Wrapping Stations Are Go!

This time next week we will have passed Christmas and be heading into the new year... How scary is that to think that we are so close to 2025, and that Christmas will be here in the blink of an eye?! 
Today I had to get a few things done around the house, and there will be more cleaning to do tomorrow, but there was one thing that I simply HAD to get done before Wednesday... I needed to get my wrapping done, and this little Christmas elf needed a bit of help... I headed to the one place on Earth I knew they could get it done... 

Santa's Workshop - a backdrop from Synnergy.Tavis - has been taken over by the beary merry teddies - from hive -and I've asked them to help me complete my Wrapping Day tasks... A LOT of packages to wrap...Not enough time to get them all done... So far it's making for a Stressful Xmas - like the accessory from Dots - even though I've gotten all dressed up and I'm looking the part of a pretty member of the Santa club... 

What is she wearing;
Hair Accessory: Astralia - Twinkle Antlers (Gift Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
Hair: Wasabi - Hot Cocoa Hair in Offbeat (Available until January 8th at ACCESS)
Earrings: STOIC - LUMINESCENCE EARRINGS
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Choker: [Krescendo] - Ho Ho Ho Bow in Priceless
Necklace: Kibitz - Noelle's Necklace in Onyx
Top: Mug - Eve Top in Red
Skirt: Mug - Eve Skirt in Red
Present & Smoke Accessory: Dots - Stressful Xmas in Green
Pose & Paper Prop: Secret Poses - Wrapping Day, Pose 2
Bears: hive - my beary merry teddies
Star Presents: NeverWish - Star Present Decor
Magical Wrapping Present: random.Matter - Magical Yule in Presents Self-Ribboning
Present Piles: MADRAS - Santa Gift Box Santa Gift Box (Gift Available until January 2nd at Santa Inc)
Throne: BackBone - Santa's Throne (Gift available in the MadPea Christmas Advent Calendar 2024)
Wrapping hanger: Katy's Kreations - GIFT WRAP STATION
Tinsel: dust bunny - Tinsel Garland in Gold
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Santa's Workshop {360} Backdrop

Making a Charcu-tree!

Some of you may know, others may not but I work in retail... To be exact I work in a family business Cheese Shop. The company is Henri Willig, and they ship internationally if you're interested to find out more, but mostly that's just background information for what I want to share with you today... 
Due to my experience in the shop, I am a MASTER at making a cheese board, or a fancy Charcuterie if you prefer the term, and spend all day giving advice for interesting parings that will impress any cheese - or even the odd non-cheese - lover... 

I LOVE to make a charcuterie and have to say I'm not too bad at it... Pretty good in fact, and I enjoy sharing my secrets with people while I'm talking about the great cheese I sell at work... 
So today I got home from work, armed with some delicious cheese and decided to put together a little something special for the Holidays. Today as I got inspired I had to create a Christmas Charcuterie Tree - like the one from Junk Food - or perhaps that should be a Charcutree?! With fresh honey glazed ham, sausage, olives, tomatoes and of course LOTS of different cheese... It's the perfect food for a party... 

What is she wearing;
Hair: everfaery - Starli Hair (Available until Jaunary 8th at ACCESS)
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Cardigan: miss chelsea - Kara Cardi
Top: miss chelsea - Kara Bralet
Shorts: miss chelsea - Kara Shorts
Pose: -Extra- - Homemade, Pose 5
Tree: Junk Food - Christmas Charcuterie Tree
Ham: (Lucas Lameth) - Glazed Ham
Olives: Katy's Kreations - Olive Bowl in Red
Cheese: dust bunny - Summer Picnic in Cheese Wheel
Tomatoes:  Nutmeg - Garden Nook Tomatoes
Sausage: [Ginger Line] - Salame on Cutting Board
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Festive Kitchen {360} Backdrop

A Picky Tea for Dinner

It's dinner time... What do I want for dinner?? I'm not really sure, and on days like today I tend to go with a very British option... In the UK when I was growing up, we referred to this dinner as Picky Bits. It tended to be something I made with my sister when mum and dad were away, and now it comes under many guises... Picky Bits, British Tapas, a Picky Tea or the more straight to the point "We-need-to-get-everything-out-of-the-freezer-because-it-needs-defrosting" dinner... Today let me help educate you about the Picky Tea... 

