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Christmas and some cookies

Okay… finally, the post from last weekend. My camera never did wake up by the way. But I did manage to get all the photos off using a friend’s card reader. Yay! Unfortunately, no built in card readers on my printer or computer… Boo!

And, I would have posted this last night, but I spent the evening at Pioneer Woman’s book signing in Atlanta. Fun! Fun! More on that soon. Thankfully, I did have a working camera with me for that. A brand new Canon Digital Rebel XSi that I borrowed. It’s nice having generous friends. But, I kinda wish I hadn’t started using it. I might not be able to give it back. Bigger screen, More megapixels. And I’ve convinced myself the photo quality is far superior. It is. I know it is. Maybe my camera will be unfixable. Is that a word?

Anyway, here’s the goods or goodies from last weekend.

It’s coming up on Christmas, so I wanted to make some decorated sugar cookies. But I didn’t really want to make traditional Christmas shapes. So instead, I used a cute little cupcake cutter I recently bought. I also went with a less than traditional color scheme and chocolate sugar cookies to help make the colors pop.

Cookies

I love sugar cookies. Too bad I love them more than they love me. I’m still trying to perfect my piping. I will not give up. I will have non-lumpy lines one day.

Cookies

These were two of the better ones.

Cookies

These … not so much. But squint and they’ll look better.

Snowflake Sprinkles

See …… Okay, I’m kidding. I kid. These are the good ones. Well, the better ones anyway.

Mess

It helps to plan ahead when you work with royal icing. Draw out the colors you want for borders and the colors you want to fill with in advance.

Cookies

The cookie recipe is from the book, Cookie Craft. Get a copy if you have any desire to learn how to make these kind of decorated cookies. It’s jam-packed with tips and tricks.

Or maybe you’ll win this.

Cookie Stuff

Yes, the original Cookie Craft came out with a mini Cookie Craft Christmas book.

Christmas Craft

Also with recipes, ideas, and tips. It’s very cute. And small, which you know I like.

Cupcake Cookie Cutters

You’ll also get this cute 2-piece cupcake cookie cutter set. Love it!

Cupcake Stencils

And some cupcake stencils. You can use these on cookies, too.

Cake Tester

A cupcake-shaped cake tester. This totally unnecessary utensil was too cute to pass up.

Mini Cupcake Spatulas

And so were these mini spatulas. I bought all the goodies (except for the cookie book I picked up at the bookstore) from Crate & Barrel if you want to look them up. I like finding cute things. Hope you like them, too.

Stuffed

And it all comes stuffed in a sparkly stocking.

Enter to win it all.

  • Just leave a comment on this post and tell me what you want this Christmas. Big or small. Silly or Serious. Let’s share.
  • Me first… I want to spend time with all my family. Laughing. Hugging. Eating. And I want to take lots of pictures of them with my brand new, big, shiny camera. Yeah, that sounds good.
  • Deadline to enter is Wednesday, December 9 at 7:00 pm ET.TIME’S UP!
  • Winner selected at random and announced sometime Wednesday evening on this post.

Good luck.

Winner.
We have a winner. And it’s a high number this time.

#5935 – YAY CAROLINE! Hope you like the stocking full of stuff and hope you get that immersion blender, too.
cookiecraftwinner

And everyone else that entered. Thank you for sharing your Christmas wishes. I’ve smiled and cried multiple times reading through them. Some really important ones out there. I hope you get them granted. Hugs to you all.

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6,670 comments on “Christmas and some cookies”

  1. I would love a GOOD raincoat (since I live in Oregon) and bigger kitchen to have more amazing baking adventures!!!

    Plus this little giveaway would make me happy and I’d share with everyone :)

    Merry Christmas!

  2. I think you have just made me add to my Christmas list….I want the cupcake cookie cutters. Too cute!!

  3. What I would like for Christmas is the skill to make cute goodies, take a vacation, and have a great life!

  4. Most importantly I want to spend lots of time with my family but if Santa could bring me a Nook I would be really really happy :-)

  5. All I would like for Christmas is for myself and my loved ones to be healthy and happy :)

  6. I want to be able to spend Christmas with my grandpa. He’s finally finished with his chemo treatments so I’m hoping he’ll feel up to having company and we can spend Christmas together. Only if I stay well too- can’t get him sick! So I’d like to be healthy!

