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Lace Gingerbread Cookies

Lace Gingerbread Cookies_Twine And Braids

Getting this recipe up before December 25th is the real Christmas miracle.  Life has been a little different around here since my last post.  If you’ve been following along on Instagram you’ll know Erick and I recently got a new puppy! (Ranger, an eleven week old Siberian husky).  So between adjusting to life with him, […]

Gingerbread Pancakes

Gingerbread Pancakes_Twine And Braids

Have I mentioned that I love holiday traditions? JK, I know I have (here, here, here…I’ll stop).  Since living with Erick we’ve made it a point to create our own traditions while carrying with us those that we each experienced while growing up. Our first Christmas morning together, three years ago, we decided to make […]

Holiday Wrapping

I think my favorite part of the holidays is wrapping gifts.  I mean, spending time with family and friends is great and all but the day you’re ready to wrap up your presents is just magical.  It marks the end of the shopping, the running around to find a gift or stocking stuffer for everyone […]

The Hunt for the Perfect Christmas Tree

Apparently, Erick and I have extremely high standards when choosing our Christmas tree.  This year we went to six different tree farms over the course of two weekends in our search for “the” tree.  I don’t think we’re asking too much, it just has to be the right height, not too big, not too small, […]

Christmas Traditions

I’ve never questioned where my knack to create things came from.  Growing up my mom made all of my Halloween costumes, if something was broken my dad would fix it and our homemade gingerbread house parties were a hit with all of my friends.  It was no different when it came to decorating the house […]

Twine & Braids Winter Collection

The weather in New Jersey has been unseasonably warm for early November, today reached a balmy 75 degrees.  As much as I am trying to enjoy this unexpected warmth before it’s gone for good, it’s been making it difficult to get into the holiday groove.  Despite the heat, I’ve been working hard on my winter […]