December Craft Night

Anyone else scrambling to stay ahead of their "Christmas To-Do" lists? What a busy month! Sometimes a tidal wave of exhaustion sweeps over me and a feeling of 'Oh. My. Goodness. It will never all get done!' plagues me. But I am trying really hard to rein in my task-oriented brain. Instead, I'm choosing to enjoy all the small, beautiful moments this season brings and not let the almighty to-do list swallow me up ... while I'm decorating Christmas cookies with Jack, while I'm wrapping pretty packages and listing to my Casting Crowns Christmas CD, while I'm working on handmade Christmas gifts for my sisters, while I'm watching Noah play with his Little People Nativity Set, or while I'm sipping hot chocolate with some great girlfriends. Living in the moment is a wonderful thing, and I'm trying to be better at it.

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With all that said, I'm a bit behind in the blogging world, but I'm okay with that. :) So, without further ado, here's some pictures of the craft project we worked on earlier this month at our December mama's gathering.

We decorated some little truffle boxes for holiday gift-giving. Didn't they turn out sweet? Four truffles fit perfectly inside each box, using these mini cupcake liners. And here's a copy of my favorite chocolate truffle recipe. These are SO simple to make -- only two ingredients!

P.S. We used Manila file folders, white computer paper, and a few Martha Stewart punches to create all these boxes. And the felt circles were from here.