Showing posts with label New Years. Show all posts
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31 October 2014

31 Days: Holiday Planner 2014 Wrap Up & Link Up!



Good afternoon, friends! 
If you're just joining us, we've been spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. The beginning post (and a list of all posts from the month!) can be found here...

Can you believe we're on the last day?! I'm so sorry I left ya'll hanging with no post yesterday- pregnancy doctor appointments and such ended up running long and the day just got away from me! Just one of those days... But have no fear! TODAY I'll be sharing with you my binder, and we'll combine it with the link up party! You share yours, and I'll share mine! Sound like a deal? Great! I can't wait to see what ya'll have been working on :)

Let's start by doing a recap of all the fun this week! Most days have FREE printables that were offered, so make sure you check them ALL out! 

Day 30/31: Wrap Up & Linky Party!  *** you are HERE ***


If you want to see all of the FREE printables in one location, and a few extra freebies that I've posted on my blog in years past, check out the "Holiday Planner" link at the top of any blog page, or simply click the link below! 



So here's what my Holiday Planner 2014 ended up with in each section....
Autumn
  • Autumn Family Fun "bucket list" printable
  • Autumn Festivities printable
  • Autumn Homeschooling printable

Thanksgiving
  • Thanksgiving Festivities printable
  • Thanksgiving Menu Ideas
  • Thanksgiving Menu Plan
  • Thanksgiving Grocery List

Decor (for autumn)
  • Autumn Decor Ideas
  • lots of magazine tear outs for inspiration

Christmas
  • 3 Christmas Projects printables (found in "Extra Printables" post)... I printed out 3 copies, one each for CRAFTS to make, GIFTS to make, and DECOR to make! I also put a star (*) next to items that need to be done before Advent begins, like our Advent wreath needs to be assembled, the Jesse Tree ornaments need to be made (since I'm doing it like an "Advent" Jesse Tree where the wee one opens up a new envelope each day with the ornament for the day) etc. 
  • Christmas Family Fun "bucket list" printable
  • Christmas Festivities printable
  • Christmas Homeschooling

Advent
  • 2 Advent:Epiphany Calendars (found in "Extra Printables" post)- one keeps track of my Scripture study, Jesse Tree ornaments, and Nativity figures to add each day and the other tracks my Christmas Carol study, additional Scripture studies, and "Names of Jesus" study
  • Master Advent Planner printable
  • Jesse Tree paper ornament print outs for the wee one to color 
  • The "Names of Jesus" study print outs
  • "O Antiphons" study print outs
  • "Twelve Days of Christmas: the true meaning behind the song" study print outs
  • ... throughout I'll be adding in print outs for the Christmas Carol study as I do them each day, so I have them for reference in years to come!

Meals (for Christmas/Advent)
  • 6 Christmas Weekly Menus (found in "Extra Printables" post)- one for each week of the Advent through Epiphany season!
  • Christmas Eve Menu Ideas & Menu Plan printables
  • Christmas Day Menu Ideas & Menu Plan printables
  • Epiphany Menu Ideas & Menu Plan printables
  • Christmas Grocery List printable (one consolidated list for both Christmas Eve & Day meals)
  • Epiphany Grocery List printable

Decor (for Christmas/Advent)
  • Christmas Decor Ideas printable
  • lots of magazine tear outs for inspiration

Gifts
  • Christmas Card Tracker printable
  • 4 Christmas Gifting printable- one for each member of the family, and one for each side of our family (parents/siblings)
  • Christmas Gift Ledger printable
  • lots of magazine tear outs for DIY gift ideas

New Years
  • New Years Countdown Fun printable
  • New Years Festivities printable
  • New Years Menu Ideas & Meal Plan printables
  • New Years Grocery Shopping printable


Now I've shown you a little of what all goes into my Holiday Planner, now it's time for you to share what you've been working on!! I can't wait to see your planners :) Link up any posts or pictures- whether it's your whole binder or just one list that you've been working on, let's see it!

Just leave a comment below with your link! :)

Thank you SO much to everyone who has faithfully read, just stumbled upon for a post or two, or merely grabbed a printable here and there! I hope some of what I've shared over the past month you've found useful. I'll be continuing to share holiday-related posts (like my autumn mantle and wreath, themed lunches for the little one, Scripture study tools, and more!) in the upcoming months, so I hope you'll check back in and check them out ;)
Blessings
- Shauna
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28 October 2014

