Just made 16 of these for a care package --and they are super delish. http://www.food.com/recipe/fan​tastic-double-chocolate-pecan-​biscotti-141395 also made 16 of these vanilla chai biscotti http://www.myrecipes.com/recip​e/chai-spice-biscotti-10000001​156062/ Biscottis are terrific for mailing! I know it is too soon for Christmas unless you freeze them, but keep it in mind around November! :) Very yummy with hot tea or coffee or cocoa! CHRISTMAS IN JULY Make a cookbook scrapbook in multiples for family gifts! http://www.ehow.com/how_506874​2_make-cookbook-scrapbook.html How to Make a Cookbook Scrapbook CHRISTMAS IN JULY Or even simpler, this style easel calender with your scrapbooking supplies and a mini cal from the dollar store! http://gottheartart.blogspot.c​om/2009/11/2010-easel-calendar​.html Gott Heart Art: 2010 Easel Calendar --was posted NOV 29, 2009 if you can't find the permalink from this url above. gottheartart.blogspot.com CHRISTMAS IN JULY easel chipboard calend...

If you have a QuickKutz Letterpress or a Sizzix set of Letter Press plates, you can make your own note cards for gifts. Break out those tools you rarely use and get your money's worth out of them! They yield such lovely results and are very worth the time it takes to learn to use them. Go for it! get inspired here http://papercrave.com/farmee-letterpress-cards/ watch tutorials here: Letterpress video on Quickutz or Sizzix Letter press Plate video

CHRISTMAS IN JULY -Holiday tags! Use that stash http://itsacreativeworld.typep ​ad.com/its_a_creative_world/20 ​11/01/twelve-tags-of-christmas ​.html

Reduce, reuse, recycle, refurbish, and re-ignite your creativity! Got fabric? Make a reusable lunch back or three for someone you love. If you give a set, it is easier to wash and dry the first one up while using the second one. A tutorial here on how to make these little treasures. And if you are using fabrics you already have, the more the better! No harm if junior loses one at school. or they get worn out from use and reuse! You will know how to make a few more for next year. http://www.purlbee.com/back-to-school-lunchbag/ and if you want to try another style, here are about 2 dozen more styles and how to's for them http://tipnut.com/lunch-combo/ It's kind of like sewing three sides of a pillowcase--so not too hard for beginners!

Look at these awesome patterns! Ohhh no. The sewing bug is bittin' me and I am trying to IGNORE it. I love sewing as much as scrapbooking and usually I quilt. But my other love within sewing is sewing for vintage Barbie. ohh yes, Barbie doll vogue chic. And last night I found out that I had missed out on a 2001 Vogue treasure trove!! How can this be? How could I have not known these were in existance until too late? This is what I'm talkin' about. Barbie clothing like I used to love as a girl. 11 patterns (Not all shown here) ranging from 1920-1960 eras (click on any pic for closeup) Four of the patterns I couldn't even find pictures for --but I do know they exist. Dang. And of course I could splurge and buy them all on Ebay for up to $35 a pattern but I won't. I might buy them over time one at a time. But really I am going to just oogle for a while and put my vintage Barbie 'sewing bug' on hold until after the holidays. Reality is that I have several ...