While reading Inside Motherhood today I came across the entry, written by Heather, When Do You Start? Her question is on when do you start shopping and/or planning for Christmas. With only 140 days left I suppose it would be a good idea to start planning now if you haven’t already begun.
A small notebook or pretty journal would be good for your planning. You can list and check off presents and all those little tasks you need to get around to. You can have a financial planning section so you don’t get in over your head with debt. Why …read more

I’m a bit annoyed I didn’t see this until today. But, if you’re looking for a great holiday project to keep you busy in your journal or blog, or both, sign up for a Christmas Journal course at Shimelle.com. You get 37 days of journal prompts with which you can write, paint, draw, blog or just play and join in with an international group of people doing the course together.
See some examples of some of the participants journals, blogs, scrapbooks and photos at Written Down.
The course is only $US30. Let me know if you join up by posting …read more