Are you feeling it too? Too much to do and not enough time?! I can't believe Christmas is this Friday! We made a decision over the weekend to skip sending Christmas cards this year. I know, I know...I have over 40 of them made; but I just don't know when I can write in them, address them and get them into the mail. Soooo, we hope all of our friends and family will forgive us, and know that we wish each and every one of you a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Next year, I will have LOTS of cards to send out...and maybe I can even get an early start with addressing them! {{grin}}
We had a glorious reunion with Ben this weekend. Although he experienced some airport delays and his luggage didn't make it home until Sunday afternoon, we are sooo thankful he came home when he did! A blizzard blew in the very next evening, canceling over 5000 flights up and down the east coast. So many people are still stranded, and scrambling to find a way home for Christmas. My heart goes out to them!
I finally finished my calendar gift yesterday afternoon...yippee! :) Today I have the rest of the year to share with you. In case you've forgotten, or didn't see the previous months, the calendar template and images are from Flourishes. The flowers come in three separate Year of Flowers stamp sets...a MUST have if you are a flower lover!
Here they are...
August is morning glories:
September is asters:
October is mums:
November is cyclamen:
December is amaryllis:
What a wonderful project this was to create! I had so much fun coloring in these flowers! Now, I just need to figure out how I'm going to put it all together. My original plan was to use my Bind-it-all; but it is quite thick with all of those cardstock layers. So, now I'm thinking of using an easel. What do you all think? Would it be lame to have the pages freestanding on an easel? Or do you have another idea you'd like to share??? Nothing like figuring this out at the last minute, huh?! ;)
The other advantage to not binding the pages is that they could easily be turned into pretty floral cards after the months have passed. All they would need to do is pop off the colored cardstock at the top and attach it to a card base. I am thinking of including 12 white card bases and envelopes with the gift. That will make it a DOUBLE gift!
I hope you have a fantastic Monday! I have more to do than is humanly possible; but I'm going to just keep putting one foot in front of the other and hope that everything falls into place.
Thanks for stopping by today!
BIG hugs~
Cindy
