That is so cool, Tradd, what a great idea!!
That is so cool, Tradd, what a great idea!!
IL, I toss most out the cards. I keep a few each year.
I am always surprised that I still get Xmas cards, since I have never sent them. (Well I do send one to a friend's autistic little girl who loves to get mail. I send her a card for every card-giving occasion imaginable. This is Rosa's one small act of kindness to a child. I pretty much have nothing to do with the little creatures otherwise).
When we bought our house, I set about amassing a lot of holiday decor for Xmas, Halloween, and Valentine's Day. I got pretty nice stuff from artisans and crafts fairs. I ultimately ended up downsizing the collection, and I think I'm at a pretty good place at this point in time. I prefer the small touches since we have such a small home.
When we moved from the city, I got rid of crap tons of Christmas stuff. I mean, we had three fake trees. And numerous junk. That was one of my gazingus pins even back in the days when I was frugal. But the thing is, I sekdom put all of it up. Sometimes I put up one little thing. It was a giant PITA to haul the stuff from our third floor storage room where it had its own cubbyhole exclusively for Christmas decor down to the first floor.
in my head, I thought in my new country house I would be doing minimal decor and it would all be natural greenery. Ha ha, already I’m hoarding bits and pieces of Christmas decor. I find here and there people are throwing away. Also, I have a container of green and red dinnerware items that is because I decorate a Christmas table every year for a fundraiser. So I had to collect stuff for that, right!??
Our Christmas tables are supposed to be different from year to year.
but I am keeping an eye on my local Goodwill‘s Christmas displays. They do store stuff during the year and bring it out for the Christmas season, so that is a good source of non-natural decor
I have quickly gone through my decor totes (all seasons/holidays) and put four things to the side so far. One every day item, one Christmas item, and two Winter items. I am going to decorate when the time comes and if I don't miss them, they will get decluttered.
Four more things added to the "maybe" pile. Spring/Easter stuff.Originally Posted by Klunick
I ended up getting rid of all the items I had kept aside. If I thought I could live without them, I probably could so why wait.
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