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I am forever passing this fabulous art store and going in just to see what odd little bits and pieces they have. They have the loveliest paints and super nice staff who always ask me if I am a student, which makes me sigh and dream for two seconds about how lovely that would be. But there is always some treasure to be unearthed in there, like super tiny stretched canvas. And a bargain!

So I’ve decided to decorate a Christmas tree in little canvas ornaments. They are super easy…acrylic paint, a bit of glitter, a scrap of patterned paper, a snowflake and then the super cute paper doll from Kitschy Digitals. Did I just suggest using a paper doll? Um. Yes, I did. I promise I am still firmly in 2008…she’s just supercute! You can download her in a set made easiest for paper artists or digital artists, which is extra cool. You can see the rest of the gifty stuff that matches this little canvas in the 36 days of Christmas countdown.

Now I just need to finish about a dozen more of these little ornaments and I’ll have enough to make it look like I decorated the tree that way on purpose.

What are you putting on your tree this year? I love hearing ornament stories!

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Here’s the thing. It’s all well and good finding adorably cute pajamas at Gap Kids that would fit no one you know but are on sale making them cheaper than buying fabric by the yard. It’s all well and good cutting them up a few days later and sewing them into little pockets. It’s all well and good having plans to find a quiet evening sometime in the future to make them cuter with all manner of little buttons and things. It’s all well and good to have plans to fill them with chocolates. Tiny, tiny chocolates.

What’s not at all well and good is to hang them in front of the radiator.

So now they are empty and the chocolate is mostly eaten.

When good crafts go bad, I tell ya.

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© Tia Bennett for twopeasinabucket.com

Tia Bennett made this beautiful book as her Christmas journal. She’s sharing all her secrets about making it here. Go look at all the pages of lovely. So pretty.

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I haven’t managed to get the Christmas decorations up just yet, but these numbers are making me feel very festive indeed. They were designed by Jen of Hey Jen Renee and they fit perfectly with Journal your Christmas. I’ve screen printed her design on cardstock and vintage dictionary pages for a little extra imperfect fun.

Real decorations to come soon, including some advent calendar goodness. A few days late, obviously. But always appreciated.

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PS: adorable frame available here

PPS: Did you know that if you buy a product to be delivered by email but pay from an old email address, it’s very difficult to track you down? I’m still searching for about a dozen people who have signed up for Journal your Christmas in the past two weeks but paid with invalid email addresses. From the email addresses, it looks like I’m looking for a Tracy, a Mary, a Gertrude, a Donna and a few others that are anybody’s guess. :) If one of these could be you, please email me—I’d love to send you your class materials! If none of these are you, do yourself one tiny favour before you order all your Christmas presents: make sure your email address is up to date at places where you order online so retailers can get in touch with you if they need to. It might save you from a saga of a prezzie that never shows up—and no one likes that to happen!
And thereby ends my online Christmas shopping public service announcement.

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I made this little box a few years back for a Christmas issue of Scrapbook Inspirations and it’s one that I have continued to add to every year since. It’s super simple—a plain white box like what I kept my pencils in as a child covered with pretty papers and filled with recipe cards. You can download the recipe card template here and just print it out on the colours of cardstock you fancy. What makes this box a little different than a notebook filled with scribbled recipes (and there are a fair few of those notebooks in my kitchen!) is the size of the cards—they are just perfect to hold a photograph on the back. So recipe on the front and photo on the back once you’ve made it, and it’s a scrapbook in a box that can live in your kitchen every Christmas.

There are a few kits for these in the shop if you fancy a box to make yourself. Or if you’re one to save nice gift boxes every year, have a look to see if you have something in a suitable size. You can keep the box yourself and add recipes every year or fill all the cards straight away and give the box as a Christmas present to a friend who would appreciate a cookbook with a difference.

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I love where I work: it’s my own personal sweet shop. And I’ve just given a tour here, if you fancy a look around!

Happy Sunday to you.

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Just two days of November left, which means Journal your Christmas starts on Monday! So, so excited for all the new stuff going into this year’s class.

Must get back to work so I can find some time to put up the Christmas decorations!

All the details for the class are here or check out pages from years past by Julie Ann, Nat, Ali, Alissa, and Karen.

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