Gino

Currently...

...attending meeting after meeting about work.
...Christmas shopping.
...worrying about an unwanted intruder in the house.
...making great plans for 2018.
...loving/hating settling Joshua in at nursery.
...reading this page turner.
...cycling again and enjoying it.
...enjoying this season through Isabella's eyes.

December Goals

Here are my goals for this month:

• Get Joshua settled at nursery.
• Try two new recipes.
• Celebrate a nice, relaxed, family Christmas at home.
• Get the house in order.
• Work out a work schedule for 2018.

Make it Monday - Christmas Cards

 After four attempts, I finally got all of my Christmas cards made and written this weekend. Nico had ordered me some lovely cream cardstock and I put my Gonis products to work.

For the most part I used their stamp set with gold ink. I also took advantage of their example designs, just changing up the last one, which ended up being my favourite.

 Some of the designs had cut outs which stood off from the card with the help of some sticky pads. By far my favourite technique was the new paint pen used for the red baubles above.

I used the white paint pen to make this, the only December birthday card this year. I love the results and will be using more of these products in 2018.

Weekly Wisdom

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

The Saturday Update

Phew, what a week. I'm exhausted. We've all been fighting off coughs and colds while keeping busy.

Our car went in for repairs on Monday. You don't realise how much you depend on something until it's not there.

Tuesday was full of appointments. In the evening I took the kids to my old school for their Winter market.

Joshua turned one on Wednesday. We had a party with family, friends and two cakes. The birthday boy was truly spoiled.

Thursday and Friday have been spent running errands, keeping appointments and generally trying to play catch up. I finally got the kids Advent calenders set up last night.

This weekend will be more catching up, possibly with a sneaky visit to the local Christmas market. We might even get some Christmas decorations up.

Links!

What a bitter-sweet idea.

Dads get it too.

What an epic journey!

This is us!

Love this!

Amazing images, important message.

Another fab Christmas gift idea.

Some Christmas baking ideas.