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A truly sweet dreams pink Gingerbread fantasy! Visit here for the pattern and instructions.

Primitive craft are the latest craze! You hear about making “grungy” Ornies and Prim Annie Dolls and Primitive Gingerbread or Gingers. Part of what make these items so fabulous is the “Grungy” part and the stained look. I have been seeing lots of the Primitive Hang Tags and started researching “stains” and if coffee vs. tea was better or not. Here’s a great start to creating your own grungy hang tags. This is a great “How To” website with lots of photos on How to Make Tea Stained Hang Tags. Visit here.

This log cabin Gingerbread house is amazing! Looks really rustic and cozy complete with snow, pine trees and chimney – makes you want to  snuggle up inside next to the warm crackling fire with your yummy Gingerbread latte! Visit here for recipe and pattern.

The Gingerbread Princess is a sweet keepsake book with a collection of irresistible Gingerbread delights! This book was created by a true Gingerbread lover and we hope the enthusiasm she has for Gingerbread engages you to get excited about Gingerbread too! You will find sweet recipes for cookies, cakes, pies, beverages, and hot and cold things too. Each 42page eBook offers dozens of tasty treats for Christmas, get-togethers and inspirational recipes for the holiday season. This one is perfect for stocking stuffers and gift exchanges and personal use.

Some delights you will discover are:

Alpine Princess Gingerbread Tree Cookies
Gingerbread Princess Chai Tea Chunks
Gingerbread Princess Oatmeal Cookies
Mocha Java Ginger Princess Bites
Deliciously Ginger Princess Caramel Cake
Mini Princess Gingerbread Cheesecakes
Vanilla Gingerbread Princes Crème Brûlée
Ginger Toffee Butter Princes Bars
Happy Princess New Year! Gingerbread Martini

Purchasing details here.

This one is Really cool ~ A Japanese Zen Gingerbread Teahouse.
Ingredients and supplies to create this stunning Gingerbread House can be obtained in Asian food markets. Using Dashi Kombu for the shingles, rice cracker mix for decorative features and walk stones, 5-grain cereal for the turf, table sugar for the sand in the rock garden, whole dried nutmeg seed pods for the rocks in the rock garden and rice spring roll skin for the windows and door. For directions and recipe visit here.

If you haven’t gotten your Gingerbread House supplies yet there is no need to fret as Target has the Gingerbread Train and the Gingerbread House kits still available for only $9.99! Kits contain everything you need; pre-made icing, e-z build trays, lots of candy, cookie characters of trees, snowman, and Gingerbread kid. So, if you are able to get to your local Target store and purchase one of these kits, it is the perfect activity for your family and yourself especially if the weather is bitter cold, snowy and icy. Have fun with one of the Gingerbread kits!

Icicle Inn Gingerbread House

A beginners dream! This Gingerbread house is not too complicated to create It is made from a pre-baked Gingerbread house kit. The pre-baked kits usually include the pre-baked Gingerbread pieces, decorating icing, assorted candies, decorating bags and tips, cardboard base and instructions. To decorate this one use white icing mix (included in kit), granulated sugar, gum drop candy rings, star candies, mini multi-colored candies, candy rounds (included in kit). Pretty much all you need to make this Gingerbread house is included in the pre-baked kit. A fun one to make with the kids!!

Old-Time Candy Shoppe Gingerbread House

Isn’t this one darling! It is made from a pre-baked Gingerbread house kit. The pre-baked kits usually include the pre-baked Gingerbread pieces, decorating icing, assorted candies, decorating bags and tips, cardboard base and instructions. This particular Gingerbread house is decorated with: Assorted Colored Candy Sticks, White Gum Balls, Pastel Candy Wafers, Pastel Nonpareils Candies, Mini Tart Disc Candies, Marshmallows, Jelly Spearmint Leaves, Striped Gum Sticks, and Sugar Cones.  If this sounds sweet and yummy to you, visit here for instructions! Have fun, this one really is super adorable.

Just happened upon an amazing university that specializes in Gingerbread education! Courses ranging from Gingerbread 101, 210, 301, 401- each designed to teach a different level of Gingerbreadology from basics to creating and decorating masterpieces!
Gingerbreadology 101 – One hour. Always available. Is a most popular activity. Perfect for children, mom’s, grandmas, grandpas & dad’s. Learn to decorate your own pre-baked, pre- assembled deluxe Gingerbread House or other specialty piece. Take home your own “one-of-a-kind” fully decorated, totally edible Gingerbread creation to display or consume! For more information visit the Gingerbread University.

This one is really fun! Santa’s Gingerbread house looks so sweet and inviting. Gingerbread evergreen trees surround the property and a big sled over-filling with presents sits right out front. Santa Claus’s house is studded with candy chocolates in red and green Christmas holiday colors and there is a welcoming wreath out front and candy cane windows, and icing icicles and a very sweet front walk way. This one is going to be fun to make! Visit here for the instructions.