Thanksgiving week kept us pretty busy. We cooked a lot and did lots of dishes. How was your Thanksgiving? Do you celebrate this holiday? I also worked on my Tawny pullover, which is almost finished. This post was supposed to go up yesterday, so we’ll have to change the format a bit. This works, because now I have more time to prepare next week’s idea roundup.

Here are some things that caught my eye this week:

1) I cannot get enough of Anthropologie’s holiday decor. The ornaments of a cute tiger skiing and a poodle wearing glasses jumped out at me as something to collect. I love, love things made of wool and these felted animals are SUPER CUTE! It’s making me want to get this book about felting to give it a try. How fun!

2) A holiday tradition I’ve always loved, but haven’t always practiced at home, is baking and decorating gingerbread houses. This year, however, it is one thing I really want to do with the kids. I found a great tutorial and this gorgeous photo on the blog aliceandlois.com. I like that they use store-bought cookies, which should help with stability. If I feel really crafty, though, I think I’ll bake my own cookies from scratch. We’ll see! Hopefully, if all goes well, we can add gingerbread decorating to our little Christmas traditions.

3) While looking for felt project ideas on Pinterest, I came across this pretty we garland. If like me you were once the parent (or are the parent) of a preschool-aged child, there is probably a lot of felt stored away in more than one drawer in your house. I’ve used my felt “stash” for some other projects: stuffed animal gifts for my son’s friends, as well as different size squares and circles that I place under heavy furniture to protect our hardwood floors. This project is perfect if you are ready to finally put all that felt to good use. I’m hoping I can finish mine in time to enjoy it this Christmas. I think it will make a lovely table decoration.

4) I’ve had my eye on a pair of these for quite a while. I may try to make myself something similar, but I’m also hoping Santa’s Elves might catch a glimpse of this post.

5) Everyone needs to watch this video by @holalolatravelgifts. Of course, I think it’s gorgeous. I think everything the creative mind behind Holalola (my sister) makes is amazing. She makes drawing look so easy! I’d love to be able to do something like it on my gingerbread houses. (It’s okay to dream a little, right?) Check out her Instagram @holalolatravelgifts.

6) Finally, I’ve been promising my kids to make biscotti for weeks. I love biscotti and with my sweet tooth I think it will be a great addition to my newly revived afternoon tea ritual. Italian Fika? This could be the beginning of something! I’ve found a recipe that sounds pretty good in an old Gourmet magazine I have in my library. I’ll let you know how they turn out. I have two other biscotti recipes I want to try, so perhaps next week I’ll write about my favorites.

What will you be making this week?