Mrs.T's Christmas Kitchen

  One final post about Glorious Garlands, the little booklet I found in a 1999 Family Circle magazine.  There is actually even a bit more to this booklet, mostly on choosing fresh greens f...

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   This is a recently discovered vintage card that will be listed in my Etsy shop.  I thought it was so pretty, with its unmistakable vintage pastel Christmas look.  I'm guessing it's fro...

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 I thought I would share one more poem for Christmas in July.  This is one that I found in the front of the 1980 Christmas Ideals magazine pictured above.  It appears to be untitled, but th...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-lovely-untitled-poem-from-vintage.html

  I've mentioned before how much I love THE GRAPHICS FAIRY for free vintage graphics.  I'm really just beginning to look at the many amazing craft tutorials they offer.  I found this PRI...

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  The photo above was not taken at Christmas, but in September 2012.  Much of our family, including six adults and nine children, had gone up north for a getaway to a log cabin on a lake.Â...

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  One of my favorite resources for graphics is THE GRAPHICS FAIRY .  The lovely Christmas graphic above is from their site, in fact.  I haven't tried any of their tutorials yet, but that is...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-fun-paper-crafting-project.html

   As I mentioned in a previous post, some time ago I winnowed out the hundreds of scribbled down or clipped out recipes I had stashed here and there in my kitchen and cookbooks.  I found ...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/another-recipe-to-try-orange-creme.html

   Here are a couple more ideas from the Glorious Garlands booklet I found in a Family Circle magazine from 1999.  As mentioned previously, it's so hard to think of this as vintage ... bu...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/glorious-garlands-part-3.html

  I recently came upon this card front as I was going through items to list on Etsy.  This is only a card front, so I won't try to sell it.  In fact, it has already found its way into a p...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-sweet-vintage-christmas-card-happy.html

  Years ago I won a giveaway at SEW4HOME , one of my very favorite sites to find tutorials for things to sew for the home, and for personal use as well.  The giveaway was for a $125 gift c...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/repurposing-some-simple-sewing-projects.html

  Some time ago I winnowed out the hundreds of scribbled down or clipped out recipes I had stashed here and there in my kitchen and cookbooks.  I found places to file them, sorted some to s...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/cranberry-cream-pie.html

   The Christmas fabrics just get nicer and nicer, don't they?  It seems as if every year there are more delightful collections that I want to feature, and even more that I'd like to sew ...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/more-festive-fabric-baking-up-joy.html

   It's time for a poem!!  I found this poem in an older Christmas Ideals magazine.  The author is Margaret Ann Rorke.  The fun graphic at the top of this post is a vintage Christmas ca...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-sweet-poem-merry-christmas.html

   Festive recipes are fun to try in the off season if one can bear to turn on the oven, or if one can even bear to spend time in the kitchen!  I have had this recipe for GINGERBREAD CUPC...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/gingerbread-cupcakes.html

  Here are a couple more glorious garlands from the little Family Circle booklet from December 1999.   These are made without greenery and include a fancy fabric garland -- This one i...

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   Speaking as someone who has a large stash of small embroidery hoops in their craft closet, I am always looking for fun ways to use them, especially in Christmas crafting.  This idea fro...

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  It's hard to think of a more festive flavor combination than dark chocolate and peppermint, though I'm sure there COULD be many other contenders for the "festive flavors" category.  I ha...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-festive-christmas-cookie-recipe-to-try.html

   Now I have to admit I have never, ever thought along the lines of silverware as a Christmas gift.  I guess maybe for an adult child or something?  Or possibly a gift from parents or g...

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   Nope, not a song or even a book!  A Christmas Carol is a new line of Christmas fabric by 3 Sisters for Moda Fabrics.  You can see it here at the Fat Quarter Shop: A CHRISTMAS CAROL . ...

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  I wonder if this Christmas bottle cap was originally intended for a bottle of eggnog? This fun 1994 milk bottle DID hold eggnog. Always during Christmas in July I try to find at leas...

http://mychristmaskitchen.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-potential-christmas-cookie-recipe-to.html

   I recently came upon this little booklet which had originally come bound inside a December 1999 issue of Family Circle magazine.  It's hard to think of something from 1999 being consid...

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  Yes!  Now through July 24, I'm running a sale at my Etsy shop, A NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTIC !  You can take 25% off on every listing in the Vintage Christmas category. Most of the listings are Ch...

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   Oh, how I loved paper dolls as a child!  I spent hours with them, even making my own at times.  I would trace around existing paper dolls, using colorful magazine photos for the "fabr...

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   Today, July 8, is my dad's birthday.  He would be 101 years old if he was still in this life, but he passed away a few years back at 94.  In the photo above, he is the handsome gent a...

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  Photo from INSIDE BRUCREW LIFE  Here's a nifty snack that would make a wonderful kitchen gift.   I've shared so many recipes found on Jocelyn Brubaker's INSIDE BRUCREW LIFE , and I'v...

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