Phase 2 of The House Behind The Trees ~ The downstairs #TeelsBuildaHouse

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So we are starting the downstairs ... I HATE to say basement because we had a basement in our old home, where you opened a door and went down stairs separated from anything else. It was a finished basement complete with a bedroom, craft room, family/game room and we spent a lot of time there ~ our oldest son moved down there in jr high and stayed through high school ... until we finished the master suite in the attic then he moved back up to the bedroom floor with his brother and sister.  So here our downstairs is open to the rest of the house, you can see through to the outside from the top of the stairs going down because we have a wall of windows down there as well.  We really didn't plan to have a kiddo down there but since we are having to do a switch-a-roo with rooms (I'll explain later) he is moving home soon and will be downstairs. Anyhoo, our downstairs will house our main family room, our middle sons room, a full bath and kitchenette.  I thought it would be fun ...
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Christmas Cupcake Recipes

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Reindeer Cupcake
These dashing desserts pay homage to some of Santa's best-known helpers. They also make a fun activity for little hands after a holiday meal. Using pretzels for the antler, abTootsie Roll cut and shaped into ears, a vanilla wafer and Red.Brown.White M&Ms with a little black decorating gel, you too can create Rudolph and his friends that are good enough to eat!

Santa's Hat Cupcake
A Santa hat Cupcake that is chocolaty and delicious! All you need is red and white icing and of course a choclate cupcake.

Snowman Cupcake
This snowman wears a fine winter hat: a chocolate-covered mint AKA Junior Mint beret. His plump figure is two marshmallows, cut a slice off the top one and squish to make it smaller. Dabs of icing hold parts together. His eyes are chocolate sprinkles (poke holes first with a wet toothpick), and his nose is cut from a gummy fruit.


Snow Covered Christmas Tree
Serve this snowy dessert this holiday season. Cupcakes are shaped like trees, thanks to a waffle cone then covered with Snowy Frosting, and sprinkled with sanding sugar. Save some sugar to create beds of "snow" for serving.

Holly Cupcake
Chewy candies come in lots of shapes, and they're just the right size for decorating cupcakes. Here, a trio of sour-cherry candies and a pair of sugar-frosted spearmint leaves (sliced to make them thinner) look like a sprig of holly in a drift of snow.

North Pole Cupcake
With a candy cane, a little white icing, a cherry sour and a mini sign you can create a north pole that everyone will want to go to!

Pretty Pretty Christmas Tree Cupcake
With some edible pearl candies, adorn your tree with as many "ornaments" as you wish.

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