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I mostly worked out my mantel angst. New candles, candle holders, and festive glass beads helped. I'm not done but I feel a bit better about it already, lol.
"HO. HO. HO. HO. HO. HO."
From The Tick, or Dr. Who, pick your poison...
I think they are the Christmas version of the brooms from Sorcerer's Apprentice. I think they're massing for a march on my kitchen and I. Am. Afraid.
Petulant, Misty, you had me at "glittery."
The Santas are a giant pain in the ass and one of those holiday errors that makes it's way into a tradition. My niece and nephew will not let Christmas pass without them. If you must torture yourself:
basic sugar cookie recipe, rolled dough and cut out with a star cutter
the red body and black boots are an egg wash with food coloring
cuffs and beard are royal icing
before the icing dries dip in white bead candy decor, the hat tip in red sugar crystals, cinnamon red hots are the buttons
hopefully by this point your cocktails have kicked in
dye the remaining icing black and create the alien eyes with a piping tip
Voila
Alien Santas
Sorry... all this discussion of GLITTERY PINE CONES and my attention goes straight for the booze.
Thank ye Andrea. Technically, people are not suppose to decant liquor anymore because of the lead levels in crystal and the alcohol leeching the lead. Some companies have reduced the levels (not much) in their stemware, but decanters are a no-no. However, if you decant, be sure to drink it all quickly. Then, there is no problem. HA!
And I want those alien santas.
I can relate. I've been looking for the two small aqua tassels that go on my mantel scarf for days now. :::head asplodey:::
Petulant's abode must be amazing to see at the culmination of the War In Defense of Christmas!
There are also tempered glass decanters, which don't have lead in them. One of my friends has a glass decanter which was somehow made so that the wine dregs rinse out of the bottom cleanly, and you're not left trying to shove a sponge down the narrow neck, or figuring out how to get it back out of the bowl of the decanter. It's a miracle!
One always requires nice-sized cocktails for WAR.
Dubya is a capital-S Socialist? Or is the least consequential Reagan being a teeny bit inexact, perhaps, referring to our President-elect? So will that be Obama's official title then? Socialist President Obama . . . cool. I can't wait to hear all the reporters trying to get his attention yelling, Mr. Socialist President! Mr. Socialist President!
And I have visions of you, Mr. Petulant, cocktail in hand, staring at a screen-full-o-Tweety, and softly crooning, "Scotch and Soda - Jigger of gin - Oh, what a spell you've got me in - Oh, my. . ." Is this wrong of me?
Thank you! My classmates are going to be majorly impressed at my creativity next week.
It is probably more along the lines: oh... why is he spitting at me? Did he just say something stupid? ahhh.. .yes... he did. O' there is Joan Walsh making sense. Don't pay attention to her. The wymmins are evil.
Dammit! I missed O'Reilly tonight! How can my War in Defense of Christmas be complete without the true savior?
My main interest is listed on Facebook as "glitter". I own every color of glitter available. I buy my superfine glitter from the Art Institute @ ArtGlitter.com. It is the most shiny glitter you can find. The effects are unbelievable.
Art Glitter comes in translucent and opaque. It is expensive but goes a long way. I sometimes mix it with cheaper large-grain glitter to make it go farther. I also like to mix the colors, it comes in about six shades of each color.
There is nothing that you cannot glitter. Take any old or tired Christmas decorations (even pine cones!) and glitter them. White glue works fine, just thin it down a little and cover the area to be glittered with glue, let it dry for a minute then sprinkle or dip it in glitter. Shake the excess glitter back into the bottle. Sprinkling the glitter on over a file folder works well, you can easily pour the extra glitter back into the bottle.
I saw glittered cupcakes in a cookbook. They had been frosted and then covered with pink glittery sugar crystals. They were amazing,
I wanted to buy the colored sugar crystals but I am broke so I figured out how to make them. You probably did it in middle school lab. Just follow the instructions for making rock candy, you can find the directions on the Internet. It involves boiling water and then adding huge amounts of sugar until the solution is super saturated. Add food color to the solution, then let it dry into crystals.
If the sugar crystals grow too large, smash them with a hammer. Smashing things with a hammer is always is always fun.
I use paste food color from the craft store, it is very concentrated and comes in many colors. You can make the sugar crystals as large as you want to want to make your own fabulous cake, muffin and cookie decorations. It will only take a couple of days to grow the crystals. You can sprinkle the large sugar crystals on anything, put them on the cookies and muffins prior to baking.
I have started making cupcakes for presents and parties, people go insane over them and they are very cheap to make. I developed a delicious, easy butter-cream frosting recipe which you can pipe onto the cupcakes with a freezer bag with a hole in the corner. I can't wait to make the glitter cupcakes!
If you don't watch BO, it makes the Baby Jesus cry.