  7. I really would just like my husband to complete all the little things around the house. But since he’s a busy man, I’ll take a hair straightener instead!

  8. I want to spend time with family and friends, alot of time. Maybe making cookies with this kit.

    Thanks so much!!

  9. I really just want my favorite coffee! It is HEB brand and is the Austin Blend. We are moving to San Fran and I’m dying thinking about not having it!

  10. I’ll be spending Christmas this year on vacation in another country. I want to eat lots of yummy Taiwanese street food – learn how to make them! :D

  11. I want to watch my 3 year old son spend the day running around like a crazy person enjoying what will probably be the first Christmas morning he will really remember.

  12. I would love to get something like quilting lessons for Christmas. Or cake decorating. I want to learn how to do something really well. So maybe this cookbook would be perfect!

  13. I want a new hairdo….been putting it off for two pregnancies now. It is time for a new ME!

  14. It’s so funny that you’re doing this giveaway…because the Cookie Craft Christmas book is one of the things on my Christmas list. I LOVE my original Cookie Craft book, and when I saw the new book, my adoration for cookie decorating went to a whole new level.

  15. What I really want for Christmas is to have a relaxing time with my family. I want to spend time doing absolutely nothing together! I want to talk, watch movies, and be lazy for a change.

  16. I’d love a bunch of all the gourmet treats and goodies from WIlliams-Sonoma. Everything I have ever sampled is beyond amazing but I just can’t pay $20 for a jar of something I can get at the market for $2!!!!

    And of course, most of all, I just want to have everyone together (in the same state!) at Christmas!

  17. A house for my sweet little family…we’ve been at the in-laws for almost 3 years and it’s been better than you could expect but I long for a place of our own.

  18. WOW! I guess I am a little slow at typing! Correction 1,175, like I said, a million others! =)

  19. What I want this Christmas is for my husband to get a job offer, that would be the best present ever!

  20. I want to be chosen to receive a Grant for my masters program so I can stop being so stressed out about how I will pay off grad school!!! eeeeeep!

  21. I would like Santa to bring me a new digital camera and a HD video camera. Thanks Santa

  22. Hey Bakerella! I and a million others are happy that you found a replacement camera, at least 1,123, as of this comment and I am sure a ton more to follow! I will get to spend Christmas in Japan this year with my moms family as well as my wife and kids! What I wish for Christmas…hmmm… to be able to create awwww…wait for it, wait for it….SOME! AWESOME treats like you!!! Win or lose, I am happy to have finally posted a comment! =)

  23. To win this, and to be with my family in Australia

  24. I want a sparkly stocking full of cute cookie accessories and ideas! :)

  25. I had jewelry making tools on my list!

  26. This Christmas I want for the people who are out of work to find jobs, for the people struggling financially to find relief, and for the people experiencing medical problems to have just one day with no sickness.

  27. I want some time away with my boyfriend at my parents house in the snow and mountains….and of course if santa wants to swing by, I’ll take a Hello Kitty toaster :)

  28. I want the Pioneer Woman cookbook. Love that girl!

  29. i would love to have a counter height table for my kitchen

  30. What I want for Christmas…that my family’s health problems get better (seems like we had an inordinate number of issues this year), that I finally can catch up on some sleep (lol), and…that I learn how to make a proper cheesecake without cracks! It’s defied me for years, but I will succeed (eventually hehe)!

  31. <3 I love it! <3 I wish they can send the sparkly stocking here in the Philippines.

  32. I am fortunate that I am getting my wish – to go to Australia and spend Christmas with family. I would like to win this wonderful prize too!

  33. I asked for a Monitor to hook my laptop up too, i hope santa comes though!

  34. I want to spend quality time with the friends and family I’ve been away from for months!

  35. I want to finish decorating our new house. Also, a kitten for Christmas would be fun since we had to put down my 14 year old kitty this year. :)

  36. Oooh! So cute! For Christmas I want to spend time with family and have a good relaxing time.

  37. oooh – photoshop and a photo printer so I can get all these lovely pics of my kids off my computer – why is it so hard to print them???? I LOVE these goodies too! Ok – if truth be tol – me minus 30 lbs, never another acne spot, ability to humble myself more, be a better wife and mommy, and a better leader, a job that lets me spend time with my kids and helps fund their education, a newer van with a/c, my house leaks fixed, GOOD GRIEF – enough already! Ok – scatch all that – What I really want is my family all together and enjoying it!

