Moving On

I have been having the most fun this Christmas. First of all I participated in a Christmas Card swap with 139 other people from all over the world. We did not have to send cards to all 139 participants, but I could not resist and do so. But of course there were some who just could not afford that many stamps. The number of cards I received in return is still being counted, but last year with the same group, I got more than a hundred cards. It makes going to the mail box so much fun.

Then I participated in a different swap. We sent envelopes of goodies to five people for five weeks and at the end send a special gift to one of the participants. This meant we each got 25 envelopes of goodies to open one each day and then a better gift to open on Christmas Day. I cannot tell you how many little pieces of goodness I received in the mail. Oops there was another swap where ten people sent me happy mail for November and for December. So more goodness came to my house. My craft room was overflowing with fun.

I just had to do something with all this goodness and not just pack it all away for next year. So, I made a journal, a Christmas Journal with all sorts of tags and writing places. I love how it came out. I used a lot of what I received including the decorated envelopes. I even used the little Christmas graphics that decorated those pretty return address labels. Some envelopes had washi tape on them that I was able to peel off and reused as well. I was able to peel off many of the postage stamps and use those as well. I had a ball!!

So, I made a video of the book for everyone to see who contributed as well as anyone who is interested and here it is.