Aug 4

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Peppermint forget me cookies

2 egg whites
3/4 cups of sugar
pinch of salt
1/4 teaspoon of peppermint extract
8 oz of whith chips

beat the egg whites and slowly add the sugar (about 1/4 cup at a time) until the whites peak. Beat in the salt and peppermint extract. Next add in the chips by folding into the mixture. Next spoon out the cookies on to parchment lined cookie sheets. Place into the 350 degree preheated oven. At this point shut off the oven and walk away for 3 or more hours. When you come back to the oven to remove the cookies from the sheets, take it easy because the cookies are very fragile.

If you want to, you can precolor the chips with a few drops of food coloring before mixing in. If you do this, let them dry several hours before using them.

I have also mixed in f the food coloring to the mix when I have added the chips. It gives the cookie a candy cane look.

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Clay Christmas Cookie Ornaments

Add a sweet touch of holiday fun to your Christmas tree with creative Christmas cookie-inspired ornaments. With clay and acrylic paint, it's easy to make these cute Christmas decorations that look good enough to eat.

Clay Christmas Cookie Ornaments What You'll Need

• Rolling pin
• Four 2-ounce packages white polymer clay
• Tracing paper
• Crafts knife
• Ceramic tile
• Toothpick
• Fine-grit sandpaper
• Paintbrushes
• Acrylic paints: brown, gold, yellow, and white
• Brown stamp pad
• Dimensional paint: red and white
• Gloss varnish
• Crafts glue
• Clear coarse glitter
• Paper flower embellishments (optional)

Instructions

1. Using a rolling pin, roll clay flat until it is 1/8 inch thick.
2. Download, print, and trace our patterns onto tracing paper; cut out. Place patterns on the clay and cut out using a crafts knife.
3. Place shapes on ceramic tiles. Using a toothpick, poke a hole at the top of each ornament for the hanging loop.
4. Place ornaments (on ceramic tiles) in oven and bake, following manufacturer's instructions; let cool.
5. Gently sand ornaments with fine-grit sandpaper; brush off dust.
6. Paint all ornament surfaces with a mixture of equal amounts of brown, gold, and yellow paint; let dry. Lightly run the edge of the stamp pad along the edge of the ornaments to create shading.
7. Leaving a 1/8-inch border along the edges, apply two coats of white acrylic paint, allowing drying time between coats.
8. Referring to the pattern and photographs, apply details using dimensional paints; let dry thoroughly.
9. Brush on two coats of gloss varnish, allowing ample drying time between coats.
10. Apply crafts glue with a paintbrush on areas where you desire glitter. Sprinkle glitter onto glue and shake off excess. Let dry.
11. Adhere embellishments using crafts glue.

Get the free patterns. Clay Christmas Cookie Ornament
Clay Christmas Cookie Ornament Snowflake
Clay Christmas Cookie Ornament Tree
Clay Christmas Cookie Ornament with Ribbon
All:
Clay Cookie Ornaments

Clay Christmas Cookie Ornament with Ribbon: A neatly tied red bow adds a sweet touch to this ornament. Make it unique by using red dimensional paint to fill in more or all of the ornament design.

Clay Christmas Cookie Snowflake Ornament: Add a flurry of snowflakes to your Christmas tree with this snowflake-shaped ornament. Dimensional paint in tone-on-tone white gives the snowflakes their impact.

Clay Christmas Cookie Tree Ornament: Dress up this miniature Christmas tree ornament with a few enhancements of its own. Using dimensional paint in desired colors, add glittery garland to make this ornament unqiue.

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The lights are blinking merrily
The tinsel’s on the tree
It sits there in the window
For all the world to see.

The house is filled with holly
And pinecone scents the air
The Christmas cards keep coming
Each one is hung with care.

The gifts are tied with ribbons red
And topped with pretty bows
I’m done with all the details
As far as Christmas goes.

The fire is softly glowing
I think about your touch
But Christmas isn’t Christmas
I miss you oh, so much.

If I could have just anything
My Christmas wish would be
To wake up in the morning
And find you here with me.

I reminisce our Christmas’ past
The joy and love we shared
Moonlit walks and midnight talks
And ways you showed you cared.

Staring at your picture
I long to be set free
Tonight the tears are streaming
As I hold it next to me.

Flakes of snow swirl through the air
I’m braced for stormy weather
I wait for brighter days ahead
When we can be together.

So hold a place in heaven dear
Someday when life is through
I’ll be the Christmas angel
Who shares this day with you.

Author/Written By:
Marilyn Ferguson

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