Visions of Fantasy - Dreamland Magic Newsletter
December 17, 2007
I cannot believe that it is only one week until Christmas! This year has certainly flown by and there is still so much left to do before the big day! I know that you are probably all busy with the hustle and bistle, and the kids will soon be out of school for their Christmas holidays, so do make sure to take a few hours of quiet time for yourselves!
To give you a wee bit of quiet time, I've added three (3) new holiday games to Dreamland Magic Christmas. The kids can have a bit of fun playing the new games; Pengapop, Sketchy Snow Sledder or Ski Slope Showdown, or some of the older games such as Adventure Elf and Spank the Frank while you relax, or you can even play a game or two yourself (Blackjack Elf is a fun game). You'll find the games over at A Dreamland Magic Christmas
This week's recipe is a chocolately delicious peanut butter confection. I bet that you cannot eat just one of these delicious Peanut Butter Chocolate Bonbons!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Bonbons
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Now, you are going to need a cookie jar for all of those delicious treats you've been making. How about this cute Santa Cookie jar?
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In pan, heat and melt butter and peanut butter over low heat, until just melted.
In large bowl mix sugar and cereal.
Pour butter mixture into cereal and blend with spoon: when cooled mix thoroughly with hands.
Mix until the mixture will hold together.
Form into 1" balls.
Place on greased cookie sheets and chill.
After balls are completely chilled:
Melt chocolate over boiling water.
Put ball on a fork and spoon chocolate over top thinly.
Put on cookie sheets in fridge until chocolate sets.
Store in fridge.
Freezes well.
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In the Visions of Fantasy Member Specials I have put in a selction of 45 of our most popular boxed note cards. Available in sets of 10 and 20, these note cards are perfect for sending out Thank You notes to friends and loved ones that have given you gifts this holiday season.
Elsewhere in the shops, the prices of these note cards are $16.99 for the box of 10 and $23.99 for the boxes of 20, but you can get them for $13.99 and $20.99 respectively, but ONLY in that section of the store. PLUS, if you use the coupon that you find on that page, you can get even more savings!
Watch for this banner in our shops and you could get in on some more great savings! Promotions change often!
Don't forget that for the month of December only, you can get one of our hardy and handy 100% cotton Tote Bags for only $15.99! There are 22 pages of designs to choose from, and there is everything from Santa Claus designs to Fractal Art.
These tote bags are great for carrying your holiday gifts, or for helping the environment by using them in place of plastic or paper shopping bags when you do your grocery shopping. Get them now at this low price. After January 2, 2008, they go up to $22.99!
Ic Cream Cone Ornament
Marnie sent us this simple craft for kids.
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Materials
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Gingerbread House Cement
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In an electric mixer, beat the egg whites with 1 cup of the sugar and the cream of tartar until smooth.
Add the remaining sugar, 1 cup at time.
Mix until creamy and smooth.
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1) Spread some "cement" inside the ice cream cone to glue the ball into.
2) Press ball gently inside the cone and then spread some "cement" all around the edge where the ball meets the cone.
3) Pour and spread some "cement" over the top of the ball so that it looks like it is snow-covered. Make sure to keep the hanger part clear of "snow".
4) Add some sparkles to the "cement" while it is still a bit wet.
5) When the ornament is completely dry, an adult can take it outside and spray the varnish over it to preserve it for years to come.
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Holiday Gift Idea
2008 Wall Calendars
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2008 is the Year of the Rat according to the Chinese Calendar, so what better gift idea that a cute Rats Rule calendar?
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Perhaps Hummingbirds are more to your taste? This calendar is filled with photographs of beautiful hummingbirds!
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Perhaps the surreal and impossible is more to your liking? Capture FX has a calendar for all Sci-Fi and Fantasy lovers.
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This inspirational calendar is from Annie Lang. Annie's fun conversational fabric prints will brighten your walls with cheery inspirations to get you through each month!
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Congratulations go out to Patricia B. of Larder Lake, Ontario, Canada.
Patricia was our only winner in the free Santa Claus and Gifts Mug give-away. Keep watch in the mail, Patricia. Your mug is on the way!
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This week's Give-Away will help you to send out those holiday thank-you notes.
The first two newsletter members to email me by Midnight EST, December 23, 2007 using the instructions below, will receive a lovely set of 5 mixed Inspirational Note Cards. The set includes 1 each of our beautiful Butterfly and Bee Note Cards that can be seen near the bottom of our Inspirational Note Cards page.
To enter the contest: type INSPIRATIONAL GIVE-AWAY in the subject box in the Contact Form. If you are a winner, I will contact you for your mailing address, so be sure to include your email address! (Because this Give-Away closes on the 23d of December, I cannot get the package to you before Christmas.).
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Well, that's about it for this week. This will be the last newsletter of 2007, so I will take this opportunity to thank you all for your support and business this past year. I wouldn't be able to keep Visions of Fantasy and Dreamland Magic online without great folks like you! :)
I would like to wish each and everyone of you the very best wishes for a Loving and Joyous Holiday Season and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year.
May the Spirit of the Season be in your hearts today, and always.
Sonia
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