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Each year, I fill up a basket with all of our Christmas books. Every day we read a different book from our collection until all of the books are gone. When Munchkin was younger, I would wrap up the books and number them to use as a countdown to Christmas day. Now, Munchkin just picks a book out of the basket. I try to add new books to our collection each year by picking them up during the after Christmas sales. Many Christian bookstores offer 50%-75% off their books after Christmas. Do you have any favorite Christmas books? This post…

Sewing: Cricut Dust Cover & Bag

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One of the fun things about having a more relaxed schooling schedule for December is that we can tackle some fun projects that get placed on the back burner during the regular school year. My project for today wasn’t exactly an old project that needed to get done, but it was something that I was happy to accomplish. Since it’s so dusty here, I thought it would be a good idea to have a dust cover for my new Cricut. I look around on the internet to see if I could find a pattern, but the one that I found…

Handmade Gifts: Prayer Journal

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My new Cricut has inspired me to start working on my handmade Christmas gifts. The first project of the year is a prayer journal. It’s pretty simple, but it makes a nice gift. Supplies: 2 pieces of matching scrapbook paper 1 piece of coordinating paper for letters 2 pieces of coordinating paper for inside of notebook adhesive favorite verses about prayer composition notebook crafting scissors Process: You’ll need 2 matching scrapbook pieces of paper for the front and the back of the composition notebook. To get the correct size, you’ll just trace the shape of the composition notebook onto the…