Looking for more tips on throwing a budget holiday party? Here are a few common sense ideas from the Boston Globe.
Today's Delicious Links
• Meringue snowflakes at Better Homes and Gardens.
• Monogrammed kitchen towels at Martha Stewart. Also see this idea for potato stamping towels at Apartment Therapy.
• Party with a plan - Tips for budget holiday parties from professional party planners. At the Boston Globe.
• Christmas mice from reader MaggiesMomma in yesterday's thread on favorite December treats. So cute! (And if you don't want to make them, you can buy them straight from her and Saltbox Cakes in Connecticut.)
Previous Delicious Links
How to Cook Rice on the Stove
How To Cook Tender, Chewy Wheat Berries on the Stovetop
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Straw Mat from The ...
Must-See Small Cool Homes: Week Two
Beth's Romantic & Retro Residence
I can't find the directions to make those little mice.... :(
KrapArtist,
The mice are really simple. You need:
Dipping chocolate
Maraschino cherries with stems
slivered almonds
Hershey's Kisses
gel icing
Melt the dipping chocolate. I lay the cherries out on a paper towel to dry a bit. Dip them in the chocolate by the stem. Lay them on their side on some waxed paper. As you do that push a hersheys kiss on the front for the mouse head. Slip the slivers of almonds in for ears. Let chill till chocolate has hardened. Use gel icing to make a dot for nose and eyes.
These have been a huge hit at parties, and really simple. You can make a few or make a lot.