One of our Christmas celebrations last week was our annual McHendy Christmas get-together.
For this celebration, I painted some snowmen mugs and filled them with Rolo chocolate caramel candies, mini marshmallows, and the recipe for Rolo Hot Chocolate that I featured here a few weeks ago to give to everyone.
On white ceramic mugs purchased from the Dollar Store, I painted little snowman coal eyes and carrot noses with Sharpie Oil Based Paint Markers on one side, and wrote McHendy Mug and the year on the other.
After painting them all, I let them cure for 24 hours. I then placed them in a cold oven, set the temperature for 350 degrees F and “baked” for 30 minutes. I turned the oven off after 30 minutes and let them cool completely in the oven without opening it. I hope this works as it is the first time I tried. They are supposed to be able to go through the dishwasher.
Wondering what a McHendy Christmas Celebration is?
Well – when you take two besties and their families that have so much love they actually form one big family, you combine their last names to create a new one.
And you celebrate every year watching the “kids” grow, marry and add to the family, and count your blessings dearly!
My BFF Jill not only had these shirts printed for all the McHendys this year, she even created the McHendy family crest, which is full of love and meaning to both of our families.
We can be born into families, and we can be loved into families. No matter which way it happens, celebrate it, and cherish the moments!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
the creative life in between 
Love the Mug! And what a cute idea with the shirts!! So wonderful to have such awesome friends that we call family!
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Love love love!
Sent from my iPhone Pam
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Love you Bub! Come visit!!!
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The mugs are adorable Jodi, as are the shirts!
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Thanks Lynn!
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This is all amazing!! The mugs are super cute and a great idea and the family!! Love the beautiful shot…what a great group of people. Nothing like a loving chosen family! Hugs to all! ❤️😃
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Awh. Thanks. Charlie. We are so fortunate !
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Quite brilliant just painting the eyes and nose on the white mug Jodi!! I use a similar curing method when I paint glass, and they go through the dishwasher great~
Jenna
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Thanks Jenna. Fingers crossed. 🖌
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Great post.
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Charming mugs and what a wonderful friendship!
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Thanks Cathe! It surely is a wonderful friendship 🙂
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woow awesome Mugs and I love your concept “McHendy” 🙂
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lol – thanks Snehal!
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Love the mugs and glad you had fun! They’re so cute! You’ll have to let us know if they really can be washed in the dishwasher. I had no idea something like that can be homemade!
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Thanks Laura! We put a couple through the dishwasher this morning and so far so good! 🙂
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Yay, that’s awesome!
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So nice:) love the cute muge
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What a clever idea to buy mugs from the dollar store and paint them! 💖💕 You are so creative Jodi! 😄 LoVe the family pic too! 🎄
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Awh! Thanks Jill – we do have a good time! 🙂
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How great is that, nurturing another loving family?? Looks like everybody had fun!
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We sure did! 🙂 Such a blessing.
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Jodi, what a lovely heart warming post! love the mugs…. no pun intended LOL what a blessing for your families to have this wonderful, friendship through the years 🙂
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hahaha! love that pun! Our friendship is a rare and special gift we all appreciate so much!
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Aw, this is the sweetest. I love the fake last name! We’re this way with a couple of our friends – you may have inspired a new tradition.
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Thanks Jay! Have fun coming up with a combined name! 🙂
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So cool Jodi!!! What lovely idea for your extended family. You are one happy bunch!
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🙂 We are so fortunate!
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The mug is a wonderful idea and so personal. Thanks for sharing this. Happy Holidays! 🙂
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Family friends are the best! And I love that you’ve made it official with a name, shirts, and a crest! You know you are making memories that will last for generations….
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Thanks Ann! Yes – I believe we are – not only for us – but for “our kids.” We are extremely blessed to have them in our lives 🙂
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We have friends like that too, and are always so thankful!
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you are blessed too! 🙂
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