Since I'm not necessarily following along with the prompts (this being journal #4), I'm not numbering the pages either. Maybe I will when I'm done, so I don't quite know how to title my post. More Journal Your Christmas seems to cover it. Today I got two pages done, one totally digital. The second one has my "real list" in a pocket (neatly copied over) with the things I've done crossed out. I dated it so I'd know where I was at this point in the year if I was ever curious. The first layout shows the new decorations this year. I fell in love with these candles from Target and bought them as soon as I saw them. Good thing, I haven't seen them there in a while. Last Sunday, the red pillow went on sale and I scurried out to pick it up. The new wreath came from a local garden shop, and I just love it. I added the red berries. You can't see it in any of these photos, but our tree skirt is also red with white appliqued snowflakes.

This is one of the templates Shimelle sent us. There's a white border around all of it. I added a pale grey border so I'd know where to cut, but it doesn't seem to show up here.

Patterned paper (Basic Grey & KI Memories), puffy letter stickers (Cloud Nine Design), felt tree (Hero Arts), buttons (Paper Trey Ink), library pocket (Bazzil), star pulled off another sticker of unknown origin.)

It's been a busy couple of days. Lots of baking for church–a youth bake sale yesterday, and I'm the "cookie lady" for tomorrow night's Session meeting. I baked a good part of Saturday and again this morning. There are photos, but they'll probably end up in my Christmas Journal and get posted then. I did get a couple of projects done today including another 2-pager for the Christmas Journal.

Patterned paper (Memory Box), Velvet letter stickers (American Craft), tag and ribbon from stash, envelope from a Studio Calico kit, felt snowflakes (Hero Arts), pearls (Amuse and Hero Arts)

The packages are "gone," and Sarah and Adam will be "gone" for Christmas, so it seemed like an appropriate title. The envelope has the receipts for the packages. I thought I might be interested some day what it cost in 2009 to mail their gifts.

I have one more Christmas card to share. I needed a card for a stamping friend who had seen almost all of the cards I've made. This is almost an exact lift of a card by Steph on A Passion for Papertrey. I hadn't used these holiday papers yet which is kind of a surprise since I love Scarlet Jewel and Ripe Avocado together.

All Papertrey Ink except the gold cord (unknown) and the Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Yesterday Tracy and I headed out on a little road trip. The purpose was to go to Rooster Hill (a winery on Keuka Lake) to see if I could find a couple Christmas figures for my hanging kitchen shelves. I found some really cute ones there in August for the fall. I didn't find what I was looking for but came home with a really cute figurine of sheep and stars–two favorites. I'll post them with the Christmas decorations, although I think I can leave them out all year. We stopped at the Loomis Barn, a genealogy museum in Penn Yan, and finally in Phelps at the Flint Creek Brewery for dinner which turned out to be a great find.

Template by Jessica Sprague, Spiceberry paper by Memory Box, felt tree by Hero Arts, and pearls from my stash.