I’m adding to this post because over the weekend I was visiting one of my fellow twitter-ers or twitter-ees (not sure what the proper grammar would be) blogs. Marian, from Sweetopia is amazing! You must see the gingerbread house she made this year. Here’s a sneak peak at the inside of her gingerbread house. How adorable is that? You have to see the whole house and then check out the twenty Sapphire Gin gingerbread houses she made as part of a holiday order. They have gin inside of them! Thanks for inspiring your readers and fellow bloggers Marian!

As promised, here are some of our favorite gingerbread houses and a few more winners from the Discovery Science Center’s annual gingerbread competition. They have almost 100 entries, so if you live in Southern California go check them out before January 3rd. Some of the houses we loved for their “WOW!” factor. The “WOW!” houses are beautiful pieces of edible artwork. You look at all of the intricate details and wonder how they were created. We also loved to see the unique designs on the more traditional houses. The house done in all white below is beautiful in its simplicity. The pink house in the bottom right corner of the collage won the children’s category and is as pink as you can get!

The two houses below were two of the “WOW!” houses that won awards. The first is a beach house. The family who created this house tied for our “Most Original” win. The cathedral on the right was done by a woman who has entered the competition for several years. It is amazing to see this in person! Have a great weekend! Come back Monday for another holiday martini. Cheers!