Theinspiredroom.net Website Review

voted readers favorite top decorating blog better homes and gardens, decorating ideas, how to organize, how to decorate, interior design. (well, actually it’s coming up on two years! our contractor was installing our dutch door on christmas eve and the whole space was. it’s the room i look forward to making festive and enjoying the most. one of the first things we did to prepare for our kitchen for winter this year is to go out in search of new christmas cookie cutters! priorities, right? we grabbed a few really pretty copper ones with various gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan family members, our baking habits have changed a wee bit over the years (hahah!) but we’re making it work! we don’t eat many sweets, anyway, but it’s fun to bake together and enjoy an occasional treat. one of our favorite coffee shops (storyville), we visited our local garden center because they are all set up this time of year with so many pretty holiday things (and reindeer!). then we came home to bake, decorate the kitchen and watch a movie together! we had picked up some fun measuring spoons and cups at world market, too, because most of our old sets were missing parts, so it was time to upgrade our baking tools! actually, world market had so many cute things. a few of them somehow found their way to our cart. ;) we found a gluten-free gingerbread cookie recipe online and then made a few modifications to make them dairy and vegan, too. (i’ll post our version and the link to the original below). they turned out cute. we frosted some of the cookies, so those were extra tasty and everyone we intended to decorate our kitchen that day, too, but we ran out of time before our movie! we always think we can do more in a day than we are actually able to do. anyone else? but we had bought some new jumbo paper stars at world market so the next day we decided to have some fun with them and create a whimsical star (or snowflake) scene by hanging them above counters. such a simple idea, but and i have to say