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Last year I read 15 books and listened to 45 audiobooks. I kept track of my reads in my Happy Planner. This year I decided to make my own reading journal and of course Little Miss wanted to make one as well.  We chose two blank notebooks. I chose a hard cover notebook that I got for my birthday. Little Miss chose a black and white floral notebook. We chose these three colours of vinyl to print out stickers and labels for our journals.  Along with my vinyl cricut stickers and labels I used old book pages as accents. This is the opening page of my reading journal. Some other pages that I added were: to be read, wish list, books read. One of my favorite pages has the quote "my weekend is booked" surrounded by book shelves with months under each one. My plan is to draw the number of books that I read each month.  Little Miss' reading journal is already well-loved. She has started colouring the journal, she makes lists in her reading jou...

January 13th is international sticker day, naturally, I had to mention it and my love of stickers. I named my blog after stickers because of how easy it was to distract Little Man with a sheet of stickers.  I have to agree, there is something soothing about creating a picture with stickers. I use stickers to decorate my weekly planner.  To mark international sticker day I wanted to share some of my weekly planner stickers creations.

2023, marks 10 years since I started this blog. Some things have changed, we have moved twice in that time and Little Miss was born. This blog has been so many things for me over the years, a creative space, a way to involve my kids in things I love and a scrapbook of all the activities and crafts that we have done over the years.  There were a number of years where I didn't blog very much, once a year was my average for 3 years in a row. They were the years when Little Man started school and Little Miss was born. I often thought about ideas that I could blog but as the time passed it seemed like too much to start up again. But the right time came in 2020. In this past year I posted at least once a month, which I hadn't done since 2014.  I never would have thought that I would still be blogging here after 10 years but I am so proud that I stuck with it. Thank you for reading and I hope I have given you some good ideas and inspiration! Here's to 10 more years of ...

Merry Christmas! We are here, what a day! Thank you for following along with my version of Blogmas, I did what I could during this busy season. I had so much fun with all the preparations, crafts and activities of the season this year. I wish you all the very best for this holiday season and all the best for the new year! Happy crafting!

Day 24 Advent Calendars The kids were very excited yo reach the end of their advent calendars. This is what they got in their calendars this year. Little Miss' Paw Patrol Calendar These little action figures and accessories make up a cute winter camping scene, complete with tents and a camp fire. Little Man's Guardins of the Galaxy Lego calendar There were a lot of characters in the advent calendar this year. Little Man was only expecting 3 characters because of the pictures on the box but all the guardians of the galaxy characters were in there. There were a number of cute little builds as well including a spaceship and  Christmas tree.  Even though i didn't make the advent calendars this year, the kids liked them and the were well worth it. Happy holidays, only one more sleep !

Day 23 teacher presents This year we made the presents for the teachers. Little Miss has a teacher and an educator in her class. My Mom made these winter scenes, Little Miss and I added the words and decorations using the cricut. Little Miss' teacher likes flamingos so we came up with this, Little Miss was singing    fa la la la la la la la mingo  for the rest of the day.  Little Man brought whisks that my Mom made the are filled with Kisses, the tag read "We whisk you a Merry Kissmass"  I said earlier in the post that we made the teachers presents this year but my mom really made most of the teacher presents this year. We are very lucky to have a crafty mom/grandma to help us out! Happy Holidays and Happy Crafting!

Day 20 Baking Day Candy cane cookies,they look like candy canes but they don't taste like candy canes.  These are a family favorite. I make them every year. The recipe is from an aunt, she gave it to my mom when I was little (I'm pretty sure because I asked for it.) They are a bit fussy to make and they were never my mom's favorite to make. When I was in my teens my mom handed the recipe over to me. They have been my Christmas cookie tradition ever since. The recipe card is worn and stained as any good recipe card is. I have thought about re-copying it, but it wouldn't be the same. The old card in my mom's handwriting is part of the tradition. I hope you are all enjoying the season and your own baking traditions. Happy Holidays and happy baking!