DIY baby handprint wreath

Usually these crafts are make with construction paper but 1. I don't have any and 2. it wont last very long in my house so I made this craft using felt. I have tons of it in many different colors but I just used red and 2 different shades of green. I traced Rand's hand on paper, cut it out and used it as a template to cut out my "leaves". For the berries, I just freehanded a shape of "berries".  I used a plate to trace out on cardboard and cut out the middle to use for the back of my wreath. I used a glue gun and put it all together and Viola! You have an adorable wreath to enjoy years to come!

Weihnachtsmarkt in Germany

Christmas time in Germany is my favorite time of the year. Everyone decorates their home in lights and little Santa's conducting direct action raids on high value targets ;)

Since this might be out last Christmas here in Germany I wanted to visit some more Christmas Market's this year. So, we bundled Rand up and headed out to some Weihnachtsmarkts in Saarbrücken and Sankt Wendel.

I love walking around these beautiful and historic cities decorated in garlands and twinkling lights and walking booth to booth to look at one of a kind hand made crafts and gifts, festive baked treats, while enjoying some glühwein and delicious food.

The Welhnachtsmarkt in Sankt Wendel had to of been my favorite one, from this year. (Last year my favorite was Trier here) Not only was it huge (and also had a medieval market) but it had Three Holy Kings and their camels walk through the center of town every evening at 4. It was awesome! I loved seeing these huge camels up close. Another fun thing they had was a little "village" of chalets that were filled with funny little elf puppets. We also came across Santa in his sled with a beautiful reindeer and some elves.