Humph.  I had a great idea for my holiday cards this year– it was going to use my hip color palette and my new-found embroidery skills.  Sadly, it was not to be.  Embroidering text onto paper is a lot harder than I thought it would be.  In fact, I quickly realized that I could do it with a machine but probably not by hand and I don’t want to do it on a machine for all kinds of aesthetic reasons and also because I just don’t want to.

Panic in 3… 2…

Oh what’s that?  Danish Butter Cookies in the blue tin!  Maybe I can stave off the panic by crunching on these and doing some serious, fast-paced brain storming.  What is pink, silver, and makes you think “peppermint” but without being peppermint.

Also, does anyone else think that these cookies are 1980s Christmases essentialized (in a good way)?  Jon and I both feel like our moms bought these during the holidays between 1983 and 1989 but then suddenly stopped.  Well, maybe not suddenly– I mean, it was just once a year.  Still, that blue tin does put me in the mood for the holidays.

Let the crafting, wrapping, and good cheer begin!