31 Days: New Years Menu Planners



Good afternoon, friends! 
I hope you're having a blessed day :) Welcome to today's FREE printable I'm sharing for you to add to your Holiday Planner, if you'd like! We're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Today we're continuing with New Years-themed printables! At the bottom of the post is today's FREE blank printable bundle where you can fill in all of your ideas for New Year's Eve meals! There's a place to keep track of all your menu planning needs. Here's a rundown of what's included in the bundle, much the same as previous menu planning bundles!
  • New Years Menu Ideas: it's exciting to plan a big meal for the holidays, especially if you're hosting friends and family! As ideas for what to serve start swirling through your thoughts, jot them all down here- you can narrow down your choices and decide on a final plan as the big day approaches!
  • New Years Menu Plan: here's where you can write out your final meal plans for meals. This includes a place to write down which course the food is for (breakfast/lunch/dinner, appetizer, main dish, dessert, etc.), the recipe name, the source (Pinterest, cookbook name & page, family recipe), the time it takes to both prep and cook the dish, as well as any particular notes about that dish (double the recipe, etc.)
  • New Years Grocery List: as you finalize your menu plan, don't forget to write down all of the ingredients on this list- it will make heading to the grocery store so much easier!
Download the New Years Menu Planner Bundle HERE
(contains all three FREE printables in one file!)
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27 October 2014

31 Days: New Year's Eve Festivities & Countdown Fun


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Good afternoon, friends! 
I hope you're having a blessed Monday :) Welcome to today's FREE printables I'm sharing for you to add to your Holiday Planner, if you'd like! We're spending the month preparing a Holiday Planner to help organize everything for the fall & winter holidays. If you are new to this 31 day series, check out my beginning post...

Today we're diving into New Year's themed printables! There's two different lists I've included today. First up is a family Countdown Fun tracker! I'm excited that our wee one, though young, often can make it to midnight these days. So we'll be planning fun events all night long, though Murphy's Law dictates she'll probably fall asleep at like 8 o'clock that night instead hehe. The tracker includes each hour, a space to jot down what activity/gift you'll be doing, and then any notes you might have- perhaps supplies to buy, recipe, etc. Here's a sneak peak at our countdown list! Are you doing some sort of hourly countdown fun? What activities are you including? 


Next up is the New Years Festivities printable- plan out all your fun family activities you plan "To Do" around New Year's Eve! Include movies you might want to watch, books to read, etc. Also plan out any festive things you plan "To Make," such as fun napkin rings, a NYE wreath, a NYE-inspired mantle, etc. If you're looking for some ideas, feel free to check out my Holiday: New Years Eve board on Pinterest! Here's a few things that are on my lists (some you've already seen above!)...

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02 October 2014

31 Days: How To Set Up Your Holiday Planner






This month we're creating a Holiday Planner to help organize all of the fall & winter holiday busyness! If you're new to this 31 day series, check out the original post...
Creating a Holiday Planner in 31 Days!

So why a Holiday Planner, you may ask. I don't know about you, but come the end of the year, between autumn festivities, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years (not to mention our Anniversary and second baby's birthday thrown in there!) things get a bit chaotic! Keeping track of everything can seem like an insurmountable task at times. So in comes the Holiday Planner. A single place to keep track of everything "holiday" related for the months of September/October through early January. So let's get started...

Setting up a holiday planner is really rather straight forward:
(1) Gather supplies
(2) Create your categories
(3) File all your ideas into your planner!


Step 1: Gather Supplies
  • a binder
  • dividers
  • tabs
  • printer paper (28 lbs- optional)
  • scrapbook paper & decorations (optional)
  • label maker (optional)
First, choose a binder to be your dedicated Holiday Planner. 
It can be something new, or I used an old binder that was no longer being used and dressed it up with some scrapbook paper & decorations. If you're like me, this binder will become a dedicated year-round to being a Holiday Planner. For example- throughout the year, I'll shop sales and clearances for gifts for friends & families. I keep track of everything I've already bought throughout the year in my Holiday Planner, so come Christmas time, I've already got a head start on gift buying! I also keep my "bucket lists" for each holiday in there and add to it throughout the year, as well as adding any new traditions our family plans on starting the next year!

Step 2: Create Categories
Second, choose the sections you desire and add them to your tabs.
Here's an example of the sections I decided on for my planner:
  • Autumn
  • Thanksgiving
  • Decor (for Autumn/Thanksgiving)
  • Christmas
  • Advent
  • Meals (for Christmas)
  • Decor (for Christmas)
  • Gifts (for Christmas)
  • New Years
I actually did this step after I started collecting my printables and other ideas- once I had an idea of what papers and I had and what categories they naturally could be broken down into. We don't really participate in Halloween, but that might be another section you want to add to your planner.

Throughout the upcoming month, I'll show you what printables and such I've included in each section! Once I decided on my sections, I used my label maker and label punch to create some simple tabs for my sections. I chose a few colors to use too- doing all Autumn/Thanksgiving tabs in yellow, Advent in red, Christmas in green, and New Years in blue. 

Step 3: File Ideas
Lastly, start adding in your ideas!
In my planner, I have tons of printables (which I'll be sharing throughout the month!), calendars, lists (largely to keep track of ideas I've pinned on Pinterest!), magazine clippings, "bucket lists" for each season, fliers for local parties and festivals, and more! Whatever you need to keep track of the goings-ons of the seasons :) I personally prefer, when printing out printables and the like, to use slightly a thicker 28 lb printer paper. It will hold up better to the constant referencing, erasing, writing and everyday wear and tear it will probably see over the next few months and years!


