Book I Recommend - Trivia

I bought a new book about trivia. I hope it will be a good resource for my Fun Facts of the Day.


10,000 Answers - the Ultimate Trivia Encyclopedia
written by Stanley Newman and Hal Fittipaldi  (hardbound - publ. 2001)

Crafts - Tree Decorations I Painted

These are some of the decorations I painted this year to give away. They are painted on card stock and I used Ceramcoat acrylic paints.

Crafts - Tree Decorations I Painted

These are some of the decorations I painted this year to give away. They are painted on card stock and I used Ceramcoat acrylic paints.

Crafts - Tree Decorations I Painted

These are some of the decorations I painted this year to give away. They are painted on card stock and I used Ceramcoat acrylic paints.

Crafts - Tree Decorations I Painted

These are some of the decorations I painted this year to give away. They are painted on card stock and I used Ceramcoat acrylic paints.

Crafts - Tree Decorations I Painted

These are some of the decorations I painted this year to give away. They are painted on card stock and I used Ceramcoat acrylic paints.

Crafts - Tree Decorations I Painted

These are some of the decorations I painted this year to give away. They are painted on card stock and I used Ceramcoat acrylic paints.

Crafts - Farm Animal Tree Ornaments

I saw these and thought it was a very cute idea. Templates and directions at site below-

 http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/free-christmas-templates#slide_15

Writing Exercise 9

In honor of the season, I am going to give you extra elements. Pick several and write something.







Snow
Family
Trees
Lights
Presents
Travel
Surprises
Shopping
Wrapping Paper
Jingling Bells

Amazing Gingerbread House

I have always been afraid to tackle this creative form. I did a Google search for "gingerbread house" and they came up with some wonderful examples. This one seems to take it to a new level of art, in my opinion. My hat off to whoever created this masterpiece. Just look at the amazing detail and amount of work it must have taken to create this.

Picture found at - http://youbentmywookie.com/wookie/gallery/gingerbreadapalooza/gingerbread_house_136546.jpg

Crafts - Christmas Wallhanging

Penguin Wall Art

I found this today and thought it was so cute. I hope you will find it just as interesting. The pattern is located at the address below.

http://www.debbiemumm.com/Projects/Sewing/2009/12/

 

Christmas Goodie

Cranberry Layer Bars

I thought these looked very tasty tonight. I hope you will visit this site and get the recipe and look around. I saw several interesting Christmas recipes I might try.

http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/cranberry-layer-bars/125631ec-50c8-4acd-8d89-48fd7f3d0371/