  38. having a birthday and christmas in the same month really stinks. i can think of many things all year i would like, but when december rolls around i’ve got nothing!!! seriously, there are two things i’d really love for: 1) to master at least one new recipe and improve my horrible cooking skills, and 2) to have a fun but relaxing birthday on the 12th, one step closer to 30!!

  39. I’d love a new purse!

  40. I want a new camera. But I’m not going to get it, so winning this would be a great second lol!!

  41. After handing in my PhD dissertation last week, I am looking forward to some ‘down time’ with my family! Including baking!

  42. I want to win this adorable prize! And I want to be a better cook!

  43. ooOoo…

    I would love to get a kitchen aid mixer but I’d be happy if I got Season 2 of Flight of the Conchords…that show makes me giggle!

    Happy Holidays!!!

  44. Oooh how cute! My wish is kinda serious, I’m wishing/hoping our adoption is approved by Christmas so we can make our big announcement!

  45. I want my husband to get a job and to be able to pay rent.

  46. I would like to just spend time with my family cherishing the moments of Christmas! And …Photoshop wouldn’t hurt the situation! :D

  47. A new bread maker…. talk about unfixable… that’s my old breadmaker. I used it for 19 years though. Not too bad. It’s in the garage haven’t brought myself to throw it away. It’s older than my oldest child. I’m a little attached.

  48. I want to be pregnant with our second child! I am looking forward to giving my sweet boy an opportunity to be a big brother and to see my husband in action with a baby again. He was so great the first time around!

  49. I want a puppy and for my pnemonia to go away… Breathing in the cold air with bad lungs is not fun…. and I can’t smell the carrot cake I am making

  50. My boyfriend of over eight years became my fiance last August. He’s Canadian and I’m American. Thus, all I want for Christmas is our visa application to be processed quickly, as it’s been waiting since September. It’d be great if he could move here permanently soon. :)

  51. I would LOVE a stand mixer! I drool over them at the stores but can’t talk myself into spending the money on one. Someday…

  52. Just wanna win something … hint!

  53. Hmm… what do I want for Christmas?
    In no particular order: an internship in DC, a job for my boyfriend, and a pony for me :)

  54. Those are fantastic sugar cookies! Way to go on taking something old and typical and reworking it!

    If wishes were gumdrops: a Kindle, a couple cookbooks I’ve had my eye on, a year’s subscription to a weight loss program (I know those two gifts kind negate each other don’t they?) and a couple dresses that make my curves look sexy.

    I really just want money so I can get my kids something this year. It’s really difficult to homemake gifts for teenage boys.

  55. for christmas i would love more kitchen stuff to add to my hope chest!!

  56. I want to be around friends and family playing Taboo and Scattergories, laughing until our sides feel like bursting.

  57. I would love to have a shiny, fancy camera too!

  58. I want a stereo/dock for my i-pod …one that is wall mountable(-is that a word) and to enjoy the kids since they still have lots of Christmas Spirit ( my son is in grade 6 and she was giddy writing his letter to Santa and he still believes-LOVE IT)

  59. I want to have a fun, relaxing day with my family.

  60. Love this prize. I would like a large flat screen TV for Christmas.

  61. I want to know what the next chapter in our family’s lives holds…. and an ebelskiver pan.

  62. Spending time with family.

  63. What a cute giveaway!!

    I would like to spend more time with my family!

  64. I want a stress free holiday season where I get to spend time with the ones I love. But for something tangible, my Christmas list currently has cookbooks, cooking supplies, and the cutest headbands ever that I found on Etsy!
    Winning this stocking would definitely check some things off the list :)

  65. I want some snow for Christmas. In my backyard. Also in the front yard. But not on the driveway.

  66. I want to *not* travel to my bofyriend’s parents house… and I want a new rain coat.

  67. Totally awesome contest! I want a boyfriend for Christmas! ;0)

  68. All i want for christmas is to spend time with my husband. And a kitten perhaps?

  69. For Christmas… I want a house! I wanted one last year too. And it’ll probably be on my Christmas list next year. :)
    But for now, some new baking toys would be super fun!