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Creating a Holiday Planner in 31 Days

Hey all!
So I know it's been a little while since I've been on here- sorry! We just brought home a Chesapeake Bay Retriever puppy. I'm entering my third trimester with little Baby K #2. Oh yes, and of course there's always the energetic toddler running around. Suffice to say things have been CRAZY around here!

Anyhoo, I'm joining in with The Nester's 31 Days initiative again! I love it- it's a great boot in the pants to get regular about blogging again :) So wish me luck!!




I'm super excited to be sharing with you... 
"Creating a Holiday Planner in 31 Days" 
organizing for all the fall & winter holidays!


Here's a sampling of what you can expect...
LOTS of printables! 
How to Set Up your Planner
Menu Planners for Autumn, Christmas, New Years, and more
Lists to help plan out your fall and winter activities, crafts, baking, and more
Grocery Lists for your big holiday meals
Gifting Lists to help budget and keep track of what gifts you've bought
Gift Ledger to track who gifts items to you and writing out thank-you notes
Advent Lists to plan out what activities you plan to celebrate
and lots more!


I hope you'll join me as we set up our holiday planners together and if I can figure out Linky, we'll even have a fun link party at the end of the month for everyone to share their awesome creations and help inspire each other! Check back here each day for a full list of the current posts!

Day 30/31: Wrap Up & Link Up!




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10 December 2010

Menu planner printables

Here are two more menu planners for your holiday planner! Just like I said, here's the Thanksgiving menu and New Year's menu planners :) Links to the printables are below each image if you'd like to download them for yourself!
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03 December 2010

holiday planner

So here is my holiday planner! Pretty, huh? Well, I think so ;) I should have taken a photo before I put it into the cover.... overlooked that... but it was a slow process to get it wedged in there so I didn't wanna take it back out to photograph :-/ Some of the last photos here I had to adjust the coloring to reduce the glare, but all in all it photographed OK!

And I'll be updating this to post links to the insides here too! I've even made them printables so you can grab a copy for yourself if you'd like! So here we go....
Check back often because coming soon is...
Ornament Memory Journaling Squares
Holiday Cleaning List
Gift Giving Idea Planner
Christmas Card Planner
Gift Closet Inventory List

So this is the first of a few posts where I'll share my planner with you! I'll share the dividers and the charts and lists over the next week or two. Some things I'll post over on my {crafting blog} and leave a link on here for ya :) Anyhoo, on to the cover!

Started out with a binder I already had laying around. Love love LOVE my new PTI stamps, this is from their All Booked Up set. I'll have some more projects comin up soon using that set too, so keep an eye out ;) I love Christmas papers, and am always afraid of using them all up, so this was the perfect solution! I took scraps of some of my favorite papers and put them behind the planner label! Toped it off with some MS twine, Recollections gems, and another PTI stamp from their 2009 Holiday Tags. This planner is really for next year- it will run from Sept. through Dec. including Fall Harvest, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years holidays {so as you can see, it's a bit late to be using for this year!}. Actually, I'll be able to use some of my lists as we're hosting Christmas for our families, which I'm wicked excited about!! Fun projects to come, no doubt, so keep an eye out for those coming soon too!! So anyhoo, the gems and general decor for the album tries to combine both fall and Christmas colors,

Here's the binding of the album... used up some more scraps, oh! And the great hunter green paper is SU! The gold shimmer paper is Making Memories :)

Here's a perfect example of blending the two major holiday seasons- fall and winter. I tried to transition the fall leaf punches into the snowflake punches {both MS, by the way} and added in a few Recollections gold pearls- perfect for both fall and Christmas.

Here's a close up of the verse in the corner- from PTI's Silent Night. Everything comes from the Lord and so every season holds something to be thankful to Him for- thus I thought this a wholly appropriate quote for the planner :)

Well, that about wraps up this post- if you're still with me, thanks for comin along for the tour of my planner cover ;) hehe. I'll be sharing the insides soon, so stay tuned!!

.:. linking up at .:.
Show and Tell Saturday @ be different act normal
We're Organized Wednesday @ Organize Your Stuff Now
A Crafty Soiree @ Yesterday on Tuesday
Whatever Goes Wednesday @ Someday Crafts
Winter Holiday Link Party @ somewhat simple
Get Your Craft On @ Today's Creative Blog
Visit thecsiproject.com The DIY Show Off
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01 January 2010

Here you can find all the links for my holiday planner printables! Click on any of the titles to be brought to my Scribd page to download them. If you have any problems with the site, send me an email, and I can send them to you via email. Also, if you would like a customized version of any of the below documents, please do send me an email and I can customize them for you! :)

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Gifting Lists {to keep track of what sizes friends & family wear, their favorite colors, etc}


























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