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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Seattle Sheraton | Gingerbread Village 2012 – Alice in Wonderland

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Last night The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I went to the Seattle Sheraton Hotel to view the 20th Annual Gingerbread Village. This is something we look forward to every year, and of course we snapped a ton of pictures. The proceeds benefit the JDRF Northwest Chapter.

We took so many pictures last night, there were just to many to put in one post. So I’ll be sharing our favorite entries over the next few days, because we think they each deserve their own space.

I simply cannot imagine the man hours it must have taken to build this gingerbread house.

The details are crazy awesome!

What do you think?  Pretty amazing huh? My favorite part of the Alice in Wonderland gingerbread house was the White Rabbit, and The Girl loved the details in the Queen of Hearts.

Have you ever built {or know someone who has built} a gingerbread house on this scale? I’d really like to know how many people worked on this as well as how long it took them to make it.

Okay, Peace Out Girl Scouts, I’m off to go have some fun.

Have a great day,

~Mavis

My daughter’s favorite version of Alice in Wonderland* is the one with Johnny Deep.  Amazon currently has it in stock and ready to ship if you are interested.

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Pictures of Decorated Gingerbread Houses

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The Girl and I are planning on making a large gingerbread house this weekend, and while were researching different styles we came across a few amazing ones online and thought we would share.

Ours will of course will not look anything likes these one of course, but these houses are so amazing we wanted to share.

Check out this awesome video from the BBC about gingerbread.


The Gingerbread Architect* Recipes and Blueprints for Twelve Classic American Homes is available on Amazon.com

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Mavis Butterfield Etsy