With the cookie party last weekend (so much fun!), a Christmas tea with some girlfriends, and making my way down my list of gifts, it is definitely feeling a lot like Christmas around here! To mark the shortest day of the year, I'm thinking of making some St. Lucia buns, though I admit that yeast recipes intimidate me. Anyone made these before? Any tips? And since we don't have white Christmases in this part of the world, I've been spending an embarrassing amount of time in this Pinterest board.

Also, if you're in the Bay Area, stay safe! It's still raining as I write this, and I imagine there will continue to be flooding in certain places, so I'll say it again - stay safe!

50 snow domes, via Getaway Girl.

Gingerbread farm tour, part one, part two, and part three.

The Hipster Logo Design Guide - so true!

It's kind of pricey, but I love this home fragrance for this time of year.

100 years of beauty in 1 minute, via Camille Styles.

Can America's desert cities adapt?

In that same vein: my beloved avocad o might be in short supply?! Say it ain't so!

The cutest little UPS driver.

Why does this bar of chocolate cost $260?

A lovely old video of how marbled paper is made.

Sign language in The Family Stone (one of my all-time favorite Christmas movies!).

Mobile food market for "food deserts."

How darling is this ukelele?!

Our solar system is a vortex (this is so fascinating!).

It bears repeating: things on Facebook aren't always as they appear.

Ugly Christmas suits, via Design Crush.

Whimsical floral fabric birds by Josephine Hague.

And in case you missed it this week on Snippet & Ink:

Romantic New Orleans wedding.

Laid back winter wedding in a Wyoming barn.

Vermont wedding on the shores of Lake Champlain.

Austin wedding at Camp Lucy.

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