Buttons and baking

We do it every year. Since I was a young girl, a couple weeks before Christmas, we would gather together at my grandmother's house, roll up our sleeves, don our aprons, and spend the day baking dozens of cookies. This year, under the tiny roof of my grandmother's cozy home, the sweet cookie aroma spread like a balmy breeze made of memories and family tradition.

Peanut butter blossoms, chocolate crinkles, chocolate chip, snickerdoodles, raspberry thumbprint cookies, chocolate and peanut butter buckeyes (if you ever lived in Ohio, you know what those are), and of course, Christmas sugar cookies are among the players in memory making.

And then there were buttons. Lots and lots of buttons. I love buttons. And thanks to Soule Mama's post on her favorite elving gifts, we were quite busy with buttons. Can't say too much more, there are spoilers here for friends and family :).

Speaking of buttons, guess what a lovely friend of mine did for me? She made me buttons of my own, blog buttons to be exact. I have always wanted one but didn't have a clue on how to make them. And through her generous spirit, voila!! Thank you Monica, I love them :).





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These will permanently go on the Buttons page up top. After Mon made these, I discovered Photobucket and even made one on my own. If you want to make one, they make it super easy. Or, you'll just have to be lucky enough to have a good friend that can :).

Joining Amanda for weekending, and don't forget her baby shower happening today over at Tracey's place!!

And also linking with Bella at 52 Photos Project

much love
xoxo