Month: November 2013

Getting Ready for the Season

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Und bald schon kommt die Weihnachtszeit   Yes, yes, you’re right, it’s quite early to be thinking of Christmas already. But in cases such as mine, you can actually never be too early to start with the preparations. (Did I ever tell you that I enjoyed my first Christmas treats in September already, bought some decoration stuff, too, and a couple of Christmas themed ribbons in August? Yeah, well, I had to take advantage of being in a country where Christmas actually means something to people.) In today’s case, however, I’m talking about my annual Christmas card adventure. Adventure, because you never know when exactly those Christmas cards may arrive. Sometimes they get to their destination within 10 days after mailing them; and in other cases, such as last Christmas, they arrived late in February. And that’s why I’m concerned that I might actually be too late in the game already. But I’m also really excited, because as of this past weekend, I managed to finish crafting all my Christmas cards already! Now I just …

Finding Fall

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Den Herbst finden There, I found them … some traces of autumn. If you only look close enough, you might see quite a few signs that it’s autumn. And when you look even closer, you may find a place or two where the leaves, indeed, are yellow, and pretty, and all they should be in the fall. Da, ich hab sie gefunden … ein paar Spuren des Herbstes. Wenn du nur genau genug hinguckst, dann kannst ein paar Hinweise entdecken, dass es Herbst ist. Und wenn du noch ein bisschen genauer hinschaust, dann kannst du vielleicht auch ein zwei Plätzchen finden, wo die Blätter tatsächlich gelb sind und hübsch anzusehen sind, und alles sonst haben, was sich im Herbst so gehört!

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P2D: Season of Joy

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I’ve decided to extend my blog to a wider range of readers by adding a German version to my posts.    Ich habe beschlossen, meinen Blog einer erweiterten Leserschaft zu öffnen, indem ich meinen Artikeln eine deutsche Version hinzufüge.   It’s a bit early for Christmas, I admit it, but for various reasons I’m getting quite into the Christmas mood these days.   Es ist ein bisschen verfrüht für Weihnachten, ich geb’s ja zu, aber aus verschiedenen Gründen bin ich in den letzten Tagen so richtig ins Weihnachtsfieber gekommen …   Reason #1: I’ve been working on my annual Christmas cards already (almost done), because last year they arrived like 2 months after Christmas even though I’d sent them way early. My conclusion, the earlier I get to mail those cards, the better.   Grund #1: Ich habe angefangen, an meinen jährlichen Weihnachtskarten zu arbeiten (fast fertig), weil meine Karten von letztem Jahr etwa 2 Monate nach Weihnachten ankamen, obwohl ich sie sehr früh verschickt habe. Die Schlussfolgerung: Je früher ich die Karten verschickt kriege, …

Freebie Friday: Autumn Word Art – Silhouette Project

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Die-cutters, take heed! It’s Friday, and I have a something little special to share with you today. If you’re a proud owner of a Silhouette machine, this one’s for you! It’s a little piece of word art that would make a nice decoration for your home … What you’ll get in this freebie is a Silhouette Studio file. The words will be a little larger than you see in the Silhouette Studio preview, to fit my large frame, but you can easily resize it to meet your needs. I just used colored card stock to cut out the individual words, but you could also just print and cut. (If you print and cut, my recommendation is to offset each letter (spread the letters and words out a little more, creating more than one page) and fill that extra little bleeding space with the same color as the word. It’ll prevent to have white edges where the machine may not cut exactly at the edge of the printed character. After cutting, I adhered everything on an …