DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

 This diy comes from  www.acaseofthemundays.com  .  These look really cool and "old world".  Use them on your tree, in a wreath or hang them with some fancy ribbon in a window. DIY: mercury glass ornaments I am slightly obsessed w/ mercury glass this year!!! {lovely globes from  pb } {pretty pretty candlesticks - also from pb} which got me to thinking about mercury glass christmas ornaments. ... lovely, right? {and again pb} okay okay. so apparently - based on my googling - mercury glass was sort of the thing last christmas. but this is one bandwagon i don't mind jumping on late. the problem :  i'm cut off on decor this year. {okay not true. but we did just get married a little over 2 months ago ... i have plenty of new decorations around the house w/out going overboard for christmas.} the solution :  i decided to make my own! supplies: * clear glass ball ornaments. (hurry to michael's - they are 50% off!

This comes from  www.cooklikejames.typepad.com  .  Enjoy! Best Traditional Scottish Shortbread Cookies Best Traditional Scottish Shortbread Cookies Another classic Christmas cookie - Shortbread is a traditional Scottish dessert that consists of three basic ingredients: flour, sugar, and butter. According to Wikpedia, this cookie resulted from medieval biscuit bread, which was a twice baked, enriched bread roll dusted with sugar and spices and hardened into a soft and sweetened biscuit called a Rusk. Eventually, yeast from the original Rusk recipe was replaced by butter, which was becoming more of a staple in the British Isles. Despite the fact that shortbread was prepared during much of the 12th century, the refinement of shortbread was actually accredited to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century. The name of one of the most famous and most traditional forms of shortbread, petticoat tails, were named by Queen Mary. This type of shortbread was baked, cut into tria