xmas wish list *part 3*

mmmm accessories . . .

(but w/ my name of course!)

xmas wish list *part 2*

(can't get a picture of "Looking Back" by Lou Andreas Salome)

books, books, and more books, please.

xmas wish list *part 1*

any boots by fiorentini. preferably, the bowie - brain motorcycle boots. size 8, ta.

making christmas

i really really am feeling the need to be crafty. i want to glue, sew, knit, bake, and then put glitter on everything. maybe it's withdraw now that i'm finished with my christmas panto (oh and i'm sort of broke). here are some seasonal craft sites that i'm into at the mo.



this snowflake curtain from Bugs and Fishes is amazing, but i doubt i will be able to produce that many paper snow flakes.


My mom has a bunch of these little paper houses from the 50s. They are very christmas kitsch. There is even a printable pattern here.


of course there about a million different christmas cookie recipes and decorating options, but these are an old classic my mom used to make. they are called chocolate crinkles and are a bit like mini brownies. I really like the look of the white powdery outside with the chocolate cracks showing through. how rustic.
(p.s. i also saw these on marthastewart.com and she added espresso to them and called them snow caps. fuck that, don't mess with a classic)



okay this is also another fantasy family classic and it's way fun to do (i think).
you need:
one or more potatoes depending on how many stamps you would like
paint in some festive colors
paper (new paper would work but i like plain brown paper - it should be cheap though, whatever you choose)
a sharp small knife, like an exact-o
a plate or something to put the paint on

1. cut the potato in half
2. draw a picture on the cut half of the potato to be your stamp
3. cut away the bits of the potato you do not want to be stamped so that your design is now '3-D'
4. squeeze out some paint in a puddle on your plate
5. dip the potato stamp in it and then decorate your paper!

jingle jamz

mother fantasy sent me a link to this streaming mix from npr at the SAME TIME i was searching for christmas playlist suggestions. must be the maternal bond. so, check it out it's really good and will suit all sorts of musical tastes. oh and also it tells you what all the songs are in case you want to download any or are just curious. i like to listen to it while i'm baking.

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

yesterday home alone was on tv. debwa loves macaulay! so what if he's 10? i had a wide on for him when the movie came out, and i still do; that's devotion. here are some good christmas films to watch if you want to feel festive/ didn't have a childhood and have never seen them (larry):

1. elf
2. home alone
3. home alone 2 (but NOT 3)
3. batman returns (it's not really a christmas movie but it happense during christmas/ new years)
4. nightmare before christmas
5. edward scissor hands (again it happens at christmas, does tim burton have a christmas issue?)
6. a muppet christmas carol (way better than a non-muppet one)
7. babes in toyland. kitsch classic.
8. how the grinch stole christmas, the animated one, of course.
9. a charlie brown christmas.
10. the snowman. sad and i love him.