Wednesday 24 December 2008

Festive Frenzy


It's been a festive frenzy here in the MarmaladeKiss household. I've been baking, cooking and doing more baking! Yesterday I baked cakes, mince pies, cheese straws, bread and stollen. I've shopped till i've dropped, and yet there's more to do before I collapse in the pub next door later with friends!

But during my frenzy, discovering I had no glue or sellotape, and needing some wrapping for my mince pies, I made some bags. Now my Mother in Law gave me some old antique bible pages after a recent clear out .. I thought they might be apt. And then on wrapping my cakes in cellophane, thought these old pages may add a certain jenesaisquoi (s'cuse the spelling) to them too!


I took pictures and over the next few days will post a tutorial. Too late for tomorrow I guess, but these things can be made for any gift and with any paper at all, no glue or tape required!

In the meantime, I've set up a little treat post for later (when i'm safely in the pub), and I hope you all have a fabulous, fun, festive and restful time over the next few days!

5 comments:

dottycookie said...

YOur parcels look gorgeous - like sonmething from a colour supplement!

Hope you have a fabulous Christmas, and a lovely relaxing evening. We have pink champagne and some rather yummy cheese waiting once the smalls are tucked up ...

CurlyPops said...

Merry Christmas Julia. Hope you have a wonderful day!

Anonymous said...

Wow what a great idea!

Hope you have a very lovely christmas in the MK household! xx

driftwood said...

they look fantastic, hope you have a really lovely Christmas, I love dotty cookies idea of pink champagne when the children are asleep, shame mine won't go to sleep isn't it, which is why I'm here at midnight on Christmas eve.......

Gina said...

Love that wrapping - your parcels look amazing.