Frou Frou Gypsy in Combat Boots

this photo actually has two of my favorites! See those little clothes pin thingies? those came from IKEA several years ago. I was there and they were $1 and i figured i would find a use for them some day! Guess what? I did!!!! I hang them, one on each side of the doorway into the kitchen. Then i hang Christmas cards on them as they come in the mail. This allows me to enjoy the photos and cards as well as have a place to put them and keep them all together during the craziness of Christmas. The other thing is this wreath my DD made in her preschool class. I love the things the kids bring home from school. sometimes they don't make it through until the next year, but sometimes they do. I will admit to tossing a few things here and there because honestly who can keep every little thing made by those adorable chubby hands??? This year in fact my DS came home with 3 ornaments he made in 1st grade ( maybe I'll show you those later). So there you have it..my favorite things for today...

Christmas cards...do you mail them? do you email them? how many do you send? who do you send them to? how do you decide? do you get them out on time? do you feel guilty about not sending them? What's your story? I am a Christmas card junkie...i would send hundreds if i could afford it. I have had to cut my list year after year...adding some here and there. I'd like to write notes in them, but really what do i have to say to a High School classmate with who the only correspondence i have is a yearly Christmas card? Should i even be sending one then? I love to go to the mail box in December....though sometimes i feel a bit like Charlie Brown when there are no cards in the post that day. I love to get "real" mail. Mail i WANT to receive, not bills or advertisements. Not stuff to throw away. Maybe that is why i like to send Christmas cards. I hope that my card in someone's mail box will brighten their day just a bit. Do you make your own cards? send photos wi...