Thursday, December 15, 2011

JYC - Dec 10 & 11


Time for another JYC pages share!! I love moments like this! Seriously, I do. :) Creating this album has been  a fantastic project for me this month. It's quite fun making these mini layouts and expressing myself more with my journaling. I don't normally journal so extensively, but I have been for my JYC album. 

These two pages are from the 10th and 11th of this month. 

The 10th was about gift wrapping. Believe it or not, even though I am a crafter, I stink at wrapping gifts! I would be better off buying gift bags for everything. I did do that one year. However, I didn't like the way it looked, not to mention it is really hard to pack a Rondo full of gift bags. At least you can stack presents. For me it's the thought behind a hand wrapped gift that counts, regardless of how it turns out looking. Keith's mom is an expert gift wrapper. She can turn a gift into a piece of art. When we go to visit her for the holidays I'll be sure to take photos of the gifts she wraps. It looks like something out of a home decor magazine. Seriously. It's so awesome to look at, and when you get your gift, you don't even want to open it. I have saved some of her bows and ties over the years because they are so beautiful. I would love to be able to wrap gifts like that! 

The 11th was about our Christmas Tree. We use an artificial tree. I would love to have a real one, but it just isn't a good idea at this point in our lives. We would probably kill it. I can picture it not getting watered and the cat getting electrocuted like in Christmas Vacation. Yikes! Not a pretty picture. We decorate the tree together and the kids put up all of their ornaments first, then they help Keith and I with the rest. The last ones that go on are the ones that belonged to my great-grandmother and grandparents. It's fun to tell the kids about them. They are handmade ornaments and super cute. I love our modge podge of ornaments and how it looks on the tree. It's fun and I love fun trees! Maybe one day we will have a themed tree, but while there are kids in the house, I'm not going to push the issue. 


Well, only ten more days!!! Hope you had a wonderful day!! 




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3 comments:

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

Ohhhhhh I love love love these!!! And I suck at wrapping too!! LOL!!!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee the little twine covered presents in that first set of pages...and LOVING your tree in that second set... GORGEOUS! :):):):):):):):):):):)

Sian said...

Me too! I am not a good gift wrapper - I end up getting my husband to help me. It's good to hear of another scrapbooker in the same boat

scrappyjacky said...

I'd love to be able to wrap beautiful gifts as well....but I hate wrapping....and am useless at it!!

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