I am always so tempted by their displays but truthfully I bake infrequently. Somehow I've become the family holiday meal pie maker and I do have a few of the punches in leaf patterns. I do use those to decorate pie top crusts. I really don't enjoy making cookies, I'm more enthusiastic about a pie or cake, something one dish and completed than fooling with all those little individual 'thingies'. I had a neighbor who would make the most intricate and gorgeous platters of assorted cookies. She would begin baking with her two sisters (they could have gone pro) the day after Thanksgiving and they would mix and roll for 72 hours barely taking a break. When her husband retired, they built a small home on the other side of the state where they summer and a house in Nevada desert where they spend the winter. Before leaving the area, she and her sisters had a cookbook made of their favorite cookie recipes and that last year instead of cookies, I was given the book. I've made her Mexican wedding cakes a few times, they are simple enough and I do like them. They are not pretty like most of the offerings.

Wow 95 and traveling! That bag is particularly nicer looking than others I've seen .. My sister just had a milestone birthday and I wish I had come across this then... I like it so much I searched it and now double wow- so reasonable$.

That's cute! I will be attaching gift cards to wine carriers and a beer carrier for adult nieces/nephews -- including ones for BYOB cooking classes, a byob restaurant gift cards and one to the state store (where we buy alcohol in PA). I had to buy a heavy duty hole punch to get through the cards-- it just arrived today and I am giddy. I want to put holes in everything! I also will be delivering gift cards for a few folks in customized boxes I had made by an etsy seller.

Cuteness, indeed! Not for big workingmen, maybe, but I think it's a great idea for showing off a tea cup collection without having to serve tea.. I really dislike the current versions of charcuterie that are overcrowded and just a big germy double dip bowl. Often they're designed for art rather than enjoyment, and get unattractive looking fast. Giving everybody their own portions in unique vessel is a fabulous idea, made pretty and festive by this guy. The saucer gives guests an overflow catcher for deconstructing the serving. I'm not sure I'd do it either, especially since I don't have the right size cups and saucers, but I'd be happy to be served something like it.