I hope your day has started as perfect as mine ♥

Poor Dave…all you can see is a helpless hand!

I was so honored to be contacted by Shannon from The Maternal Lens.   An awesome blog created by 5 women who love photography, what could be better?! Each Thursday they do an interview with a different photographer to showcase images and tell a bit more about the person behind the lens.  I was beyond happy when she asked me to contribute and to be part of a list of some quite amazing photographers. You can check out my post and a few others by clicking HERE. You may even learn a few things about me that you never wanted to know :)  And I have cleaned up my Christmas tree by now I promise!

From their site:

“We are mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, sewers, scrappers, organic growing, organic knowing, ski loving, beach bumming, knitters, hikers, walkers, chefs, boo boo healers, laundry folding, web surfing, fashionistas, coffee drinking, tea brewers, signing, singing, designing, crafting, dreaming, art loving, music digging, baby birthing, bloggers, friends who love photography.”   Did you get all that? Seems like quite a wonderful bunch of women to me!

(Image compliments of Jennifer Breton Photography)

By far, one of my favorite parts of the Christmas season is making cookies. When my grandmother was still around,  we used to get together every holiday and bake. I couldn’t have been happier…..a flour-y mess, with sticky dough-covered fingers and a belly full of  kisses. She called them “Peanut Butter Blossoms”, I call them a little piece of heaven!

1 Cup sugar                                                                                  2tsp. vanilla

1Cup packed brown sugar                                                      3 Cups Flour

1 Cup creamy peanut butter                                                 1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 Cup butter softened                                                              1 tsp baking powder

2 eggs                                                                                               1 tsp salt

1/4 Cup milk                                                                                 2 bags of kisses

Cream butter, sugars and peanut butter. Beat in eggs, milk and vanilla. Sift together flour, soda, powder and salt. Stir dry mixture into the egg mixture. Chill 1 hour. Shape into small balls and roll in a bit of granulated sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet, flattening the center of each cookie slightly with your thumb. Bake in preheated oven at 375 for 10-12 mins. Immediately press a kiss onto each cookie and thoroughly cool on cookie racks.

Happy New Years everyone!