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Easy Door Gifts for May Day & Mother’s Day

These easy door baskets filled with flowers are perfect for May Day, Mother's Day or a surprise gift for neighbors. I'll show you how to make a simple DIY paper cone for flowers. Let's get started! Happy May Day! May Day is an old tradition celebrating the first day of May. Throughout the years, people would celebrate by secretly hanging baskets of spring flowers on the doors of friends or neighbors. And although it is not widely celebrated now, I thought it would be good to use the tradition to spread some kindness in today's world. If you want to read more about this May Day ...

The Best Sugar Cookie Recipe

These sugar cookies are soft, thick, buttery and best of all...hold their shape. With minimal chilling time, you'll have a batch of sugar cookies ready to decorate in no time. Tips for the Best Sugar Cookies Use cold or chilled butter. Normally, I use room temperature butter but for these sugar cookies it is important to use cold or chilled butter (chopped into cubes) to keep the dough from spreading. Freeze the cut out dough. After cutting out the dough with cookie cutters, freeze the dough for 5-10 minutes. This will also ensure the shape holds. Cornstarch! I've talked about ...