Bringing Simple to the Holidays

I'm working on finding the perfect "Peace on Earth" holiday card to send out this year. I am so excited that I found tons of free (yay free!) options online (even some photo cards, it would be nice if we had some sort of family photo but I do not think that there is even a single print of the three of us together). We just happen to have a stack of white card stock laying around here from some past, forgotten project. It's a good plan.

I have not purchased wrapping paper in at least five years and I've firmly decided that I will never do it again either. I've managed with some hand-me-down rolls until now but I think this will be the year that we stencil Christmas trees onto newspaper. I am very excited and I think it will be a fun way to spend some special time with my son, we can discuss deep stuff like saving this world we live in. Once again, I will be using old cards to make gift tags. We sometimes get freebies in the mail this this time of year, and I'm no snob, I'll use those too! One year, I made laminated tags with my son's photo on them for the extended family. It was fun, cute and I still see those things hanging on refrigerators when we visit.

Another upcoming project, in the same vein, is sewing up some reusable shopping bags with the little tab so that the clerks at the grocery store can use them as easily as the store bought ones that are made with toxic crap (I'm sure it was lead but I'm truly to lazy to look it up, sorry). China banned single-use plastic bags in 2008, saving billions of barrels of oil each year (of course, it's all part of the master plan, China manufactures many of the reusable bags sold at stores and they are full of lead...there's a conspiracy there somewhere). At any rate, I'll be sure to let you know how this goes.

Final thoughts, extended from yesterday, there is nothing more precious than the relationships we humans participate in. Enjoy your season!