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The holidays are coming and it's never too early to start planning.  Preparing early really does alleviate some of the stress especially if you are having get togethers.  For holiday entertaining, a get together always requies some fabulous food in addition to the love I have for decoratinge my house with all the pretty Christmas lights and more.  I also like to prepare deserts and other craft type gifts for my loved ones.

I have the Cricut Cake, Cricut Personal and a Silhouette SD to all play with in designing all my Christmas gifts and more.   I'm also going to be baking a lot too and trying my hand at some unique type of gifts.

For my desert table, I'm going to try my hand at these really cute Snowmen cake pops that were posted on Bakeralla (photo courtesy of Bakeralla).  Cake and brownies pops are somewhat easy to make once you get the consistency of the chocolate down.  My oldest and I prefer brownie pops as they seem to be more moist and rich.  We made them for her baby shower this past summer and they were a hit.  You can see the post here.

An assortment of cookies will be added such as dipped Oreos which if you are a good artist, you can draw the design on them, pre-buy the design or if you have a Cricut Cake or printer software, you can make your own.  Again, these are easy to make and if you look at my previous baby shower link, you can see an example of what we did.   SweetiesbyKim on Etsy has the most beautiful cookies if you prefer to just buy yours.

 

This is mine from the baby shower:

Another great idea for your desert table are glass jars or apothecary jars and canisters.  They make beautiful pieces to the table and once you purchase them, you will be able to reuse them for every party or gathering you have.

   

Finish it off with a beautiful table cloth, sparkles and don't forget a great looking centerpiece like this great recipe from Martha Stewart:  Christmas Tree Cupcakes.

More post to come on the series of planning a Christmas party.

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