Christmas Present #1

My fiance has decided that she is going to try and Christmas me the hardest this year (even though I won just for this year because of this by at least a slim margin) and she has developed a super fun plan of giving me one present a day until Christmas starting on 12/1. It’s awesome because they can be anything!

Christmas present #1 was being eyeballed by Marley a little bit…

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And it turned out to be a super sweet Evernote moleskin notebook that I’m able to take on my work trip this week! I can’t wait to test it out because supposedly I can handwrite notes and then take a picture of it with my app and it will digitize my notes for sorting later! Stay tuned!

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a plaid christmas tree

Over the weekend, I started to panic when I realized that we didn’t really have any Christmas ornaments! So you know, I just whipped some up real quick like so the tree wouldn’t be naked.

I decided on a plaid Christmas tree. It says Christmas, but we could also use them as winter decorations later.

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If you want to try to make your own, just draw a shape onto the fabric. I used some cookie cutters as patterns. I sandwiched the fabric with some batting and a little ribbon or twine, and then sewed on the outline. Then I took some pinking shears and cut out the shape. Tie a little bow or knot, and you’re done.

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And because I can’t stop, won’t stop, I fashioned a plaid star for the tree topper too.plaid christmas 5

We decorated the tree at night by Christmas tree light, while drinking hot chocolate.plaid christmas 6

Our plaid tree is the perfect little tree for us!plaid christmas 8