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December 25, 2013

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I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday season, and Happy New Year's!

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Party Cookies (M&M's)

Last night I made Party Cookies, aka M&M Cookies. I've had this recipe for years, and love making it! The cookies turn out well and are always delicious. There is some versatility if you want to play with it. Try it with almond extract instead of vanilla. Or dark brown sugar instead of light. Minor changes, but they produce a good cookie. Even play with the decorations. Last night, instead of decorating with more M&M's, I used some coloured, crystallized sugar. Here's the recipe... 1 cup shortening 1 cup light brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 2 eggs 2 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 pound M&M's Blend shortening and sugars. Beat in vanilla and eggs. Add dry ingredients. Stir in M&M's (reserve some if you are decorating with them, or stir them all in and decorate with coloured sugars). Drop onto cookie sheet (teaspoon size or tablespoon size, depending on how big you want your cookies to b...

Monkees Monthly #3

Once again, I got lucky and got an issue of Monkees Monthly in great condition! This is the April 1967 issue, and I have scanned a selection of photos from it for your enjoyment...

Custom Bokeh-Style Print Giveaway

Bokeh is defined by Wikipedia as: the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Of course, using digital image editing programs, you can create your own Bokeh-style effects. I have taken to this, and have had a lot of fun with it! I have posted several of my creations here, and they are available at: https://society6.com/koreywatkins I am going to give one lucky winner a custom bokeh-style 11"x14" print! If you win, you tell me 2-4 colours you would like for me to use, and I will create a custom piece for you. Once you approve a piece (you will be able to say "yay" or "nay" a couple of times), I will have a print made and ship it out to you as soon as I receive it from the printer. Just fill out the form below to enter! While you wait to find out if you've won, why not check out the ...

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