Its here, New Years Eve and were counting down the official end to the 2012 holiday season. Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas and family gatherings, but I also get incredibly stressed out. My husband (who I love very much) is kinda terrible at getting gifts for people. That pretty much leaves me in charge, and I really don't mind most of the time. The last week before Christmas is usually pretty terrible though. Between wrapping, shopping, mailing and worrying that no one will like their gifts, I tend to get a little overwhelmed. This year was a nice relief since we were able to gift out so many of our homemade jams, jellies, and butters. Everyone seemed to really like them too.
I ended up using a really simple design for the labels. Its just recycled card stock, printed out and glued onto the jars with glue stick. See that sweet Harry Potter-esque font I found? I think it really brings the label together. I had picked up some other supplies such as fabric and bakers twine to make the jars a little more festive, but unfortunately only the neighbors and my Secret Santa's jars got decorated that fancy. A nasty cold right before Christmas kind of wiped me out. Even so, people seemed to really like them so I guess we will be canning again next year.
I figure that since its New Years Eve I had better post some photos of my Christmas decor before they all come down tomorrow.
Our tree turned out really nice this year. For some reason photos of Christmas trees never seem to do them justice. I love real trees, especially the way they make a house smell. For now we have a fake, and I can live with that. I'm hoping once we have kids we can upgrade to the real thing. For the children's sake of course. *Wink *Wink
Our pink and white tree. Why is it that they can't make purple lights that look purple? Some of my favorite ornaments...
A collection of some of the greeting cards we got this year...
Some lovely kitsch reindeer with googly eyes...
And even Bambi got into the holiday spirit, though I'm thinking next year some mistletoe would be nice. Hopefully we'll have the ceiling painted by then too.
I hope that everyone's holiday was as nice as ours and that the New Year brings wonderful things.
I figure that since its New Years Eve I had better post some photos of my Christmas decor before they all come down tomorrow.
Our tree turned out really nice this year. For some reason photos of Christmas trees never seem to do them justice. I love real trees, especially the way they make a house smell. For now we have a fake, and I can live with that. I'm hoping once we have kids we can upgrade to the real thing. For the children's sake of course. *Wink *Wink
A collection of some of the greeting cards we got this year...
Some lovely kitsch reindeer with googly eyes...
And even Bambi got into the holiday spirit, though I'm thinking next year some mistletoe would be nice. Hopefully we'll have the ceiling painted by then too.
I hope that everyone's holiday was as nice as ours and that the New Year brings wonderful things.
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