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33 Days Until Christmas - a pedestal for for holiday goodies


Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! 

Gift idea: Cake stand 

Makes a good gift for: The baker in your life (or the host or hostess in your life who might want to dress up a store-bought cake!) 

Cake stands seem to be somewhat popular these days – I see them in antique stores and in boutiques, and in lots of home stores. A cake stand would make a great gift for the baker or hostess in your life, and if you are looking to make the stand extra special, you could always present it with a cake already on it! For my birthday this past September, my soon to be mother-in-law baked me a delicious German chocolate cake, and found a box big enough to put the cake on a cake stand, and presented me with a delicious and functional gift! 

So, here are a couple cute cake stands in a range of prices: 






34 Days Until Christmas - cuter cleaning!


Gift idea: Tea towels 

Makes a good gift for: Someone who likes to spend time in the kitchen, or just someone who likes to have a good-looking kitchen

In an effort to be better to mother-earth and use fewer disposable things, like paper towels, I have been using my kitchen towels a lot more frequently lately, and I feel like I am always running out of clean ones. A lot of mine are rather dingy looking, so I would love to have the older ones to do the work (like mopping up dog-drool and spilled sauce) and have some nice pretty ones to hang on the oven door. Etsy has tea towels in every color of the rainbow and every imaginable pattern, Target has some cute ones out now, and Williams Sonoma and Sur La Table always have a good selection too. I know Williams Sonoma sells aprons, hot-pads and towels in matching patterns, so you could always put together a little kitchen-gift set with matching, or complementary goodies.

Here are some that caught my eye: 

Target - set of three for $7.00


Williams-Sonoma set of four for $9.95


Williams-Sonoma - set of four for $19.95

Etsy - one yellow and one grey tea towel for $23.50

Etsy - set of three for $37.95



35 Days Until Christmas - make any oven a pizza (or bread) oven!


5 More Weeks Until Christmas!

Gift idea: Pizza (or bread) stone 

Makes a good gift for: Anyone who loves to cook or who loves pizza, and for the bread baker on your list.

Having a ceramic pizza stone in your oven will really up your ability to make a delicious homemade pizza and/or some crusty bread. The nice thing about a pizza stone is that even if you don’t have two ovens, you can just leave it on the bottom rack in your oven year-round. They are easy to take care of and easy to use, and make a thoughtful gift.  

This pizza stone is a standard size that should fit in most ovens, and can be left in the oven during other types of cooking and baking.

This pizza stone is actually a set of four smaller stones, which would be easier to move and maneuver than one big one, especially for someone with limited mobility or a smaller than standard size oven.
Amazon.com - $32.46

You could even pair a pizza stone with a pizza cookbook, like one of these:





Amazon.com - $11.96

a pizza peel, like one of these:



Amazon.com - $15.99


Amazon.com - $21.06


36 Days Until Christmas - a place for all the holiday treats!


Gift idea: Cake stand 

Makes a good gift for: The baker in your life (or the host or hostess in your life who might want to dress up a store-bought cake!)

I love housewares. I also love cake stands (oh, and I love to bake). Anyway, cake stands seem to be somewhat popular these days – I see them in antique stores and in boutiques, and in lots of home stores. A cake stand would make a great gift for the baker or hostess in your life, and if you are looking to make the stand extra special, you could always present it with a cake already on it! For my birthday this past September, my soon to be mother-in-law baked me a delicious German chocolate cake, and found a box big enough to put the cake on a cake stand, and presented me with a delicious and functional gift!

So, here are a couple cute cake stands in a range of prices:

This is the one I got for my birthday:

Lenox Butterfly Meadow Pedestal Cakestand - $49.95

A clear-glass cake stand is very classic, it can be part of an everyday kitchen, and also part of an elaborate holiday spread: 


This white enamel cake stand is very simple and elegant, and just a bit retro: 


This stoneware cake stand is nice to look at, and would be at home in most kitchens: 
 

37 Days Until Christmas - function and fun in the kitchen


Gift idea: Fun kitchen tools 

Makes a good gift for: Someone who likes to cook, someone who appreciates modern design, or maybe a college student or someone who just moved out on their own

At six bucks a piece, these fun, modern kitchen tools would make a great gift for someone who likes to cook, someone who appreciates modern design, or maybe a college student or someone who just got their own place. 







You could make a set of all four or just a couple of these tools, and then maybe find a fun crock or big jar to put them all in. Maybe include a couple of your favorite family recipes or a cookbook too.

The Curiosity Shoppe at Target has a fun line of products, including lots of home and kitchen wares.

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