Saturday, December 3, 2016

I finished my last December birthday card yesterday so today I’ve moved on to Christmas projects. While I was working on my cards I turned on some Christmas music but it was annoying me; I think it made me feel like I was already behind and should be well into my Christmas projects. I’ve added a few Christmas decorations around the house and will continue to put things out over the next couple of weeks so I’m slowly getting into the spirit of the season.

I debated about doing a clean up in my sewing room before starting on the Christmas projects but decided since much of the stuff laying around was Christmas fabric and Christmas items I had made a start on I wouldn’t bother. I want to do a major clean up and rearrange once my Christmas sewing is done and I don’t want to do things twice if I don’t have to (even though I should)!

I switched out my year-round scentsy light for my Christmas scentsy; with a new set of Purely Pomegranate bars I’m loving being in my sewing space. I put on the Christmas music this morning as I stitched and it seemed just right.

We’re off tonight for our first Christmas event – The Dickens Banquet. The event supports the food bank and, as well as buying tickets, we also each bring a bag of groceries, which I picked up yesterday. We’ll enjoy a lovely beef and salmon buffet, some trivia games, live music and a snack at midnight. The second year we were in Powell River (and the first Christmas we spent here) we attended the event. The food was good, but we didn’t know anyone and were sitting at a table with a group of people who did know each other so we didn’t enjoy it very much. Tonight we know and like everyone at our table so I’m looking forward to a fun evening.

For now though it is back to my machine!