Favorite Christmas Song 2010...Part 2

Love, love, love this one too!  Merry Christmas chickadees....only 3 days until we celebrate the birth of the Savior.

 

Third Day.  Born In Bethlehem.

Coming soon....

....the hat, not the child, chickadees!

It's Almost Here....

Cyber Monday!  Cyber Monday means a terrific ONE DAY sale at Monogram Chick.  We're stocking up and gearing up for another great year of Christmas orders!

Desserts = Recipe Cards

It seems like forever since I've posted anything...actually, it has been over 2 weeks--Holy Cow!

Thank you to everyone that gave me your recipe's and ideas for our Christmas dessert. All of them looked so yummy. I have to admit, I took the super easy way out. I went to the best chocolatier in the south, Peterbrooke, (based in Jacksonville, FL with stores across the South East) and picked up one of the "Make at Home Truffle Cake". I simply added eggs and butter and we noshed on fabulous chocolaty goodness after filets, twice baked potatoes, and green bean bundles.

However, I still chose a winner for the recipe cards! I have not made these yet, but totally plan to when we make it back home. Emily's "Death By Chocolate" is a heavenly mix of chewy brownies, creamy pudding, cold whipped cream and crunch toffee...my favorite things!

For those of you that missed her recipe, here it is:

Death by Chocolate

The easy version

1 (18.25 ounce) package brownie mix

1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix

:

1 (12 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

6 (1.4 ounce) bars chocolate covered toffee bars, frozen and crushed

Directions:

In a 9x13 in pan, bake brownie mix according to package directions. Cool and crumble. Make pudding, according to package directions, with milk. In a large trifle or other glass serving bowl, place half of the crumbled cake. Spread half of the pudding over that. Top with half of the whipped topping, sprinkled with half the crumbled candy bars. Repeat layers in the same order. Refrigerate until serving.

The hard(er) version: Same as above but make your own brownies from scratch.

Congrats Emily! I will contact you for details about your recipe cards.

Give Me the Dish on Desserts

Hey Y'all!

I can't tell you how good it feels to be out from under the mound of work that has been suffocating me for the last few weeks!

Now it is time to start thinking about shopping and baking. In fact, tonight I have started my holiday baking: chocolate peanut butter fudge, (the first batch did not turn out and I'm giving it another shot), Chocolate Chip Candy Goodness Bars (a recipe given to me by Susan {Fiddler's Three} and I totally made up the name) and Chocolate Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing (a heavenly treat that Courtney, one of my cookie swap partners, sent and I'm ga-ga for!) I plan to send most of these things to school with Dr. Chick and then give the others to family and friends, but love to bake!

**These are the Chocolate Chip Candy Cookie Goodness Bars. Please excuse the metal pan, it is going to school with Dr. Chick with no need to return. I am usually a DeMarle snob**

If you're interested in any of the recipes, email me!

Along the lines of recipes and baking...I am in charge of the dessert for Christmas dinner with my family. My sister is hosting the fam this year and is taking care of the main course...filets, veggies, potatoes, etc. and I'm in charge of the dessert. I have no idea what to take.

I need y'alls help! What is your favorite (read: EASY) dessert that is also festive. I will be baking at my inlaws home since we will be staying with them for the holidays.

Any insight you can give would be greatly appreciated!

And the best part is that the winning recipe owner will be given 20 Personalized Recipe Cards of their choice! I'm willing to give in return!

**Dr. MC is allergic to pecans so whatever I make must be sans pecans.**

***We are not really fruity dessert people but do love some chocolate!***

Not Really M.I.A.

Hello Bloggy Friends!

I've been MIA for the last few days in preparation for the Junior League Market of Des Monies, Iowa. Thought I'd share a few photos of the MonogramChick Booth (taken via the blackberry, hence the quality) and invite anyone in the area to come on by!

Come shop Friday 9 am until 9 pm & Saturday 9 am until 5 pm.

I'll be back this weekend, and will get back to catching up on your lives and blogs!

I haven't posted or emailed the Cookie Swap partners but have made the list {actually, my sainted sister matched partners} and will post/email that on Sunday.

Have a great weekend, chickadees!

Stamp Winner

This year The Jerkins Family will be stamping their Christmas cards with a Holiday Personalized Address Stamp! Daphne is such a sweet blogger friend, I am so glad random.org chose her.

Featured Product: Ornaments

Traditionally, the day after Thanksgiving we shop. The day after that we DECORATE!

This year I'll be adding these great ornaments to my tree!

Take advantage of this week's featured item pricing!

Sale Price: $29.99

Regular Price: $34.00

Cookie Swap

It is official...Monogram Chick will be hosting her First Annual Online Cookie Swap!




Here's the deal:

• Leave a comment here to let me know you'd like to enter.


• Then, just to be sure we get everyone entered, please send me an email {sarah@monogramchick.com} with the subject line "cookie swap" and include your blog address so that I'll have your blog and email address to share with your partners. Also, please include nut allergies, etc. in your email so that I can match people accordingly.


• You will be paired with 3 (hopefully, depending on the turn out) other bloggers.


• Each person will make 3 dozen cookies and will mail each of their partners 1 dozen cookies along with the recipe.


• Cookies must be home baked.


• Cookies must be prepared by adult hands, no little fingers in the dough (Sandy Toes, that one is for you)


• Partners will be assigned on Tuesday, November 18th


• All cookies should be mailed by December 2nd.


• Cookies should ship well packaged in air tight containers (like Ziploc bags) and packed well with paper or bubble wrap to avoid breakage.


• You need not have a blog to swap with us, anyone is welcome!

Bloggers, grab the image above or the button code below and share with your readers.

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48 Days and Counting

...until Christmas!

People--that is 6 weeks!

Let me give you a moment to absorb that....

...Roughly 1100 hours...

Has the panic set in yet?

The annual shopping season is in it's early stages with promises of great deals and bargains all around. So, with that in mind Monogram Chick has a little surprise. For the next 5 weeks (because we will close December 16th to spend time with family and friends) we will feature a different product each week with a special "feature" price. This is the perfect time to stock up on personalized gifts for the holidays!

Each featured item will be posted here, on the blog, every Monday morning. The "feature" price will be in effect until the next featured item is posted.

Check back often, let all your friends know, I promise there will be great deals to be had!

Overwhelmed

I am speechless. As I write this post there are currently over 220 comments for the Monogrammed Recipe Box Giveaway. Seriously, y'all...220!

Thank you to everyone who posted about the giveaway and shared such nice comments about my shop, my baby. I have been working my way through the comments trying to check out all of the new "faces"...if I haven't gotten to you yet, I will, in time.

For now, I thought I'd tease you with a few of the great Christmas things to come! Those that will be able to attend the Open House will get a sneak peek at some of the exciting new Christmas items.

It's not too late, you can still enter the GIVEAWAY! Click here or scroll to the next post.