Wiki Wednesday: Festive & Free Finds on the Web for the Holidays
1. Wiki Wednesday:
Festive & Free Finds on
the Web for the Holidays
Find gift ideas | Deck the halls | Spread the cheer
2. Make Cute Gift Boxes from Recycled
Greeting Cards
http://youtu.be/YQtee_BoQH0
3. Hot Chocolate (or Coffee) Stirs
Cute, Fun & Easy Gifts for anyone!
What you will need: Sucker Sticks, candy canes,
chocolate bars (or chocolate bark) and large
marshmallows.
Melt Chocolate in large bowl. Crumble up the candy canes into a separate
bowl.
Place a marshmallow on the end of a sucker stick and dip into the melted
chocolate until covered then immediately sprinkle crumbles of the candy cane
around the marshmallow where it sticks to the melted chocolate. Place on
wax paper to dry.
Once they are dry, tie a small ribbon around the stick, about mid way to the
top, then place in a clear goodie bag, tie top cute with a "gift tag" labeled as
desired and you're done!
You'll have so many cute gifts in no time!
More photos & info.
4. Discounted Gift Cards to Buy or Sell
● plasticjungle.com (82%)
○ Buy, Sell & Exchange Gift Cards
○ Set alerts when more cards become available
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● giftcardgranny.com (up to 86.1%)
○ When selling with this company, they will show you what
their competitors are paying
● giftcards.com (81%)
● cardpool.com (77%)
● giftcardcastle.com (80%)
6. Add It Up // Bank of America
● Earn cash back when you buy through BoA's Add It Up site
○ Must navigate through site to earn rewards
○ Certain stores give different %'s to shoppers
● Top Finds:
○ Netflix: $9 cash back
○ Magazines.com: 35% cash back (local)
○ Best Buy, Walmart: 5% until 12/31 & Free Shipping
7. Tasting Table
App, email, blog, website: http://www.tastingtable.com/
The tassies were among the more involved recipes in his
grandmother's repertoire, since each cookie
has to be individually formed and filled. But the extra time
and effort pays off: Each year, the tassies are the first
cookies to disappear.
Consider a theoretical holiday
meal:
The chicken (that you raised and slaughtered in your
backyard) is roasted over Brussels sprouts (that you
grew in your garden) and pancetta (that you cured in your
basement), and is paired with a cold ale (which
you brewed).
11. Festive
Peppermint
Fudge
Ingredients
2 (10-ounce) packages vanilla baking chips
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
½ teaspoon peppermint extract
1 ½ cups crushed candy canes
1 dash red food coloring
Instructions
1. Line 8-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, and grease the foil.
2. Combine the vanilla chips and sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan over medium heat.
3. Stir frequently until almost melted. Remove from the heat and continue to stir until smooth.
4. When chips are completely melted, stir in the peppermint extract, food coloring and crushed candy canes.
5. Spread evenly in the bottom of the prepared pan. Chill for 2 hours, and cut into squares.
13. Twine Door Decoration
WHAT YOU NEED:
Cardboard letter (Joann), Roll of twine
(Hobby Lobby), Hot Glue gun & plenty of
glue, desired decorations and glue.
~Start by hot gluing the end of the
twine to the back in the desired
starting point. Wrap strips of twine
until the letter is completely covered
(using strips of twine about 3 feet long
at a time, makes it easier to pull
through)
~ Once completed, glue ribbon to
back to hang, then place bows (or
other decorations) in desired location.
~ Easy, cute gifts for anyone!
14. No time to send out cards this year?
It’s not too late, if you go digital!
● Blue Mountain
● Hallmark
● Postmark by Evite
● Paperless Post
Becca's Holiday Card
from Paperless Post
15. Mini Pizza's-
Great Football Appetizer
What you need: Pillsbury Pizza Crust,
Pizza Cheese, pizza sauce and toppings
(bacon, pepperoni, pineapple, ham, etc.)
~ Roll out the pizza dough on a large cutting board (press out
the edges where it's rolled up). With a pizza cutter cut 2x2
squares. Press out to make thinner.
~ Place each 2x2 square into a oiled muffin tin, bake on 400
until light golden. Remove from oven.
~ Place a small spoonful of pizza sauce in each, layer with
cheese and toppings as desired, then top with cheese.
~ Place back in the oven (still on 400 degrees) until cheese is
melted.
~ Remove with a fork and serve.
17. Additional Sites We Explored
Red Stamp (App - Apple)
Hulu Plus (Online/streaming TV shows)
Rdio (Music)
Spotify (Music)
Brite Revolution (Music)
BeeClip.com (Online scrapbooking)
