Archives for December 2010
12 Days til Christmas: Church ABC Picture Book
Here’s a cute, quick and (hopefully) quiet-inducing stocking stuffer for your little tykes. Little Monkey will be receiving this in his stocking. This is an LDS-themed ABC Picture Book. This was pretty easy to throw together in Photoshop, took me about an hour an a half or so. Most of the pictures come from the Gospel Art Book that is available for download HERE. I also used some pictures we have taken (like for E and F). There were a few that I had to find photos for. I just Googled those. Here are a few of the pages.
What little tot wouldn’t love this? Not sure how long it will hold Little Monkey’s attention… but if it can get us through the Sacrament, I’d be one happy momma and very satisfied with the time spent on it! I found this idea at Oopsey Daisy and she has hers available to download and print. I wanted the letters and the pictures all on one page so I didn’t have to find a 54 page photo album (title pages included, I know 26+26=52, not 54. Hehehe). It also meant less pages to cut out and less ink used. Printer ink isn’t cheap and I’m printing a lot this holiday season, so less is more for me. If you try this and get stuck on any letters (like X… hmmm?), let me know and I’ll add the list of words I used for each letter. Enjoy. Happy Gift Making!
12 Days til Christmas: Christmas Hurricanes
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Thank you Dollar Store and Target dollar section. I love it. I wish I could have found a little taller red candle… but I wasn’t going to pay $7.00 for a candle. Sorry. The choice was between a $7 candle and more stocking stuffers…. Chocolate owns my heart far more than candles do. It wasn’t even really a choice.
Happy Holidays!
Weekend Wander #9 Features
Again, it’s Tuesday before I post this. Sorry guys. This week’s Wander was small and intimate, but there were some great things linked. Check it out, these were some of my faves.
12 Days til Christmas: Naughty or Nice Love Coupons
“…He’s making a list and checking in twice, gonna find out who’s naughty and nice…”
This is one naughty list you won’t mind being on. This week’s printable is a naughty or nice coupon template. I’m not sure about the rest of you, but we’re still pinching pennies over here so Christmas is going to consist of a whole lot of homemade. I’ve made a couple of personalized signs (in case you missed those they are here and here, the second one would make a really cute teacher gift. I’m just saying.) I’ve made a Church ABC’s Picture Book for Little Monkey. I made two terra cotta gumball machine candy jars. I’ve made Display Blocks. And those are pretty much the gifts we have given so far… minus the ABC book… that’s a stocking stuffer, but he’s one and can’t read so I’m not so worried about him finding out about it. So, while I am spilling the beans that My Mr Right is getting a coupon book, that’s probably no less than he expected.
Here’s the template. Click the image, then right click the image, then save it to your computer. You can open it up in Photoshop or even Paint and fill in your love coupons.
I have 52 ready-made love coupons. One for each week of the year. I plan to offer to let him use one on our date nights each week… Easy date night spicer upper (yes, I just said spicer upper) and we actually use the gift. You can purchase the 52 Ready-to-Print love coupons from my Etsy shop for $15. I worked for hours (literally hours) on these… Feel free to take advantage of my cheap labor.
They are four to a sheet, 13 sheets and will need to be printed, cut apart and then put together however you would like to present them. Oh, as part of the 52, there are 12 Naughty and Nice (a little more risque), so if you don’t want to use those, you’ll need to make 12 more love coupons for a whole year’s worth. I printed mine on card stock with my Canon printer. I’m hoping to laminate them, we’ll see, and then just tie them purdy with a ribbon and insert into stocking. Ta-DA! Enjoy. Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!