Why use non-edible decorations on your Christmas cupcakes when there are edible ones? Edible Christmas toppers are exactly what the name suggests – decorations sitting on top of cupcakes that can be eaten. They come in a wide array of designs, tastes, shapes and colors. Other than the appeasing effect they have on the taste buds, they give a finished look to a cake. To use cupcake toppers, cover the cake in frosting and then put your chosen edible toppers on top. The frosting helps to hold them firmly onto the cake.

Edible cupcake toppers can be bought readymade or you can easily make them at home. Because sugar cubes may be tricky for you to shape, use royal icing to make these edible Christmas cake decorations. While the readymade ones are guaranteed to have a distinct taste, it is more fun making them yourself because you can experiment with different shapes, colors, even flavors.

At the end of the cake decoration exercise, you will also have moved a notch higher in your cake making expertise. Again, when you choose to make the toppers yourself, there is room to invent as many different shapes as you like.

Edible Christmas motifs are usually in the form of sugar cubes. When buying them from the store, they will be already curved into fancy shapes and colored. If making them yourself, you will have to shape them yourself. There is no limit to what shapes you can use but being Christmas, it is more realistic to stick to traditional Christmas shapes – you can never go wrong with figurines such as Santa Claus, snowmen, Christmas trees, bells and candy canes. Use different colors, giving precedence to the traditional Christmas colors red, green and white.

The color effect is achieved using food coloring and is hand painted onto the motifs to make them come alive.

Edible gold glitter has got to be the most popular edible cake decoration. Do not forget to use some on your cupcakes. It will add a glitzy touch and make them look really special. Other equally glamorous edible Christmas cake decorations are edible gold or silver balls and stars. Firm icing is used to make these. They are readily available in shops but if you trust your icing preparation skills, you can try them at home too. Get the strength of the icing right and you can cut your stars and balls easily.

The easiest edible Christmas toppers to make are candy sprinkles. They are made from hard sugar and can be shaped into canes, berries, snowflake sprinkles and holly. Other edible Christmas motifs you can get for as little as .50 are mitten cupcake toppers, gingerbread boy cupcake toppers – complete with eyes, noses and buttons, Christmas trees, snowman, stockings, Poinsettia and mitten/snowflake winter hat-scarf-shaped cupcake toppers. Some of these come in dozens or sets of two dozens, meaning a single order is enough to cover all your cupcakes. Of course, if you have made a higher quantity of cupcakes, you will need to buy more toppers.

If your child is starting to play football, you may want to get him some coaching to ensure he can keep up his end of the game and enjoy the sport. Kids are not usually good at something they do not enjoy doing, so if your child’s football skills are not crash-hot, coaching will certainly improve them and make his game more enjoyable.

Football coaching for kids should include passing, blocking and other fundamentals of the sport. But above all it should be fun. Not every child can play for Australia. Yours might; but it is not likely unless he actually enjoys the game. If kids are not having fun, they usually don’t try very hard to accomplish their goals.

Many parents become way too serious about the game when their children are still in primary school. The child then becomes tense and anxious in case he makes a mistake. And this mind-set actually increases the chances of him doing so. Soon he begins to dislike playing. Instead, encourage your child to play by praising him and shrug off the mistakes with a smile.

Of course before they play at all, kids should be kitted out in the right gear. The correct kids’ football boots, soccer boots or goalkeeping gloves will ensure that they are protected from injury. You can easily buy football gear online, so this should not pose a problem.

Football boots, kids Soccer boots and many football coaching aids can also be purchased online. And if you think it’s a bit expensive to buy all that soccer gear online, perhaps something like soccer coaching aids might make a good Christmas or birthday gift. And when you buy football boots online you may be pleasantly surprised at the price. Certainly it will be quicker and simpler than trying to get the time to go shopping, especially if you also work outside the home.

Yesterday I saw a Christmas tree in a local department store. It’s way too early to think about Christmas but not to early to do some 2007 tax planning. Ask yourself, are you making one or more of these tax planning mistakes? If so, you’ve got some time to correct the situation, but act now, or we’ll be having this conversation again next year.

1. Not planning your tax strategy

The biggest and most costly tax planning mistake is the failure to understand and plan to maximize your tax situation. Proper tax planning can save you valuable dollars this year and for many years to come. Well thought out tax strategies, with a little planning help, can save you from overpaying your taxes. Once it’s January 1st your tax planning opportunities for this year are over. So the number one tax planning mistake is the failure to do any tax planning. Don’t let it happen to you.

2. Not maximizing your 401(k) or 403 (b) retirement plans

Are you leaving money on the table with your 401(k) or 403(b) retirement plans? Do you know how much the employer contributes to your plan based on your contributions?

For example, if your employer puts in 50% for everything you contribute up to 5% of your pay and you are only contributing 3%, at $40,000 a year you are leaving $400 on the table ($40,000 x 5% contribution=$2000 x 50%=$1000 company match at 5% vs $600 at 3% or a $400 difference.)

A quick tip: Where do you get the $800 or about $15 a week, in the above example, to raise your contribution from 3% to 5%? Have you thought about the tax savings with the new before tax contribution? You can now adjust your W-4 form to properly reflect your lower taxable income. If done properly your take home pay will stay almost the same and you will have annually invested and additional $1200 ($800 from you and $400 from your employer).

If your spouse is working or self-employed don’t forget to apply the same approach to their income.

3. Excessive worry about IRS audits

Many taxpayers do not take absolutely legitimate deductions because they were afraid of showing up in an IRS audit. As long as you play by the rules, you shouldn’t fear an IRA audit. When in doubt get help from a professional, keep good records and receipts, and if you are scheduled for an audit you should get good results. Planning so you can get your affairs in order so you pay the least amount of tax required by law is completely legal.

4. Self employed paying too much SE tax

If you are self employed there are many ways to organize your business. Do you really know if you are paying too much self-employment tax? If your business is organized as a sole proprietorship or a partnership you may find the answer is yes. It could pay to investigate you options on how you should set up or reorganize your business.

5. Not Using all the Retirement Plans Available

With the continued concern about the long term viability of the Social Security system it is more important now to set up your retirement planning to assure a secure retirement. If your entire knowledge of retirement plans is your 401(k) or 403(b) and simple IRA’s you may have some additional investigating to do.

What is available goes well beyond these well-known favorites. Changes in tax laws in recent years have created additional opportunities. To find the best plans in your situation get help before the end of the year.

6. Not considering a Roth IRA in your tax planning

In continuation of #5, let’s take a quick look at the Roth IRA. A Roth IRA is an after-tax retirement device that produces huge tax savings because all tax distributions are tax-free. The initial disadvantage of a Roth IRA is the fact that contributions are not tax deductible as with traditional IRAs or 401(k)s. The advantage of a Roth IRA, however, is that all distributions are tax-free once you reach the age of 59

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