February Rudolph Day!

It is one of the 12 most wonderful days of the year! Rudolph Day! Each month, on the 25th, I get myself back into the Christmas spirit! Sometimes I use the day to do some planning for the upcoming Christmas and sometimes I just use the day as an excuse to turn the Christmas music back on and drink some hot chocolate :) No matter what, it is a day that I look forward to each month!

This month the 25th happened to fall on my day off so I am trying to get a few things accomplished. I spent some time leafing through two holiday magazines that I never got around to during this last Christmas. It was just so relaxing to listen to my own personalized radio station (pandora.com) that streams Christmas music all day long and look at beautiful Christmas scenes.

On my list of things to do today is:
Begin Christmas card list
Start creating Christmas card design and decide on a stampt set to order
Brainstorm craft ideas
-Decor
-Gifts
-Crafts for Christmas in July party
Make gift/idea list

Some crafts that I found interesting in the magazines I was leafing through were: Drum Ornaments, Candy Cane Candle Holders, Holiday Cones, Snowball Wreaths, and Peppermint Swirls Ornaments.

The drum ornaments can also be used as favor holders. I'm not sure if I'd rather use that for a Christmas in July craft or if I'd rather make them and use them for favors at Christmas time. Either way, they are cheap and easy to make many of them.

Anyways, I going to go continue with my celebration, so I'll leave you with a line from my favorite Christmas carol...

"May your days be merry and bright! And may all your Christmases be white!"