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Christmas is Coming the Goose is Getting Fat But Have You Started Those Christmas Cards Yet?

OK so here we are it’s almost Christmas again and the day are going so fast.  Once you get Halloween, Bonfire Night and Thanks Giving out of the way then preparations for Christmas really get under way.

If you are a crafter and card maker then you know that the earlier you start making your Holiday cards the better.  In fact some of the craft channels on TV have been selling Christmas stock for a couple of months already.

Every year at the build up to Christmas I seem to be playing catch up and always end up leaving my card making to the last minute.  In fact to my own shame I left it so late last year I actually had to buy cards from the store as I didn’t give myself enough time (or energy left) to make my own.  I found this very galling as I know I could make them far nicer and more personal for my friends and family.

So this year I have added my Christmas Card page to my website easy-cardmaking.com so that my visitors can start making cards whenever they want from now until Christmas and hopefully it will give you some ideas for making cards, card verses and even paper handbag decorations for the tree.

A good way to make the cards is to firstly create your designs, work out how many cards you are going to need to make (for example 40 cards) and then each evening whilst watching tv,  take one element and spend the evening just doing that one part for as many cards as you are going to need i.e 40.  For instance  cutting and folding, embossing, stamping etc one activity per night but make a batch of  however many you are going to need, until you have all the elements and then just put them together to create your cards.

So now when December arrives and you want to be out partying or shopping that is one job that you know you will have already done.  And if you are really organised you could even write them and put them in envelopes ready to mail in December.

It might be a good idea to make a few extra cards in case you get any last minute cards at Christmas from people you forgot to put on your list too.

As for me well I intend to start creating my christmas cards as soon as the vacation season is over so that I don’t get caught out again this year.  After all Christmas is the same date every year so with 12 months in which to make them I ought to be able to organise my time a little bit better.