Merry Friendsmas!

Over the weekend I got together with my friends Samantha, Gina and Aly for a friendsmas dinner.

Aly, Me, Gina and Samantha

Gina hosted and let me decorate her dinning table! I love a good holiday themed tablescape!

I used a table runner I picked up at Target during last years after Christmas sale, score! By mixing a beautiful bowl and cake places I had the perfect platform for some Christmas ornaments I inherited from my grandmother.

I stopped at the Dollar Tree and grabbed simple round ornaments, half matte and half glitter, for the bowl. I had short round jars from my Easter tablescape that filled with fresh cranberries and a white candle. On top of the runner was a strand of battery operated fairy lights. 

The china is from Gina's Williams Sonoma collection. I finished the table by adding a stocking at each plate to hold silverware. These stockings were on sale for less than a dollar at Hobby Lobby. Again, purchased at an after Christmas sale. 

We ate, we drank, we spread Christmas cheer and exchanged gifts. A good night was had by all. 

My very best Martha Stewart pose. Its a good thing. 

Gifting With A Purpose

I received two items from Global Purpose in exchange for a social media promotion. 

During this gift giving season do you really think about the items you purchase? What if you could feel as good about your purchase as the person who receives it? This is exactly what Global Purpose has in mind. 

Global Purpose is a purpose-driven enterprise that has a variety of brands under their care. One of those brands is Village Artisan, a company based out of India that pays local women a living wage to crate handcrafted jewelry and home goods. 

Village Artisan can be purchased right where you pick up groceries! Look for the brand in the Blooms section of your local H-E-B store. 

Village Artisan products are 100% eco-friendly and made from a range of natural and recycled materials. Making purposeful purchasing decisions crates a more hospitable world! 

I was gifted these beautiful earrings and handmade cloth banner, now hanging in my dining room.  

Next time you swing by H-E-B, pick up a purposeful gift for your sister, mother or friend! 

Caramel Filled Snickerdoodles

These 4 ingredient goodies are amazing! Yes, you read that right, only 4. I don't have kiddos but these are also kid friendly for a fun, yummy afternoon. Ignore my crappy iPhone photography.

You will need:
2 Cans of Crescent Rolls
1 Bag of Caramels
1 Cup Cinnamon
1 Cup Sugar

Step 1) Heat oven to 350.
Step 2) Mix your cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl.
Step 3) Open your crescent roll cans and lay the dough flat. 
Step 4) Cut the end (tail) off of the triangle of dough. Save this for later. See photo below.

Step 5) Place caramel on larger piece of dough. 

Step 6) Once you have 4 of the triangle tails cut off you can smash them together to form a large triangle and place a caramel on top. The triangle in the top left corner was done this way.

Step 7) Roll dough around caramel.
Step 8) Once the dough completely covers the caramel, roll it in cinnamon and sugar mix.

Step 8) Place on baking sheet about one inch apart.

Step 9) Bake for 10-12 minutes until caramel is melted and dough is brown.

Step 10) Enjoy!

PS: If you don't eat them all right away pop them in the microwave for about 10 seconds to melt the caramel again before serving.


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