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Handmade Christmas Cards

There’s something fun about the stacks of paper and supplies that I always have when I’m making my Christmas cards.

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blue cardstock, strips of old sheet music found at the thrift store,

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green tags cut with my current favorite paper punch and stamped with a design and a greeting,

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a large stack of pictures of my (somewhat) supportive children,

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and smaller tags punched from the sheet music with our names on it.

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The letter is written (short and sweet!)

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Last year my pregnancy hit me hard at the beginning of December, along with another crisis in our lives.
I was so exhausted I was afraid of falling asleep at the wheel on the way to and from school!
I mailed my cards at the end of January.  That’s not going to happen this year!  I’m determined to get these cards done and mailed before I start other Christmas projects.

Progress…

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progress…

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progress… (note the change in lighting, now we’re working late at night)

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DONE!

Here’s the final product:

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Hooray!  Most of them are mailed.  I just have to pick up a few more postage stamps and track down a handful of addresses, and then they’re REALLY done.

Meanwhile, Merry Christmas to you!

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