  70. I just want to have a fun, relaxed family Christmas at our house.

  71. I would love to have healthy family and a house this year for christmas, and it would be nice to have the cookie package.

  72. Spending quality time with my family.

  73. All I want for Christmas is the love of my life.

    I just moved here for school. He lives 1000 miles away right now, until he can find a job here.

    But he’s visiting for Xmas of course so my wish comes true! I promise to bake him pretty cookies.

  74. i want a kitchenaid stand mixer!

  75. What I really want for christmas this year is to be ready with food, gifts and a semi-clean house….so that I can just sit around and enjoy family during Christmas.

  76. I want my parents to have a healthy holiday time.

  77. For Christmas I just want my family to be all together and enjoy the holidays. We always have so much fun and I am just so excited for us to laugh and sing and be silly. :)

  78. My Christmas wish is to have a fun-filled, stress-free holiday with my family. We are taking the commercial stuff out and focusing on what really matters. It will be one of my best gifts ever.

  79. Being healthy and a fun vacation.

  80. A new camera, too!

  81. I want to have awesome give a ways like you!!! :)

    I really want a Wii! My husband thinks I’m ridiculous. But that’s ok ’cause I know my mother in law already bought it for me!!!

    Woooo hoooooo!

    Merry Christmas. Enjoy those rockin cookies!

  82. For Christmas I would like to stay home in my pajamas with my husband and daughter. All day. No obligations to see certain relatives.

  83. A Happy, Healthy family! That would thrill me to no end. OH. And a MacBook Pro.

  84. Those cookies are adorable! For Christmas I’d like a trip to a warmer climate because these Midwest winters are quite harsh! Also, a few dvds and some things from Sephora. :)

  85. mmmm… what i want for xmas is my husband back :))) he’s abroad and i miss him like hell… I wish i could surprise him on this xmas with a pregnancy news bur i can’t…. but we can wish right? :)

  86. I want time to straighten up the house. Just get rid of tons of junk. That’s all I want and need.

  87. Honestly, the thing I want MOST is to be pregnant. I can hardly wait for that. Wouldn’t it be fabulous if it happened this month? Sure would make my holiday!

  88. I want a quiet, peaceful christmas. My birthday is christmas eve, I will be the B.I.G. 21 but all I want is to be home with my family! :)

  89. this christmas i really would like some new perfume (chance by chanel) cause mine broke!!! :( and i want new cook books because my new years resolution is to be more of a risk taker in the kitchen and try out new things. :)

    i love love LOVE the cake tester and if i don’t win, i’m gonna have to buy it!

  90. I want to share good times and good food with the family all in good health.

  91. This Christmas I want happiness and love and peace in our home…we just had our 5th child so money is tight, tempers are short, and we need to stretch ourselves as far as possible to make each child feel loved, special, and appreciated – even with little sleep ;)

  92. I want to survive finals and go home to spend time with my family. :)

  93. Those look amazing! Now I want the cupcake cookie cutters for christmas. Seriously though I am so excited to spend time with my family and friends.

    And I want some new slippers!

  94. I want the teaspoons in the shape of cupcaks, and now that cake tester?? then I want to be able to spend a day in my kitchen with all the time in the world to bake and bake and bake to my hearts content. Then go and deliver said goodies to all my family and friends. Merry Christmas Bakerella! Thanks for the inspiration. BTW you cookies are beautiful.

  95. I want a job – one that I will love.

  96. I want a cannon xsi!!!

  97. I just want to be free from morning sickness!

  98. I want a new cellphone that can receive the silly picture messages my mom sends me from home.

  99. To find a gluten, egg, dairy, soy, potato and corn free christmas cake recipe that still tastes like a cake! Or cookies! Or mince pies!

    Still, I get to inhale the flavours as I bake normal versions for everyone else.

