24 days till Christmas

Okay, so I do know that as of today there is 23 days till Christmas, but I forgot to post yesterday, because of a few things, namely; adventy excitement, pride and prejudice, biology, the great wall of China, dancing and a piano. Don't ask.
So anyway, lucky you guys, there is 2 Christmas posts coming your way today!! 

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Yay, it’s that time of the year again!! And to really get everyone into the spirit of things, I am starting a new series of posts, one on each day up until Christmas eve, each with a different Christmassy activity, to make, do, bake, or see. I might post a few normal posts as well to break things up a little, (don’t wait on it though, chances are I will be way busy – at least in my head -), but from now on expect to see mainly snowmen and snowflakes, jingle bells and jam tarts, winter woollies and wonderlands, I’ve run out of alliterations so I think I will leave it at that!

This first one is on gift giving. Sorting out who you’re going to give gifts to and which you’re going to buy and which you’re going to make.

Sorting out who you are going to give gifts to

It’s sometimes hard to buy gifts for all your friends and family, but if you sort out who you are going to BUY things for and who you are going to MAKE things for, then you can give everyone something lovely but not bust out your savings! It might be helpful to start a Christmas gifts savings pot, so you don’t “accidentally” spend your designated gift money on something that you don’t actually need (I am guilty of this). Here’s a link to a post I did an AGE ago, on making your own Pencil pots which could alternatively be used as a money pot!

Step 1: Write a list of all the people you want to give things to.

Step 2: Divide the list into two parts, BUY and MAKE. For example, say a sibling has asked for a CD. Well you can’t really make that, so put them under the buy heading. Another example, you have an auntie who you don’t know what to get, so put her under the make section and look out for my next posts, to decide what to make her. Keep going like this until all the people on your list are under one column or another.

Step 3: Now write next to each person, what you are going to buy or make them.

Step 4: Add prices or things you need to make the gifts. If you don’t have enough money, then move a few people off the buy list and away to the making party!!

Step 5: Go shopping – always a good plan

Step 6: Now all you have to do is make the homemade gifts and frankly that’s the fun bit!

And remember to always make the wrapping up look beautiful as well, just adding a ribbon or some of that curly wurly, sparkly, string stuff, can make all the difference!

Watch out for my next few posts, because they will be full of sparkly, Christmassy fun, glittery and most probably red, green and gold, homemade Christmas gifts, how to do’s!

Until then sing some “dreamin’ of a white Christmas” and hopefully it will come true!!