our first gingerbread house - inspired by the magical movie UP!

so here it is...our first gingerbread house made together as husband and wife.  actually, this is my first gingerbread house ever!  i did not have a good camera on hand so for now i will share some instagram iphone photos :)  i plan on taking some better pictures outside (hopefully with some snow) this weekend!

matthew icing the roof top

since this was my first go at a gingerbread house and matthew hasn't done it since grade school, we decided to start with a kit and add a few extra details here and there.

we added a chimney

the roof shingles are made out of cinnamon toast crunch and that cluster of balloons up there is made out of jelly beans attached to a styrofoam ball :)  can  you see the little "strings" hanging into the chimney as well?  those are just white garden wires!  matthew made the chimney out of some extra graham crackers that we had.

all in all i think it turned out pretty well....but i must admit i had to resort to some hot glue instead of frosting...that stuff wouldn't of held anything together for me!!!

oh and how are the balloons floating you ask?  well it's magic you see...or maybe it's because we stuck a wooden dowel stick at the top and matthew is holding it while standing on a chair...yeah i think that's it :)

have a great night lovelies!!  better pictures coming soon :)