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Day 10 of 10 Days of Christmas Crafts and GF Cookies













We have come to the end of our 10-day junket through the joys of combined crafting and cooking-baking until next Christmas!  We have one more craft and one more batch of cookies to bake... are you ready?

We are going to look at some fairly simple but artfully placed center pieces as our last craft.

If you have stashed away your Christmas pine cones of all sizes and greenery from years past-- maybe even inherited some along the way-- you will be well on your way to being able to design and put together a centerpiece that you can take pride in.


Relax with a cup of tea and your favourite seasonal background music.  Now, with no judgements on how hard this is, or how skilled you are, etc. etc. etc., watch the video and catch the vision!  If you want to send me a photo of your creation, I would be very happy to post it here!  Just let me know in the comments and we will arrange something.

7 Christmas Ornaments with Pine Cones DIY 

The video:


And now to cap our Cookie Recipes for the series, I am so happy that I ran across a video from the *Simply Quinoa* blog that showcases THREE HEALTHY COOKIE RECIPES for Christmas-- all of them Gluten-Free.

Quinoa (pronounced KEENwah) is an ancient grain from South America.  These cookies all use quinoa and other gluten-free ingredients in the making.  I personally can hardly wait to try them.  The links to the recipes are found just under the video:



☆ GF & VEGAN GINGERBREAD COOKIES: https://www.simplyquinoa.com/gluten-f... ☆ CHEWY CHOCOLATE ORANGE COOKIES: https://www.simplyquinoa.com/chewy-ch... ☆ FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT COOKIES: https://www.simplyquinoa.com/gluten-f...


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

All crafts and cookie recipes are found listed HERE


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