  100. For Christmas, I want to be with my family. They live in NY, I live in CA, it’s just so expensive to fly. I miss them. I love Christmas and wish that I could be with them.
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!! May we all be happy, healthy, and better bakers! ;)

  101. I want to spend as much time with my family & friends, and testing out a whole bunch of baking recipes.

  102. I be at home, cooking with my lovely family. I sure am getting tired of this lonely dorm room… Plus a home cooked meal would be nice :]

  103. Adorable stuff! I was really hoping for a new camera lens for Christmas, but I have a feeling I’m getting an IPod Touch….and I’m OK with that too! My favorite part of the holidays is being with family, and the plan is to do lots of that so I’m very much looking forward to it!

  104. I would love to not have to worry about money ever again. And we’re not even half as bad off as so many others, yet it is still not easy.

    I LOVE this giveaway!!! so cute!

  105. For Christmas this year I would like the bravery/inspiration to start a blog! Kind of weird, I know, but I’ve become such a blog stalker in the last 6 months. Now I wanna join the club!

    Thanks for all your FABULOUS giveaways!!! (And your baking inspiration)

  106. Thanks for the chance – I want for Christmas just for time to slow down a little bit so I can step back and enjoy it all. That’s not too much to ask, now, is it?! ;)

  107. I would love to spend it with my family and have a great huge meal together!!!

  108. I want to enjoy the holidays with my sweet husband and baby girl, and I wouldn’t mind if Santa brought me a sewing machine!

  109. There’s not really any one thing that I want or need, so I’ll just say that I would like to have an enjoyable, relaxing holiday season. Cute cupcake cookies! =)

  110. i want snow. and i want it bad!

  111. I’d like to find a cute boy under the mistletoe. :)

  112. This Christmas I just wish to spend it with friends and family and wish everyone lots of love and joy!!

  113. Cookies! I want those cookies!

  114. Sleep would be nice. Not possible, but one could dream…

  115. I want to be able to have a Happy Christmas with my two boys, and my wonderful husband. We make sugar cookies every year for Christmas as one of our own little family traditions…so this set would be so much fun! I know my boys would love it!

  116. I want to spend time with my family. Just me, my husband and our girls, watching movies and eating good food.

  117. I would love more baking supplies! With all the fun colors and styles there are endless possibilities!

  118. I just want to have magic abilities to decorate edible art like you do! But I would settle for an IKEA gift card, we are moving and that would come in handy! Wait, were we supposed to say world peace? Thanks.

  119. I want a GPS system for my car because I’m ALWAYS lost. And maybe a waffle iron. :)

  120. a billion dollars. then i would be able to buy everything i want and my husband wouldn’t have to work!

  121. I want people to be happy, and to stop waking up to terrible news every day, like policemen being killed and bombings.

  122. I REALLY wish that I could help out all my friends who are having a hard time, and that I really didn’t have to choose which ones to help.

  123. I want a macro lens for my camera and to be able to take amazing photos like yours.

  124. I would love a treadmill or a nice camera for Christmas. Either one would make me very happy… but realistically, I would be happy with new running shoes or an awesome cookbook too. :)

  125. We bought a house this year, and my family is coming for the holidays, so I’m already getting what I want!

    But some fancy chocolate in my stocking would not go unwelcome….

  126. I would like to get some more cookie/baking supplies for Christmas this year. If the hubby pays attention to my request at least heh.

  127. No presents this year for me…going away for a couple of days with my husband is the best gift! Your cookies are so cute…love those colors. Thanks for the chance to win that stocking full of goodies.

  128. I just had a baby and none of my clothes fit, so I want/need CLOTHES for Christmas! But this cute little gift from you would be just great! :)

  129. A case and tripod for my new Olympus E620. And sexy new luggage for my Parisian get away!

  130. Relaxing and watching lots of movies with my family!

  131. I want all of our family to be together one last time before my husband and I move overseas!

  132. I want a Kitchen Aid mixer for Christmas since I still have a hand held mixer. It’s not even a KA but so far it works well, but not for long. I think its time is coming up.

  133. I want my little brother to be able to come home from Iraq and get to see his first born daughter (who is now a week old).

    That’s all I really want.

  134. A really, really, really nice knife. I dream.

  135. I just want a break from the worry…finally.

  136. Spoons and cooking goodies in my stocking. Seriously :) I put it on my list.

  137. For Christmas I would like an extra electrical mixer. One just ain’t enough! :)
    Those cupcake cookies are really really cute!

