With just under two months to go before Christmas, now is the time most card-makers will begin to panic about Christmas cards. Unless they’re the extra organised sorts of people who have already made all their festive cards. Some crafters might be thinking about making gifts, although those take longer so should have been started a while back.
For once, I’m feeling very little panic about my Christmas cards. Partly this is because I only have a couple left for the list I know I need, and then I can just play with festive stamps and dies to make spares. Because there’s always at least one person you forget or who pops up out of the woodwork for whom you suddenly, at the last minute, need a card.
My attention is beginning to turn to the other crafty, and not-so-crafty, aspects of Christmas. Decorations and baking. Preparing for all eventualities, especially with regards the potential return of some or all Covid-reducing measures, like not being allowed to mix with other households. Which would be sad, but not the end of the world. (We’ve ordered a turkey, just in case, and have started sampling the festive foods on offer.)
I’m trying not to go too overboard with the festive food planning. Mostly, I’m being guided by the fact that last year I drew up a great long list of recipes and then only made one or two. The one I will start with, though, is the Spiced Orange and Cranberry Cheesecake, which last year I made using the Hummingbird Bakery’s New York Cheesecake as the base recipe. M thought that a bit rich, so this year I shall try it with Delia Smith’s Baked Vanilla Cheesecake instead.
And then maybe I’ll have a go at making panettone. Maybe. The Aldi chocolate panettone is pretty good.
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I began just after Christmas last year cross-stitching Christmas cards for this year. I’m glad I took the time as I know there’s no way I’d be able to fit stitching cards into the rest of this year! I have bought a magazine kit (paper/diecutting/stamps) and have made two of the cards from that up to now. They don’t take as long as stitching so hopefully I’ll be able to make enough for what we need. I’ll definitely stitch Christmas cards in my holiday again, it’s one less thing to think about as the time whizzes ever closer! Good luck with the cheesecake!
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That is the problem with cross-stitching cards – they do take a while! Good luck with your card-making 🙂
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