Next month begins the non stop holiday season, though I've already been assaulted by the foul scent of decaying cinnamon brooms. Well, last year I never blogged about how I got prepared to visit family. Era and I are a road warriors so we drove 18+ hours non-stop to Texas w/ 2 chihuahuas and a trunk filled with gift bags. This is how we do it without the stress:
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| tags |
1. If you are bringing gifts,
pick a theme. It makes it so much easier. I like to do baking themes because the assembly is streamlined. Last year it was holiday cookies and confections. I've done breakfast themes, game night themes, and so on...
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| tins! |
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Head to the dollar store. There is no need to spend so much money when you can get something for $1. Those sweet ass tins and gift tags are from my neighborhood Dollar Tree. Holler.
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| cookie power! |
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A nice presentation makes people feel appreciated. The cookies above are covered in plastic wrap. See what a difference some curling ribbon and a tag makes? I ended up filling each bag with some sort of beverage, several different types of cookies, savory snack mix, focaccia, a tin of fudge, and a mini loaf of either banana bread, date cake, or baklava bread.
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| Nana Marg's Nuts and Bolts from Garden of Vegan |
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| cookies from VCIYCJ and 500 Vegan Recipes |
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Plan and bake ahead. Keep in mind about the picky eaters and people with allergies (Mom and sis hate coconut. Era and bro-in-law hate raisins. Sister hates peanut butter. Sis-in-law allergic to bananas). Bake the cookies and freeze until ready to assemble.
5. Most of all, don't forget to
pack the leftovers for yourselves! Muahahaha. Era and I always back snack mix, meal bars, fresh fruits and veggies, drinks, caffeine, and sammiches on our trips. Such a fun time! I love my road trips with my dogs and the boy.
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| a lil' sumthin' for the road |
Woo! All right. Tomorrow it's gonna get all tea party up in herre. Have a great Friday everybody.
8 comments:
I used some of those same tins last year! I bought the majority of my tins at Big Lot's, but needed a few more and took a trip to the dollar store.
Cute ides to do theme gifts :)
This is a great idea, I just want to give everyone homemade cookies this year!
Also, I had no idea you have 2 chihuahuas.
And I am excited for another one of your tea parties!
I was just talking to a friend about having a cookie swap party this year. This way my friends and I would go home with tasty treats and get some great recipes as well.
This is wonderful/adorable. Please come to Canada for the holidays! :)
I'm already excited about Christmas baking! I'm thinking of making cookie mixes and cake balls this year. I can't believe you can buy cookie tins like that for $1, that's insane, the £1 stores here never seem to have such good stuff!
Lots of prep but totally worth it!
I love doing the homemade-baked-good-as-holiday-gift thing too. You're look beautiful! I should totally pick up some tins this year. I also didn't know you had doggles! I request that they make a mofo appearance!
Oh my god, those stupid cinnamon brooms! It took me a good two weeks to figure out why every grocery store smelled like a giant red hot.
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