Got lots of Christmas Cards that were nice this Year?
I did so I had an idea!
Today is the first Monday of the new year,
So today is "Back to Normal Day" for me.
I both like this day and dread this day.
Like it because I get my house back in order (it just never is completely tidy or in any sort of routine over the Christmas Holidays).
Dread it because I have to be the one to get it back in order.
Like it because it means all the decorations get put away until next year and I am really ready for that after 3/4 weeks
Dread it because it means all the decorations having to be taken down and wrapped up and put away mostly by me.
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| Just some of the Lounge Decorations |
Like it because it is the start of the year and I feel like making changes and promising myself I will keep all the household things up to date.
Dread it because to get things up to date is a tall order after the slack time of the holiday and I think of all the things that I am always saying I must get round to doing but don't do them.
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I bought this TUIT for my husband years ago because he is just as bad as me |
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Like it because I can sort out the Christmas cards, cut out parts of the cards I want to keep or take pics of the cards I think I might want to use as illustrations and make a list of who I should be contacting by phone, email or letter from notes and letters that came with the cards.
Dread it because then that list either has to be worked through and I am hopeless on the phone etc. or it will eventually be abandoned and I will feel bad about that.
But then I had an idea that brightened up the day.
Something I could do with the cards I really liked, because normally I just cut off the picture part and put them away thinking I will use them someday.
So today I did something different
I cut off the pictures I liked and laminated them and then put some magnets on the back and now I can use them as Christmas magnets to decorate the large fridge freezer next year. That was after I had taken photos of them because you never know when those would come in handy.
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| The new Christmas Card Magnets |
If I had been willing to spend more time I could have cut them into different shapes or placed them on different coloured card slightly larger than them to make a sort of surround or frame effect but I just took the easier and quickest option.
Maybe some day I will hunt out the pictures I have kept from Christmas cards in previous years and make better magnets with them.
Only problem with all that is it means - MORE DECORATIONS!
AND I didn't get everything done that I should have!
What have you done with your Christmas Cards this year?
I would love to hear more ideas.
Do you have a back to normal day like this?
