Each year I have every intention of adding a few more things to our Christmas traditions. Sometimes they make the cut, but most often they do not. So this year I'm going to be more more intentional with my time, which means less time looking and more time doing. I'm going to post some of my favorite crafts/inspiration from around the world wide web and next year instead of spending hours looking through the Great Big Toy Book from Toys 'R Us, I can look through my great big blog of inspiration. One tradition that we do every year is make a gingerbread house. Not many of the boy's friends make gingerbread houses, so next year we are going to host a gingerbread house making party. I adore this cupcake liner garland. It would be adorable in red & white and green & white... From the fabulous One Charming Party and the tutorial is located here . Note to self in December 2011, you had some extra time in January to put together a collection of ideas for