Make-Belive Monday

Greetings! Salutations!
I found oodles of DIY projects for Christmas gifts, some yummy recipes, some interesting article and one freebie. Enjoy!

DIY: ♦How about antiqued tags,? They could be ornaments...or bookmarks. Very cool.
♦If you don’t have a lot of space or a large budget…here is a cute Christmas tree idea.
♦Need a gift idea for the little ones? Or perhaps for your inner child? Two words for you my friend…Gingerbread-Playdoh!
♦What do paper clips have to do with Christmas? Click here to find out. : )
♦Making your own snow globes.

Food:
♦This doesn’t need a long description: pumpkin cream-pie. YES YES!
♦10-minute toffee. It look so easy, and tasty.

Cheery links:
♦The lovely Miss Gala Darling, shares her favorite pick-me-ups for winter.
♦Four pages…count ‘em four…of incredible cakes. Courtesy of Cake Wrecks. Gingerbread Goodies, Wintry Wonders, Holly Jolly, Winter Wonderland.

Thought Provoking articles:
♦Read about a proposed photo retouching scale. (Advertisers would have to give images a retouch rating, depending on how much the image was altered.) Reference photo gallery here.
♦Kate of Eat The Damn Cake, writes about depression and self image. She did an amazing job describing her state of mind while depressed. "Bad Egg" article here.

In Cute News:
♦Stumptastic dogs navagate deep snow and, cute wildlife talks.

(These aren't my two dogs, but there sure look like them!)

Have you ever wanted to hear a porcupine talk? Well here you go!

Free:
♦Last but not least, a free desktop calendar for your computer. Clicky, clicky, free!

Have a great week, and don’t let holiday madness run you over.

Colors:
19th Gray
20th Scarlet
21st White
22nd Turquoise
23rd Coral
24th Indigo
25th Orange