looking for a fairly easy project that gives a little homespun Christmas cheer, this could be the ticket! (Have any of you ever tried drying orange slices before? I haven't, but I think they're so pretty.)
Two.
I've missed being able to get out and hike this year as much as we have in some years before. (Some of that was from our busy schedule...hello, moving and a new job! Some of it was from parks being closed this year.) But this list of the best day hike in every state looks so fascinating! We haven't even done the one from Indiana. I was sure we would have hit their pick for that, but I was wrong.
Three.
Did any of you have pen pals back in the day? I sure did, especially in junior high and high school. (I'm actually still Facebook friends with one of the pen pals I met through a magazine, of all places!) Letter writing is such a lost art now, but isn't this a COOL way to send a letter?? I was kind of smitten...
Four.
My friend Jenna just launched a website for her SUPER CUTE sewing creations. For years now, she's been making the cutes stuff for kids - bowties, skirts, accessories, and more. (She even made hundreds of masks this year, though they aren't part of her current feature on her new site.) She's sold locally, but now she has a website and I can show you how talented she is!! So proud of her! :)
Five.
Have Christmas movies started at your house? We caught Christmas Vacation earlier this week and hope to squeeze in many more of our favorites before Christmas arrives. I have watched The Santa Clause, and I think I've seen the second one too, but never the third one. But if you want to have a movie marathon of all three...check out this fun printable pack from Dating Divas! It has everything you need for a Santa Clause kind of day!
Six.
Back when I worked at IWU, they had a huge Christmas party every year for the staff. Santa came and handed out gifts to employees' kids, and they had all kinds of appetizers, snacks, and treats. AND they had this amazing coffee punch that I could not stop drinking. (I'm not kidding. I would make my own trips to the table for more and then start sending up friends to get more for me, because I had reached my own embarrassment stage.) If I had a bowl of it right now, I'd probably just stick in a straw and start guzzling. Thankfully I don't have a bowl of it - but I found a recipe that looks awfully similar. If you decide to make some and want to invite me over, don't bother getting out a glass. Just give me a straw. :)
5 comments:
Orange slices are so pretty! Bookmarking the hike site too (:
Your friend´s sewing site is neat- such cute pieces at great prices. The festive fabric of the skirts would be cute as aprons.
I’ve actually been to two of those hiking locations... Denali National Park in Alaska, and Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. I didn’t do that exact trail in Denali, but we stayed at that campground, and I did several hikes during the five weeks that I worked there one summer. My brother worked there for several seasons. The next summer, my parents and brother and I traveled to the Tetons and Yellowstone after my other brother’s wedding in Wyoming. We did the Hidden Waterfall tral from Jenny Lake, but I know we didn’t do the full 10 mile hike that was mentioned.
I had never heard of coffee punch, but what a seriously great idea! I hate usual punch varieties found at various office parties, etc. Thanks for the tip!
I love those dried oranges -- now I'm thinking about how to incorporate them into my decorating this year...!
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