Funtastic Friday #257

It's cookie season!

What are your favorites? Do you have traditional holiday cookies you bake?

I have to say my ultimate favorite cookie is good ol' chocolate chip, 

but during the holiday season we have to make peanut blossoms and sugar cookies.

We seem to always make Swedish Rossettes for school--

sharing a cookie from your heritage.

As a kid, I always loved the coconut wreaths my mom would make, 

but I've never been able to duplicate those cookies as good as she made them.
I'm always up for trying out a new cookies variety.
Especially a soft cookie.
 Jenny has a soft ginger cookie that's a must to try.

My good friend just had her annual cookie exchange.

I love getting 12 varieties of cookies.

They sure come in handy for a crowd, when you have a party and need a quick treat to bring
 and just to please the kids at home.
At the cookie exchange,
I always bring my White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies.

You will love these!

Let's get the link party started!
This week on Funtastic Friday....

Funtastic Friday #256

Hope you've got your stretchy pants on

and are relaxing in front of a ball game or Hallmark movie right about now.

We'll be hitting some shops on Black Friday

(not the same as it used to be but still fun)

and going out to a movie.

On Saturday it's time to put up Christmas! 

For years we have hosted a girls Christmas Craft party.

The girls make ornaments or little crafts to decorate their home.

We play games, have appetizers 

and drink our "famous" Snowy Pink Punch.

I'm always on the hunt for a new craft or ornament for the girls to make.

Pamela embroidery hoop ornaments would be a great craft for the girls to make.

You can find all our kid craft party ideas {here}

along with links to kid friendly ornaments. 

Time for this week's Funtastic Friday!

Funtastic Friday #255

What happened to November?

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. 

I'm so excited this year to have my kids and father-in-law come in town.

We're starting to make a list of

places we want to go and things to do.

Plus all the good food we want to eat!

Always looking for "fun" food

Can you believe Carol's penguin appetizers?!

I've never seen this done before... 

 they're super cute and creative!

You can find all our appetizer ideas {here}

Let's get this party started!!

Fantastic Friday #254

I'm always looking for some kind of appetizer or snack

to tide us over until a late afternoon Thanksgiving dinner.

A good cheese ball is just the thing!

Ashley rolled hers in dried cranberries,

a great idea for Thanksgiving and for those with nut allergies.

Our mom's recipe for Pineapple Cheese Ball 

is kind of famous around these parts--a crowd pleaser at our annual 

girl's craft party {here} and {here}

Looking forward to all your recipes, décor and ideas for Thanksgiving and Christmas

so, let's get this party started!

Funtastic Friday #253

We're on the count down to Thanksgiving now.

This year we have relatives coming in town,

so our planning and prepping has begun!

Starting to think of the menu

and you always need a few snacks to tide you over until the "big meal"

Jennifer has a fun twist on these chocolate pretzel bites.

Love the little candy corn on top.

Add a caramel flavored candy corn-yummo!

Add some of our acorn chocolates to your snack platter too.

I love party snacks like this--they're great recipes for kids to prep.

Keeps them busy and helps you out too.

Are you already putting up Christmas or do you wait until Thanksgiving?

I still have to wait until the day after Thanksgiving to start pulling out Christmas,

but that doesn't mean I haven't been collecting ideas and new items for the season ;)

Let's get to this weekend's party!

Funtastic Friday #252

Happy Halloween! 

Hope you get more treats than tricks tonight!

Karren has the recipe for these delish pumpkin pecan muffins
Great for a Fall morning.

Need some last minute ideas for creating a simple, spooky Halloween dinner table?
Search no farther, check out our table {here}

Now on to Funtastic Friday!
Looking forward to your Thanksgiving décor and recipes this week.

Spooky Fun Halloween Table

Today we're putting together our spooky dinner table for Halloween.

Add a little fun to your table for a party or your family 

to make the night special.

Keep it simple and use what  you already have around the house.

And maybe add one or two new items.