  138. love the cookies and love,love,love the giveaway

  139. This is the first Christmas in about three years I will get to see my sister, that’s better than any present I could get.

    Except, of course, for that stocking. And season five of Lost.

  140. A cooking class!

  141. I would like to spend time with my 5 sisters, Mom and Grams, but know I can’t due to work schedules. So, I wish to spend time with my hubby, kids, family and friends. I would love to not gain another pound and lose at least 10!

  142. I want lots of joy and peace…and a sewing maching, too =)

  143. New display shelves for my ever-growing cookbook collection!

  144. I have two boys usually the Christmas decorations at my house they are boy related. This year I decided to have a girly
    Christmas tree. I put it on the kitchen is pink and the theme is cupcake I bought some ornaments at the store and I made some myself. Is nice to have some pink at the house.

  145. As of now..probably a higher GPA :3
    and more sleep time and bake(eat) time :D

  146. These cupcake look so fun. I have had a craving to do some cute decorated cookies and these are just the inspiration I need. Can’t wait to try this design!!!
    My Christmas list: Internet for my laptop computer that I can take anywhere. BIGGEST WISH: A new place in this world for my family-new job, permanent home, good church, new life. In reality: cheep odds and ends like cooking magazines, kitchen supplies, DVD’s ect.

    Love your posts…Keep up the great ideas/projects.

  147. I’d like a laptop computer

  148. This prize package looks like a perfect thing to wish for this Christmas! :)

  149. I want to find a house that I actually want to buy. We’ve been looking way too long!

  150. Midway through pregnancy #2, my greatest wish would be for a healthy baby!

  151. I want a baby, my sister to get better, and lots of time to explore California escaping from the cold in Canada!

  152. I want Pioneer Woman’s new cookbook an a nice dutch oven type pot to cook things in!

  153. I forgot to say what i wanted. I want to get engaged this Christmas and I want my family to enjoy each other.

  154. Adorable cookies!!
    I’d like a new dishwasher for Christmas… okay, Santa?!

  155. woohooo!! i have a canon rebel too. i LOVE it. but no matter how good it is, it will never make my baking look as good as yours! love your blog!!!!!

  156. I want new running shoes.

  157. Hurrgh. Not to be a Debbie Downer, but I’d like to find out that my Dad’s tumors are benign. That would be pretty awesome. Sorry for the less than fun comment. XD

    sammei [at] gmail [dot] com.

  158. I want my kids to believe in Santa for one more year… they grow up too fast.

  159. I want new fleecy PJ bottoms.

  160. I want to have a baby for Christmas!! :)

  161. I just love your blog, the pictures never fail to make me smile! Keep doing what you’re doing!

  162. I want to spend lots of time with my family and friends. I also love to see the looks on my girls faces when they open their gifts, it just make me smile:)

  163. All I want this year is to spend the holidays with my family. It hasnt happen in 12 years so I hope this year we can get together! Oh and I want to win the x-mas stocking! I love the cupcake cookies!

  164. Oh how I LOVE cupcakes . . . even COOKIE cupcakes! They are just so fun! This Christmas, I am hoping Santa brings me a photo printer, so I can actually enjoy all the pictures I take (they usually just sit on my computer . . . lame, I know). Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

  165. What do I want for Christmas?

    A new stove….. One where the burners stay lit and the oven doesn’t take an hour to preheat.

  166. OMG I WANT THAT STOCKING xoxo

  167. i want to make great memories with my kids. I want them to look back and think about how much fun we had and not wishing stressed out mom didn’t yell so much.

  168. I want to spend time with my husband (just got married in October) and our puppy!

  169. What a great give away! How fun would that be to make lots of goodies with.

    I’m hoping for more than anything that my mom is able to come for christmas since its been almost a year and we miss her.

  170. What do I want for Christmas? Nothing really…

    What do I need for Christmas? Time with my family and friends, who are the biggest blessings in my life. Time away from work to de-stress and re-energize myself for the New Year. Time to give to my community helping those who may not have a Merry Christmas because of their life’s circumstances.

