Starting the week by writing the Weekly Edit is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the little or big things that made me smile in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures.
The Weekly Edit {Week 2/2026}
Last week we packed away the Christmas decorations. This is always bittersweet as I love having them around, but am also happy to have my house clean and tidy again. We had a real Christmas tree so I was happy I didn’t need to clean all the dropped needles every day.
I completed my Christmas Countdown panel! It was lovely having something so big to work on over the last few weeks. Once I had finished stitching each motif I hand quilted the whole panel, put the quilt layers together and bound it. I love the finished piece, and have put it away until next Christmas.
Despite the decorations coming down we were clearly not done with Christmas. I used my Sainsbury’s gingerbread dough to make some bow shaped gingerbread biscuits which were delicious. I couldn’t find any Ikea gingerbread dough which is my favourite, but this one was also good.
I also make large gingerbread trees from the Giant Gingerbread Man & Tree Biscuit kit by Asda I featured in my gingerbread gift guide. I enjoyed making something a little different and this dough was darker and tasted good.
Over the weekend we looked after our friends dog and two dogs are fun! We went on some long walks and my dog enjoyed the doggy company. I don’t think I would ever want two dogs though, as that’s two muddy dogs to clean!
Until next week—find the joy in the little things
I really love the idea of stitching a countdown panel over the holidays. Two muddy dogs definitely sounds like a lot of extra cleaning work after those long walks.
I feel the same way when the holidays are over. I find myself doing little things like making leftover cookie packages or other holiday related stuff well into January. I don’t want to let it go! LOL
The gingerbread trees are the cutest. Baking gingerbread is a fun and amazing way to prolong the Christmas feel, love the idea.
I love your Christmas countdown panel. What a cute idea! It is nice too that you found gingerbread dough – I am terrible at making the homemade version. I have put all my holiday stuff away, and it is nice to check that off the list.
We were done with Christmas by the time the new year rolled around! Though, a little baking never hurt anyone. x
We’ve always celebrated the full twelve days after Christmas. I love how everyone celebrates differently 🙂
Oh wow, what a great idea. It immediately started me thinking – what made me smile this week… Thank you for that!
I love everything here. Truly makes me want to go back to Christmas and try them all. Bookmarking for the next year then!