Hi everyone! If you remember my wonderful Design Team 1 shared some Christmas Organization Tips last week { here } and now it's Design Team's 2's turn.
These are fabulous! Thanks ladies......
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"I decided to make a Christmas Shopping List Notebook. I figured this way throughout the year you can jot down ideas for gifts you will buy family and friends, or even write down the gifts you pick up through the year for people. I really was struggling with coming up with any sort of Christmas Organization Tip so I am eager to see what the other design teams come up with. I lined the pages of this notebook with red and green Christmas themed paper and then white. I don't have a bind it all or anything like that so I used my ribbon border punch (not sure of the proper name) and put some slots into the sides. Then I wove some green ribbon through to bind it with. Then I ran white ribbon around the entire spine to make it more decorative. I added some green ribbon to tie it closed so the pages won't open if you slip this in a purse. This was the best I could come up with. I just added a simple snowflake to the front since the ribbon goes across the middle."
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Holiday Planner
Every year I find myself with all sorts of lists stuffed into my purse (gifts to buy, cards to send, thank-you notes to write). So this year, I decided to make myself a little holiday planner. I used my new Your Story Photo and a green book cover that came with it. Inside I have lined pages of white cardstock that I created on my printer, along with 3 divider pages: Cards, Gifts, and Thank Yous (see
my blog for more pics and details). Everything was cut at 4" x 6". I decorated the cover, and voila, a cute little planner to keep me organized, that can be tucked into my purse.
Recipe:
Your Story Photo and Book Cover
Accent Essentials Cricut Cartridge (topnote shape)
Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate and Rustic White Cardstock
SEI Christmas Mint Patterned Paper
Papertrey Ink Limitless Layers: 1 3/4" Circle Collection Dies
Papertrey Ink Holiday Button Bits and 2010 Holiday Tags Stamp Sets
Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, and Chamomile Ink
Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy Felt, Vintage Buttons, and Pure Poppy Baker's Twine
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Hi everyone! I wish I could say I have tons of organization ideas for you, but I don't. I started out making a card holder, but with only a 12 x 12 mat, it's not possible. So it's a picture holder for all those random wallet pictures that come in your Christmas cards. I cut this out from Jolly Holidays at 10 1/2 inches. If you have a 12 x 24 mat, you could probably make it big enough for cards. Winter Wishes is cut at 2 3/4 inches. I did cut out the base in some chipboard and then again in the red. You can see more details on my
blog!
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This is a 6 inch cube sized box. Inside I placed a cardboard divider in the box. I wanted to be able to put cards in the front of the box, and have file folders in the back. To keep everything from sliding around too much I figured this divider would help.
The dividers in the back are really simple. I just cut cute double sided papers that I would say are a medium thickness, then I scored them in half. They are from a K & Company holiday stack. To cut the
tabs along the top I used the Cricut and the From My Kitchen cartridge. Then I drew some stitching lines and wrote names on the tabs with one of my Stampin' Write markers from Stampin' Up.
One of the tabs is labeled "cards" so I can keep a list of who I have made cards for, or sent cards too. The other tabs are all names, and each family only has one folder. So, for example - my husband's sister is named Becca, and the folder just has her name on it, but it will also include the gift lists for her kids.
My plan is to put any gift ideas in the appropriate folder. Also, if I decide I know I want to make a certain project I can write a supply list, and also record where the pattern is if it's something that requires one.
I decorated the outside to look like a present. I used a couple die cuts from Doodlebug Designs with some Stickles and Buttons. I covered the whole thing with some DCWV patterned paper and finished off with some high quality grosgrain ribbon. I tied a bow, knowing that my family cannot replicate it - so I'll know if someone has peeked! Visit
my blog for more.
*LOL*
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I was asked to give a organizational tip or two and I have had a very hard time with this! LOL I am organized, I have to be because of where I live, we have no craft stores so supplies have to be bought in advance. The first tip I have to make a gift list, I have a master gift list and I buy gifts and things to make into gifts all year long, when I find things on sale. That leads right into the second tip, the picture is of some aluminum water bottles that I found on sale and a glass ornament (plus the supplies I used on the glass ornament) that I bought after Christmas last year, cheap! I try to find things like this all year long and store them in my closet in the craft room, then when a Birthday or Christmas rolls around I have the raw materials to create nice, inexpensive gifts! Happy Holidays Everyone!! Visit
my blog for more.
Tammy
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Here is my project for Organization, I made a Holiday planner for 2011, I am not organized this year at all! HAHAHA~! But hopefully next year this will get me in motion and ready for the holiday season. I found the calendar, stocking list, card list and gift list at
http://www.christmas.organize.org/.
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Kristin
For our "Holiday Organization" Challenge, I decided to challenge MYSELF to get organized for my holiday shopping. I made a holiday shopping organizer to easily store my coupons, receipts, and holiday gift ideas.
The only cartridge I used for this project was From My Kitchen for the file folders and tabs. I used the Cinch to bind the notebook part of the organizer together. I made the expanding file folder out of cardstock and adhered it to the inside of the cover. This is a 5x7 book that slides easily into my purse and makes my holiday shopping so easy!
I have a video and full instructions available on
my blog.
Recipe:
Cricut "From My Kitchen" Cartridge
DCWV "Christmas Combo" Stack
Martha Stewart Snow Flurry Edge Punch
Martha Stewart Vintage Dove Punch
Cuttlebug Snowflakes Folder
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Aren't these tips WONDERFUL????? Thank you soooo much crafty ladies. WOW!
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Hugs! ♥Tracy
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