November 24, 2010

JENNIFER BRANDT'S "LIVING"

In addition to the "Minty Mallows" that sucked me in at Trader Joes, when I saw a Gingerbread Man kit for $3.99, I couldn't resist. I instantly had visions of Jonah and I sitting together, decorating this darling cookie while drinking hot cocoa in our winter PJs... establishing a holiday tradition which one day would include me even baking a gingerbread house (mansion really) and inviting all the children to come and decorate it using "snow caps" that I had hand crafted... in my craft studio... next to the cozy fire place.... and our heavenly smelling Christmas tree.

Sure we're Jewish and I stopped getting Martha Stewart magazines years ago... But a girl can dream...

Anyway, tonight I decided we'd give the GB dude a whirl.


We decided this guy needed a lot of buttons. And apparently, gladiator sandals (they were supposed to be Uggs).


Of course, once GB guy (who Jonah decided we should call Judy) was dressed, it was time for the creativity to really begin. Hello, green water. Goodbye green sprinkles (that I had every intention of using on sugar cookies... last year).


All in all, it was actually quite fun and should time ever permit and creativity reign, I could very well see myself making this an actual tradition, using more impressive decorative goods than the low-budge kit from TJ's. But, I'd be shocked if Martha could come up with a better idea for dealing with a mess than trash bags on the floor...

7 comments:

The Calico Cat said...

We turn gingerbread houses into Sukkahs...

kim {the non-mom blogger} said...

Fantastic idea!

BTW, have you had the Peppermint Jo-Jo cookies?

Unknown said...

That's so neat! I need to get two separate houses or GB something this year cause both my kids are creative in their own and no artist likes to be told what to do! LOL!

The holidays are so much fun!

My Bottle's Up! said...

such a sweet time of year for us with our kiddles.

(because of you, i hunted down said mallows at trader joe's.)

Jenni Chiu @MommyNaniBooboo said...

There is no better way to deal with mess than trash bags on the floor!
Also, please send gingerbread cookies... the gladiator sandals look yummy.

Karen Bannan @ NaturalAsPossibleMom said...

Okay, but did you see the dark chocolate-covered stars? They are so good they should not be allowed on shelves. Or maybe they should sell them in smaller boxes. I don't know...what I do know is that it's a good thing that they are only around during the holidays!

Looks like you had a lot of fun, BTW!

Unknown said...

My mom baked and decorated a gingerbread house from scratch one year. And we decimated it in two days!