The byline for this blog is ‘An organised, sustainable life’. Perhaps you wonder where the link is between organisation and sustainability. If you think about it, the connection is there every day in everything you do but never is it more obvious than in the lead up to celebratory events such as Christmas and birthdays.
Tomorrow we will be going to Miss O’s 4th birthday party and I have been planning and preparing her gift. Here is a dress that I have made for her.
The fabric has been in my stash for a couple of years, the facings are scraps from a dress that had been unpicked, the buttons (originally used on a dress for Belle about 20 years ago) came out of the button jar and I bought 20cm of contrast fabric for the pockets.
We bought a wooden jigsaw puzzle from Amazen. They have a shop at Montville, which is about 15 minutes drive from us. The range of quality children’s toys and games in excellent.
I made a bag to store the puzzle pieces as it does not come in a box.
Once again, this was created entirely from scraps. I think it looks really effective and hope it will be useful.
I wrapped the gift using recycled paper and ribbon that I have saved. I made a card using some white card and an offcut of the paper.
Being organised means that you can easily locate items that have been stored for future use. Equipment is easily accessible. Planning ahead is essential if you do not want to be rushing to the shop and grabbing something at the last minute.
It is 4 weeks until Christmas so now is definitely the time to think seriously about preparations for Christmas. I have already tested a couple of recipes for things I am making as gifts. Tomorrow I will start the ginger beer plant so that the finished product is ready for Christmas. I will share the details of that in my next post.
Now I am off to make up a platter that we are taking to a ‘Christmas drinks and nibbles’ function this evening. It will include balsamic dipping sauce from the recipe I posted the other day and guacamole made with our own avocadoes. I made sure I picked some avocadoes earlier in the week so that they would be ripe for today.
What have you done to get organised for Christmas? Will it minimise the last-minute rush and inevitable overspending that seem to go hand-in-hand?
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