This delightful, thoroughly enjoyable book aptly titled An Awesome Book! by Dallas Clayton is just the perfect thing to brighten up anyone’s day.  It’s filled with pages of colorful child-like illustrations that made me smile:

The message is simple but really inspiring — don’t be afraid to dream. It’s one of those rare books where having finished reading the whole thing online (the entire book is available to read online), I still want to get a physical copy of — to hold and hug and read to sleep every night, lest I forget how important my dreams. Would make a great Christmas present for both kids and adults. Buy it at the Very Awesome World website.

And the lovely sequel, An Awesome Book of Thanks, is pretty darn awesome too.  It’s about gratitude for all things big and small, good and bad.

You can also get an unsigned copy of An Awesome Book of Thanks! for less at Amazon.

I bet the Christmas elves at Santa’s workshop would go all green and red if they weren’t allowed to trade their standard issue elf hats with one of these cute berets . Such cute and unique designs! All these colorful felt beret featuring gorgeous hand embroidered patterns are available at Dadaya Tiny Toadstool Etsy shop here.

A yummy-looking edible gingerbread cookie wreath…

… and a Christmas tree shaped one from Williams-Sonama.