    Thanks for the chance! I love your blog.

    epfaulkner@gmail.com

  171. I’m hoping for a very merry white Chrismas spent with family and friends. Oh,and some sleep would be nice. A break from school is much needed. =]

  172. Those are sooo adorable! I didn’t ask for what I really want because it’s a little pricey–an embroidery machine. :) My big gift from my slightly anti-social husband every year is getting to host a holiday party for all our friends. This year it’s a New Year’s brunch and I can’t wait!

  173. I would love a day where meals were spontaneous rather than ordered by crack of dawn rumbly tummies (like whooo sleep late!) and reading on the couch until you were finished rather than dashing for the next meal… hmmm I wonder if I couldn’t do all the prep beforehand… maybe not for Christmas but another day when no one was suspecting that the mother person was doing her own thing!!!

  174. As crazy as it sounds….a vacuum. Mine has been dieing a slow death. I’ve had it for over 10 years and it’s served me well. Today I was vacuuming the house and it was making crazy noises. RIP Hoover

  175. I just want to experience the joy of Christmas with my family…and teach my kids the joy of giving.

  176. I want my family and friends to be healthy! First my mom, then my 30-year-old friend, then my coworker, then an aunt were all diagnosed with breast cancer. It would be nice to have a holiday where everyone was well and nobody had to worry.

    On a more fun/frivolous side, there is a Swarovski headband that I have been longing for for a few years.

  177. Besides winning this awesome giveaway I want to spend time with my family and see the joy on my childrens faces on Christmas morning. No better gift than that.

  178. Wow! I may be lucky 1000! This looks so fun. I love the cupcake idea. I love that you’re all about the details!

    I want to be happy on Christmas and take things one thing at a time to hopefully avoid the Christmas Blues.

  179. pick me, pick me!! This would be on my christmas wish list!

  180. This year for Christmas I would love to find a JOB!!! Oh and I would also LOVE a new Vera Bradley Bag! Thanks Bakerella, you’re wonderful!

  181. I want to have some time to read, rest and relax!

  182. I would love to sleep in a few days and maybe add on to make a bigger sewing room. That is really a big request!! :)

  183. I want…wii fit plus. Seattle just turned cold and I’m finding less and less motivation to get outside and walk. Brrr! It didn’t get above freezing today! What type of place is this?! (I just moved from Arizona…)

  184. i want a wii fit plus so i can lose some of this baby weight. more importantly i want my new wee little babe to stay healthy this winter.

  185. all i want for Christmas is to eat all the foods the holidays has to offer and not gain an ounce! Please, Santa?? pretty please? hahaha!

  186. I’d love a camera like that, but who wouldn’t! I’m easy to please, with me it’s more of the thought that counts. Love the cup cakes, cookies are hard, I tried them several time and figured that was something I am not good at no matter how much I practice.

  187. For my friend to beat breast cancer and my daughter-in-law to have an uneventful pregnancy.
    Merry Christmas!

  188. a new professional series camera to record the beautiful faces of my boys and family.

  189. I want time to slow down so I can make sure that I savor each and every moment of the holidays!

    Thanks for the fun giveaway!

  190. I want new running shoes, to use after xmas of course!

  191. I want to spend time with the people I love the most and feel the true spirit of Christmas in everything I do.

  192. I want to get a stand mixer, but I also want to spend time with my boyfriend (who I havent seen in 4 months because of distance due to college) and my family.

  193. All I want is to be with my family!!! They live on the east coast and I am on the west coast. I do have my own little family though…my loving boyfriend and my doggie….it is going to be a wonderful Christmas….they make everything worth while!
    <3

  194. I would like a new beginning full of love and surprises ;)

  195. This Christmas, I just want all my family (me included) and friends to be healthy and happy and together. As cheesy as that sounds, I totally mean it!

  196. i want a BIG snowstorm! and, i want a rebel, too! ;)

  197. I want the kind of camera Bakerella’s getting for Christmas.

  198. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to get a license plate frame that says… I am a mom, a wife & a US Soldier :O)
    I joined the Army Sept 22 of this year… Im super excited!
    I love your cookies!!! Hope I win it id love to give them a try!

  199. I think these cookies might qualify as your cutest creation EVER ~ they are too perfect and adorable!

  200. Spending time with family and friends! But a massage would also be very nice. : )

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