Christmas crafting has begun.

I had seen an idea for a reindeer made out of a cake-slice box and thought it was so cute...made a mental note to make one myself. Well, the mental note didn't translate well when I put it into action, because I think this is the goofiest looking reindeer on the planet. He's one of a kind and I won't be making anymore. The little tree at the top of this post was done as an afterthought, and I do kind of like it...though I probably won't make anymore of that one either. So you see, not everything I set out to craft turns out the way I planned. {I told you, I'm human!}

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I used my Cricut to cut these out using the Tags, Bags, and Boxes cartridge. Downside on this is that there are no scoring lines so I had to eyeball it {and the eyeballing isn't that great these days...}. I Googled "Cake Box Template" and a whole bunch of things that looked just like this came up:

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Look at all those lovely scoring lines!!! {I found this template here, and they have a lot of different templates to choose from if you are interested.}

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If you try this out I'd love to see what you come up with. I think the little tree has a lot of embellishing possibilities. I made a 4" size and it holds 8 Hershey's kisses.

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This past weekend Doug was away on a deer hunt {for the record, he shot nothing} and I had extra days off work so I spent four full days creating stuff. This is the worst part of Christmas for me - having presents done and not being able to give them until Christmas. Argh!!! It kills me. AND! Now I really, really, really want to show these things on my blog, but my friends and family read my stuff here and can't be trusted not to peek. We'll all have to wait. :o\

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November Attitude of Gratitude:

* I am grateful that I own a Cricut. It's such a fun tool to have, and I've really got my money's worth out of it.

* I am grateful for the friends and family I have that I love to create for. Maybe they'll want to open just one present before Christmas...