my week in objects (mostly).

here are five little things that made my week:

1. these parcels.

 (because receiving a textbook and a letter on the same day just made me so happy!)

2. this selfie.

(because we have all been best friends since our freshman year and it was great to reunite last weekend!)

Easy (and adorable) Christmas shortbread cookies

I haven't had much experience with baking (other than box baking) in my 22 years of life, but I've always been creative and interested in making little masterpieces that I can eat. Working in an office environment gave me the perfect excuse to make something simple but special (and most importantly, edible) holiday gift for the people that I work with.

When looking for a recipe to try, I turn first to Pinterest. I'm always interested in trying new things in my tiny apartment kitchen. I remembered that I had pinned a recipe for lavender shortbread cookies a while back, and decided to look for a way to make the recipe a bit more Christmas-y.

Cranberries were the key!

I decided to add in some dried cranberries to make my batch a bit more festive.

Baked Frittata with Pesto

As you may very well know, last week was pesto week in Angela's kitchen. I made my own pesto and continued to use it up throughout the week. Below are some photos of a pesto frittata that I found in this post.