The holiday season doesn't start for me until I decorate the Christmas tree and bring out my beloved collection of Scandinavian gnomes. I first fell in love with these adorable felt figures many, many years ago when they festooned my honorary Norwegian mamma's cabin in the mountains outside of Oslo. Mamma G (aka "MG") loves to decorate at Christmas, no one can hold a candle to her in this regard, and the gnomes are the star centerpieces.
How ecstatic was I last Christmas when she gifted me with an entire family of white and grey gnomes of my very own! Little did she know at the time that her generous gift was the start of my ever growing gnome collection. You might say I have a slight obsession, but I can't help it, they are just so darn cute! I've found some great ones at Zara Home, Swedish Inspirations, IKEA and Heath Ceramics.
So when I happened upon Sweet Sugarbelle's gnome cookies I knew I had to make them. They were literally screaming my name. Callye is such a baking inspiration for me and her creativity has no bounds. She ingeniously used one of her brand's ghost cookie cutters and transformed it in to the gnome. Unfortunately I didn't have a chance to buy her Halloween cutter collection when it was in stores but I found this great alternative at Truly Mad Plastics.
I just love how the gnomes turned out. In fact, I love them so much I'm using "gnomes" as the theme for the holiday treats that I'll be gifting this year.
