Contest and Cookies

Hello everyone, today I have a little Christmas contest for you. All you have to do is leave a comment and tell me what your favourite holiday cookie is and leave an email address. I would love to hear from all of my readers from around the world!

On Friday I will randomly draw 2 names to win a copy of January's Style at Home magazine featuring one of my favourite bloggers, Christine Dovey and a Christmas stocking made by Staci Edwards from Switch Studio. (There may also be a secret little present hidden in the stocking from Santa!)

 My favourite holiday cookie is Refrigerator Shortbread. 

I like this recipe because not only are they delicious with a cup of tea or coffee they are also super easy and very festive looking.

Slice

and bake

                      

Refrigerator Shortbread

Combine: 1 cup flour
                1/2 cup corn starch
                1/2 cup icing sugar
Crumble in with hands 3/4 cup soft butter until dough comes together.
Mix in 3/4 cup chopped glace cherries.

Shape dough into two logs (I like small cookies, so I make skinny logs), wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 4 hours or over night. Dough will last in fridge up to one month.
Cut into slices and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 7 or 8 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.

I can't wait to hear what your favourite cookie is!

So Cute

Have you seen little Scarlet's bedroom reveal over on Christine's lovely blog called Bijou and Boheme?

People ask me all the time why I read blogs and this is a good example of why I indulge in my vice at least for a few minutes everyday--who I am I kidding?--to be perfectly honest some days it's more like a couple of hours! This may sound super shallow, but I just can't get enough of pretty images. Blogs and magazines just make me happy. In a house of 4 boys it is nice to escape to "girl world" (as my husband calls it) and soak in all things pink and sparkly.

I will never have a little girl and probably will never be brave enough to wallpaper a whole room in gold floral paper but man I love seeing all this loveliness in someone else's home! Christine did a super job pulling this room together using a mix of high end pieces, vintage and even Ikea.

My favourite piece in the room is this vintage loveseat, love the pop of pink!

And on a related topic... found this image on Tumblr and thought the wallpaper/stencil detail behind the bed was a great idea especially if you have a wallpaper in mind that is really expensive (have you seen the cost of some papers?!) or if you want just a little hit of pattern. I have never been a big fan of feature walls, but I think this works perfectly for the toddler set.