The Snowpinions® Award Goes to … + GIVEAWAY

The Snowpinions® Award Goes to … + GIVEAWAY

FULL of snow much personal-ity, it’s hard not to think of someone when you see any one of Department 56’s® popular line of Snowpinions®, designed by artist Kristi Jensen Pierro! As a result, we had so much fun pairing up staff with different pieces during the launch of Bronner’s blog in 2016 in this popular post. Our newest arrival of frosty friends once again begs the question — just who will the Snowpinions® awards go to this time around?!

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Ornaments Turned One-Of-A-Kind Keepsakes For A Lifetime!

Ornaments Turned One-Of-A-Kind Keepsakes For A Lifetime!

There are three levels of Christmas ornaments – if you’ll indulge us a moment. OK, so there’s the ornament, beautiful (or fun) just-as-it-is. Then there is the next level – when Bronner’s hand-lettering artists turn a special ornament into a “Gift With PERSONAL-ity™” with a touch of personalization. And then there’s yet another level – when YOUR personal touch transforms an ordinary ornament into a one-of-a-kind keepsake to treasure for a lifetime! … Don’t worry, we’re not testing your penmanship

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Love You “Berry Much” – Blueberry Buckle Recipe

Love You “Berry Much” – Blueberry Buckle Recipe

When expressing your love for someone, it’s the small gestures that make a big difference. One of the most comforting and well-known ways to show love is through food. After all, there is an old saying: “The way to the heart is through the stomach.” 😂 For instance, baking this blueberry buckle for a loved one is the perfect way to say “I love you ‘Berry Much’.”

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Pro Tree-Decorating Tips From Bronner’s

Pro Tree-Decorating Tips From Bronner’s

🎵Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree – how lovely are thy branches!🎵 With over 80 decorated Christmas trees in a myriad of themes on display at the World’s Largest Christmas Store, we turned to Bronner’s decorators for their best pro tree-decorating tips! Find everything on how to decorate a Christmas tree from how many lights or ornaments to use, to theme ideas and advice from Bronner’s tree decorators! Christmas Tree Decorating Tips From The Pros In truth, tree-decorating themes vary

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Warm Reuben Spread Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day

Warm Reuben Spread Recipe for St. Patrick’s Day

This warm Reuben Spread recipe from “Bronner’s Flavorful Favorites” staff cookbook is perfect for your St. Patrick’s Day party! After all, just mix the ingredients in a crockpot, cook for two hours, and it’s ready to serve. In fact, you only need five ingredients to make this scrumptious spread. Of course, they’re traditional reuben flavors: sauerkraut, corned beef, Swiss cheese, and Thousand Island dressing. And the last is everyone’s recipe favorite – cream cheese. To confess, I’m not a huge

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Irish Blessings & Colcannon Recipe

Irish Blessings & Colcannon Recipe

Want to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day but wish to keep it simple? Decorate with Irish blessings and devour a warm bowl of colcannon! I must confess that I delight in decorative touches in my home for various holidays. However, I don’t wish to invest a great deal of time or money. Christmas is a bit of an exception, but even then I’m looking to spend time and money wisely. Choose from Many Irish Blessings I decided to start by choosing

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Celebrating Michigan with a Cookie Recipe

Celebrating Michigan with a Cookie Recipe

Michigan celebrates 183 years of statehood January 26, 2020. So you’ll find us celebrating Michigan, the only state with two peninsulas, with a delicious cookie recipe! In brief, the special ingredient is cream cheese, and we’ll double the deliciousness with both upper peninsula and lower peninsula cookie cutters. Smitten with the Mitten Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas are separated by the 5-mile Straits of Mackinac waterway joining Lakes Huron and Michigan. As a result, the Mackinac Bridge, a state landmark

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How to Create a Disney Frozen Christmas

How to Create a Disney Frozen Christmas

I live in a house full of Disney’s Frozen. Do any other parents relate? I’m talking about 24-7 Frozen music, dresses, hair … the works. The movie was first shown to our 3-year-old daughter this past May. It’s been non-stop Frozen Fever since. It’s rare to catch my daughter not in her Elsa costume, running around the house singing “Let it Go.” Frozen has connected with hearts young and old since 2013. Both kids and adults were excited to hear

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Bob Ross Ornaments Make A Happy Tree!

Bob Ross Ornaments Make A Happy Tree!

It all started with a Christmas ornament of Bob Ross … well, sort of! That’s where the story at Bronner’s starts anyway! My Introduction To Bob Ross It was a few months ago that YouTube had recommended a video to me by Rosanna Pansino, following a Bob Ross tutorial using … FROSTING! I thought that recommendation a bit strange since my only true exposure to the artist was from classmates for an animation project back in college. But perhaps it

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