S'more Moms – 1
Hello Fellow Christmas Lovers! In our last chat, we featured some of The Shoppe’s sweetest offerings! In the next few weeks, we will be talking about life’s sweetest people, moms. Because one day is not enough time for all the love and praises they deserve, over the next three weeks we will share, reflect and […]
Blondie Peep Bites
Happy Easter, Sweetheart! If you just came to our Spring Diva Night, you are probably wanting to know how we made our tasty Blondie Peep Bites that were served. Weren’t they yummy? They are a simple blondie recipe, baked into mini muffin tins, and topped with a not too sweet marshmallow frosting and pastel decorating […]
S'more Cocoa for Santa
HELLO FELLOW CHRISTMAS LOVERS! There’s only ONE thing I can think of that gives me warmth like going home for Christmas. Only ONE thing that brings happiness like the hugs from your family. Only ONE thing that my good friend Santa likes more than a cold glass of milk… whoa! “More than milk?”, you ask. […]
Give S'more Thanks
Hello Fellow Christmas Lovers! Celebrate! Give Thanks! But WHY do we celebrate Thanksgiving? We all know the basics, right? Pilgrim guys and gals and Native Americans joined together to be thankful for a great harvest. They had turkey and all the trimmings. The end. Kind of, that first time, in 1621, they didn’t call it […]
S'more Kisses!
S’more Kisses! Hello, fellow Christmas lovers! Fall weather makes me crave sugar! So, today I am sharing my very special Elf Kiss Cookie recipe. If you like Peanut Butter Cookies and Peanut Blossom Cookies, you will love these sweet little bites. Be sure to read after the recipe to get our toddler friendly version of […]
S'more and Spatzl
Guten tag, fellow Christmas lovers! As an elf I was born to help you celebrate Christmas! At The Christmas Shoppe, we love celebrating! We celebrate all the holidays because spreading joy and cheer all year is our passion. What is your favorite occasion to celebrate? Maybe it’s Christmas like me! Maybe your favorite thing to […]
2016 North Pole Whirlwind Tree
2016 North Pole Whirlwind Tree!
Last, but not least, we are happy to present our North Pole Whirlwind Upside Down Tree! Every Sunday, we have been showing off our favorite themed trees from last year. It’s sad, but this is our last one. Good news is that we’ll be showing off our new 2017 themed trees next Sunday! Woohoo!
More bad news: I have only two pictures of this tree, one submitted by a shopper. I bribed her child with a cookie to get the picture. Well, not really, but a child and a cookie were involved with this shot.
So, prepare for a really great description of this tree to go with very few pictures. This was one of our very first trees of the year and the result of throwing a whole bunch of leftover decorations on our fabulous upside down tree. Mr. C. said it looked like a Christmas tornado!
Notice the elf hanging off the side. That “ladder” is actually a garland which we hooked into the tree a few times going vertically down the tree. Then, we used green floral wire to tie the elf’s hand and foot to the “rungs” near the side ropes. The neat thing about umbrella trees is that most of what you hang on them, hangs straight down, creating neat effects like this.
We used fun, felty, fabric-y items in red, lime, and snowy white. Everything went in every direction. We don’t have a picture, but we had two really cool posable plush deer on the tree near the top. One was kneeling on the top branches. The other was hung just below with fishing line with legs spread in a giant flying leap. We placed a plush elf on its back (hanging with fishing line to keep it steady), while other ornaments, figures, garland, and ribbons hung down with random abandon.
Another interesting thing is that we used an ornament spray tree topper. It’s basically a bundle of metal sticks of various lengths that splay out. Since the tip of this tree is at the bottom, we stuck them out of the sides of the tree, hanging balls from them at various lengths. One day we may use this topper correctly, but this was not the day!
This tree is still up, if you want to check it out in person, but it’s not long for this world. A new tree is already planned to take its place!
S'more Work!
S’more Work! Hello, fellow Christmas lovers! This is S’more the Elf, and working hard is FUN! You say, “What?!?” Yes, working hard is fun! We elves LOVE to work! Nothing makes us happier than spreading Christmas cheer, and if that requires burning the midnight oil to make a year round Christmas experience like no other, […]
Spinach Fantastic
Spinach Fantastic!
Mrs. C. has found another recipe for our Pinterest board. This tasty recipe comes from good ol’ Southern Living’s Annual Cookbook 1993. We’ll type it up and add it to our blog and Pinterest this week.