Tuesday, October 23, 2012

It's not even Halloween yet!


I feel  like a hypocrite; let me explain. I see Christmas things now being  blended with Halloween and I think isn’t there a holiday between the two called Thanksgiving?  I started seeing Christmas objects in stores starting September . I said the expected isn’t it a bit early? However in my heart I was jumping for joy! I love Christmas, I love what the season implies and how everyone responds.
                Over the last few Christmases we have started to go more and more handmade. I have learned through past experiences that the earlier you start the better chance you have of a “stress free” Christmas. {A girl can dream, right?} I usually start in July. {I saw that eye roll}  Since we were moving in July I am getting a super late start.
                I usually start with a Christmas notebook this is a way for me to be “organized” {for like a month}. It has all my to do list, Christmas present tracker, Calendar, shopping list and so on. I make mine out of a composition notebook although I know that if you google “Christmas Notebook” there are a million free printablse out there. {I might do this next year}  
So before I show you all this year’s model I thought I would like to show you my past. {This is from 2008 I somehow do not have any pictures of my notebook from the last two years. }

This is this years.
 
I love this paper! I am so happy I get to look at it until after Christmas. This year I added a Calendar and the list tabs. While pintresting I found another notebook similar to mine on eighteen25 and I liked the idea of it so I added it. I also added envelopes for coupons and receipts {another idea I borrowed from eighteen25}

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