Planning to make some piles of these... They were fantastic last year and decided to keep them the same this one too... Is it too boring? Or traditional? I just love them so it does not really matter. Especially as I know I made only a dozen last Christmas...and I have golden papers... Lots of cutting to come... Going to add them to my shop this week. Added the first one today.

There is less than two months left until Christmas. Great time and holiday season! Lots of holiday preparation to do... I have not started the actual work yet. And will do so today. So it is appropriate time to share my way of handling big holiday issues. I love presents and preparing them. But choosing and buying or preparing can be hard, so I start early. I keep a list of all the nice people I am going to prepare a gift for. All birthdays, special occasions and all the Christmas gifts recipients go into a long list as early as possible. Then I try to choose the gift in the same manner - as early as possible. That is the key! Although as you can see, sometimes it means November start for Christmas gifts... But I have almost half of the work already done now. Here is how this happens.

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