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I made a few gifts for Christmas this year and I will admit that it was fun. I used to do handmade gifts a lot in years past, but somehow had gotten away from it. This year it was more out of necessity than anything else {remember hubby's factory closed}, but I thoroughly enjoyed it for the most part. I found this idea on Pinterest and I decided that this looked fun and like something someone actually might use. {never dreaming how much date stamping I would actually have to do for several calendars} lol |
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The original tutorial used vintage postcards, but I used regular greeting cards or note cards, cut them down and it worked great! {except for the time that I cut FOUR cards in a row all the wrong size!!} |
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It truly was a labor of love, but worth every minute of it...I think...*SMILE* |
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My sister is a shoe lover so I used cards with different shoes printed on them that I had in my stash. WHO KNEW that I would find 12 different shoe cards...one for each month? Well...truthfully I didn't. I think I found ten, but I did find two other cards that also fit in nicely with the shoes. |
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So....if you have nothing else to do today, may I suggest that you make one of these cute calendar / journals? All you need is index cards, {you have to cut each and every card in half... so I needed 365 days x 5...that is a lot of cards! Oh yes, you also need about 100 more for the mistakes you make. ha!}, some berry boxes {I purchased them on Etsy}, some type of cards {greeting or vintage postcards} and cute twine. Oh , I almost forgot the most important part. Go online and buy a date stamp also. They had one at Walmart for over $16 and I was having none of that, so I got on on ebay for about $5 including shipping! |
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You do have to admit...they are cute right?? The idea is to write the year such as 2014 on the first line and just a little blip of your day. Then next year you write 2015 on the next line and a blip about that day...and on and on. So this way your little journal will encompass several years in one cute little berry box. Adorable idea, but I can't get much written on one line so I use two...or three. lol |
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Please share your pics if you decide to make one of these for yourself or for someone else. I would love to see them. For the original tutorial please click here. I also found the free printable online for the "just for you" gift tag. Click here to get to that page. I think it is the cutest thing since sliced bread...maybe? Hugs~ |
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