I am not really the best for making a good description of the Picky Tea, I'll pass you over to someone on Social Media, Star Holroyd and her brilliant video on TikTok for the best description...
Roughly though, a Picky Tea is about 80% Beige Foods, 15% Posh Veggies - which works out to be any salad veg that has had some kind of cutting done to it therefore making it "posh" and the last 5% is made up of things that make no real sense with the rest of the foods on the table, has been stuffed in the back of the fridge and will invariably be put back into the cupboard without being touched... But likeI said, listen to Star, she explains things better hehe... 
80% Beige Food, 15-20% Posh Food "Any salad veg that have been sliced, therefore made "posh"", 5% makes no sense to the rest but has been hiding in the cupboard for over a year that is gotten out in the hopes that someone will eat it, although it is invariably put back into the cupboard to wait a little longer... 
For my SL Picky Tea I've gone all out... I have Steak Fajitas with Salsa and Guac, I got a special Thanksgiving Pizza and Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers. There's fresh veggies and Texas Rolls and cheese, and I even found some tins of fish AND some Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Puds in the freezer. 

What is in the photo:
Veggies: Junk Food - Veggie Trays
Cheese: dust bunny - Summer Picnic in Cheese Wheel
Rolls & Butter: Junk Food - Texas Rolls
Caviar: Fancy Decor - Open Caviar Tin in Orange
Sardines: KittyRey 3D Lab - Canned Sardines
Jalapenos: Lucas Lameth - Bacon Jalapeno Poppers
Chips: random.Matter - Nostalgic Nights in Crisps
Pizza: Junk Food - Thanksgiving Pizza
Fajitas, Guacamole, Salsa & Tortillas: Junk Food - Steak Fajitas
Olives: Katy's Kreations - Six Olive Bowls
Yorkshire Puddings: Stockholm&Lima - Yorkshire Pudding
Backdrop: Synnergy.Tavis - Sotto Cafe {360} Backdrop

Time to get Wrapping...

Christmas is a week away now, and there is SO MUCH left to do... I have only just started decorating for the Holiday season and have a lot of that to do in both SL and RL, I have grocery shopping and cleaning to do, and I have about a million gifts that need wrapping. Where the heck do I start... There's a lot to do... 
I guess I'll start with the wrapping... I'll put on a few good Christmas tunes, I'll have a little bop and get covered in ribbons, glitter and cellotape... 

So many gifts to pack up... Mail Delivery - from Atelier Burgundy - has been coming every day, and I have gifts for all of my friends and family and fur babies that now need to be wrapped up... Stanley the Snowman - from friday - and a matching Scarf - from Half-Deer - for my sister, something to remind my dad of his favourite caravanning past-time - the snow globe from Dahlia at Collabor88 - though I wonder if the gift I got for HellBone is a little bit too easy to guess in it's Obvious Wrappings - from Lagom - but then again, that doesn't matter... I'm sure he will love it... 

What is she wearing;
Halo: tarte - Christmas Lights Crown in Multicolor
Hair: Doe - Avery in Chunky Lights
Skin: amara beauty - Freya in Ivory
Earrings: STOIC - LUMINESCENCE EARRINGS
Necklace: Kibitz - Christmas lights in original
Collar & Leash: Mug - Naughty or Nice Pt.2 Gacha Item in #18 Naughty Lights Leash Black
Sweater: Psycho Barbie - [Fluffy Sweater Fatpack]
Jeans & Lights: Decoy - Bella Straight Leg Jeans & Waist String Lights (Available until January 8th at ACCESS)
Slippers: Astralia - Santa Slippers (Gift for MadPea Advent Calendar 2022)
Pose & Props: Secret Poses - Wrapping Day, Pose 2M
Wrapping Decor Props: Half-Deer - Christmas Clutter
Snowman: friday - Stanley The Snowman
Wrapped Bottle: Lagom - Obvious wrappings in Bottle?
Snow Globe: Dahlia - Boxing Day Set in Snow Globe Red (Available until January 6th at Collabor88)
Scarf: Half-Deer - Scarf Clutter in Candy Cane
Boxes & Parcels: Atelier Burgundy - Mail Delivery
Table: [Merak] - Becca Cabinet in Small
Wall Hanger: Katy's Kreations - GIFT WRAP STATION in multi
Tree: DISORDERLY - Merry Catmas in Catmas Tree