What works for me is to have a Holiday Notebook. It starts with Thanksgiving planning and runs through Christmas planning. I have used spiral notebooks before, but the last 3 years I have used a small 1" binder.
In January I print off these pages and then I put them in the notebook. As I come across ideas for handmade gifts, or recipes I might want to try out during the holidays then I print them off (or rip out of magazines), 3-hole punch them and stick them in my notebook. I start adding in names in July to our list of who we need to make or buy gifts for (adding in teachers, new co-workers, new babies in the family, etc) and then I can start, little by little, making things or buying things as we can afford to.
This is what works for me!
6 comments:
This is brilliant! I totally need to do this. Thanks for sharing!
I love these printables you use! And great minds think alike! ;) I posted this link below!
http://www.mooreminutes.com/2009/10/making-list-checking-it-twice.html
What a great idea! Once I write a list, I feel much more in control. And this post reminds me...I need to get cracking with my lists for everything I have to do between now and January 1.
Brilliant!
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I am a listaholic!!! I love these. Thanks so much for sharing!
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