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Charcuterie Boards continue to be the rage and for good reason! There is a lot of good finger food on them and they look so inviting and appetizing!
Madalynn is particularly good at arranging a beautiful charcuterie board. Last Mother's Day, she surprised me with this one when I walked in the door from church. 
She built it on my huge wooden cutting board. It was so beautiful and tasty!
Madalynn and I were talking the other day about what a great gift a charcuterie board is. It doesn't have to be expensive either. Maddy had the idea that if you made one on a round board, it could look like a wreath for the holidays. Plus, not only is the food on the board a nice gift, the cutting board itself is a gift that lasts.
I was able to find this nice round board on Amazon that isn't so large that the price to fill it would be outrageous, but held plenty to snack on and the board itself is very nice and not too expensive. It is only $13.99!
 
Filling the Board:
Meats and cheeses are the most common and popular way to fill a board. We were having a family party that we made this charcuterie board for. (I bought the stuff, Maddy arranged it!) I bought:
I purchased everything at my local grocery store and looked for what was on sale or marked down. It was very reasonable. You could also choose dips over the brie and some spinach or other veggies as dippers.
Other ideas for boards could include: cookies or other sweets and desserts.
Imagine something like this on your round platter!
How about a Hot Cocoa Bar Charcuterie? You can even include Hot Cocoa Bombs along with extra marshmallows, sprinkles, cookies (Tim Tams!), whipped cream, chocolate bits, candy canes, cute mugs, chocolate spoons...the list goes on.
Who to Gift Charcuterie Boards To:
How to Put a Charcuterie Board Together?
My best advice is to look at some of the pictures above and more online to get ideas on how to arrange the meats, veggies, and condiments. Just try to achieve a balance visually and have plenty of variety of colors and textures to make the board pleasing to the eye.
When giving a charcuterie board as a gift, be sure to keep it covered with plastic and refrigerated until you are ready to give it!
And beware, because once you make a beautiful charcuterie, you will be the popular guest at the party! Enjoy!
Don't Forget These Ideas:
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I have been sharing handmade gift ideas with you lately. I've been pretty busy and productive making these and these for family, neighbors and friends as I prepare for Christmas this year. Making things myself really helps to put me in the Christmas Spirit!
Another very popular gift I'm working on this year are a couple of recipes for gifts in a jar. With grocery prices being so high this year, I feel like some food gifts will be appreciated by many and I have found and come up with some great recipes! Plus, I've found efficient, quick ways to pack and seal them so that making up a bunch of these gifts is a snap!
First, I'll start with a couple of recipes! One uses a quart jar and one uses pint jars.
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I've been noticing that there are a lot of crafts and ornaments made with vintage sheet music around the internet this year. Another trend are the ornaments that have the names that Jesus Christ is known by throughout the scriptures. I love both of these trends and decided it would be great to combine them into one style of ornament. I love keep Christ in Christmas and this a beautiful reminder of Him that can hang on the tree the entire season.
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I was browsing around Michael's the other day and came across a Christmas print that I really liked. I'd seen similar types of sayings on Pinterest, but not in the holiday version. (You know, "You are the Flip to my flop" type of thing.) There were a couple of pairings on it that didn't really go with our family, so I decided to come home and come up with some of my own, adapting the way the Michael's version was made.
It was difficult to get a good photo of it because of the glare on the poster frame that I used.
A couple of the things that I changed were that I had to include, "Holly to My Jolly" because I love that Christmas Carol, as well as Silver Bells. Oh, and of course "Cocoa to my Bomb."
After designing it the way that I wanted it, I sent it off to my local Staples where I had it printed as a blueprint poster in the 18 x 24 size for about $3 and something cents. I actually printed 2 of them in case I want to give one away! I love how it came out. Today, I'm giving you the printable that I came up with for free! All you have to do is click on the image below and download it from the pdf. Then, you can send it to your print center and have it printed! If they are worried about copyright, just show them this post where I am telling you that you can print it for free!
Michael's Knock-off Print:
I framed mine in a poster frame from Hobby Lobby that was on sale for 50% off, so it cost me about $6. It would look great framed in a magnetic frame like Alicia taught us how to make on this post. Or, you could mount it on a canvas or board. I love the festive feel it gives to my family room!
After working on this print, I started wondering about other pairings that would work well in this style of poster. Many people in our family have second languages that they speak and I decided that I could use those languages in a meaningful way in a similar fashion. This is what I came up with:
See what I did there? I labeled all of the languages for you!
After creating this poster, I decided that it would be terrific on a Christmas Card, especially to give to family and people that you really love. So, I printed it on my on printer to postcard style 5 x 7 inch cards. They look really good and they can be mailed either as a postcard, or in the envelope with a photo included! The great thing, that 5 x 7 size is perfect to frame and set on a bookshelf during the holidays!
We are making the multi language print available on our Etsy shop for a really good price! If you love languages like we do in our family or if someone you love does, this print will be the perfect personalized card or gift.
I hope that you love them as much as I do!
By the way! No one in our family speaks Hawaiian. My husband speaks Tahitian, but in Tahiti they say "Joyeux Noel" since they are a French territory. So, the Hawaiian is a nod to the Polynesian language in our home.
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Creators of Hot Cocoa Bombs! (copyrighted)
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! 
Click this link and visit 3WinksDesignShop on Etsy. Find our Hot Cocoa Bomb Idea Book, our For the Love of PIe e-book and more of our creations!
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