Friday Freebie (on a Sunday)

Hi there readers! I have made available some Xmas Blank Tags for your Christmas scrapbook or Pocket Scrapbook project.

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These tags are multi colored in Christmas tones in a variety of shapes and sizes. You will receive a PDF sheet to download and enjoy for your personal project. Please enjoy!

I have a variety files in my Etsy Shop - Lime Juice Studio - stickers, tiny words, pocket cards, planner quotes, tags, frames and more. These can be used in your scrapbook layouts, pocket scrapbooking, mini albums - whatever project you are doing! There are PNG, PDF, SVG for electronic cutting machines such as Cricut and CutNScan and also some FREE Silhouette cut files. Please check them out!

Advent calendar

For the past 3 years, we have used books as an Advent Calendar for Miss L. I have bought, over a few weeks before December 1st, 24 books, new and used. For the first year, they were Christmas Themed books. The past two years have been a variety of picture books. As they had been purchased over time, I was able to buy books that were on special, books from a variety of discount places and also books I knew would be enjoyed. I also found that some of the Charity Shops had 'as new' books that were just that - as new condition for a fraction of the retail price

The books were wrapped and placed under the tree and each day one was chosen and unwrapped then read at bedtime. It was a lovely way to enjoy the lead up to Christmas.

This year I have decided to  do something different and have purchased a wooden Advent Christmas Tree. It was raw wood, purchased for 50% off at Riot Art, and I spray painted the outer shell white. I am papering the drawers one by one each night - I'm hoping that this adds to the excitement of the last drawer being finished and opened - which means Christmas Eve!

Rather than just chocolates, there will be little gifts and some not so little that will not fit into the small drawers. These will be 'find me' gifts where a note will be left to find the gift elsewhere. Things such as a named tree bauble, a Santa Snow Dome, Little Unicorn gifts etc. I will also include some 'kindness' notes so that little acts of kindness are done. These will include 'Place a gift under the Giving Tree at Kmart for another child', 'Put a card in the letter box of all the houses in our street' etc.

So far, there has been alot of pleasure and anticipation as each day reveals a different 'gift'. Together with Elf antics, Miss L wakes up excitedly each morning and hurries out to see what is in store for her today!

Thank you for visiting - please come back again!

Journalling Tags for Project Life or Scrapbooking

Journalling is such an important aspect of any memory keeping.  Whether I am doing a Project Life spread or a scrapbook page, I always write something about the photo.  At times, I will need to have a journalling tag to write on as I won't want to write on a photo, I won't have room or I use it as an embellishment.

I have created some downloadable tags, in a variety of colours, to use with my photos.  These are print and cut files - PNG, PDF, SVG and SIL files. You can purchase a bundle of 10 mixed colour sheets from my Etsy shop, or buy individually. Each one has a free Silhouette file attached with your purchase.

Below is a free download PDF sheet for you to use - I hope you will enjoy using these tags and be sure to check out the others in the store!

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Hello - Goodbye Elf Printables

More printables for your elf (or elves).

A cute hello letter for the arrival of your Elf

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And goodbye letter - you have a choice of wording in these letters

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And a photo for you to use when your elf is leaving - our Santa was very kind and left us a photo when he left our house.  If you are able to use Photoshop you can adapt it to your elf and your home. 

Please enjoy!

Easy Elf on the Shelf Ideas

Here are some great ideas for you to enjoy with your Elf or Elves!

 1. Climbing the Christmas tree

2. All wrapped up in toilet paper

3. Snuggling with soft toys, dummy and bottle

4. Taping off the stairs (using crepe paper rolls)

 5. Having a scribble

6. Oh no! Not the toothpaste!

7. Fun with Post It notes

8. The DVD drawer was too tempting!

 9. The tissue box and tissues make great bedding

10. Picnic time

11. Taste testing Vegemite (or could be Nutella or Peanut Butter)

12. All wrapped up, ready for Christmas

 13. Morning of the 24th - the reindeer are ready

14. Stuffed in the jar

15. Mr Elf was at the top of the stairs and Evelyn took a roll down

16. Sticker fun

 17. Spa bath with marshmallows

18. Tea for two

19. Just letting us know what they were up to

20. Into the jelly beans - hope they shared!

21. Lollies tell the story

22. Stuck in the phone for the day - take a photo behind glass (I used a window) then use it as your lock screen for the day. You could make a sign, I used Photoshop to add the text.

23. Yummy green milk being shared

24. Just listening to our favourite tunes

 25. The bananas aren't safe!

26. Ooops!

27. Tic Tacs were planted in sugar and during the night the elves 'magicked' them into candy canes

28. All lit up!

 29. The first day - Mr Elf as found sitting in a pot plant next to the TV

30. Foam parcel packaging is so much fun!

31. Playing with the cotton reels - could also be lego blocks,wooden blocks, any type of stacking toy

32.Mr Elf reading a story to the toys

33. Fencing up the little toys

34. Shoe train

35. Sack (paper bag) race

36. The guitarist and the singer

37. Mr Elf left Miss L a paper people chain using her faces and dressing up in elves clothing - I used a purchased paper people chain, printed out a variety of photos of Miss L's face, small red buttons, read paper for hat and collar, black paper for shoes and a cotton wool ball for the hat pompom

38. (Cheap) Bandaids on the christmas toys

39. The goodbye letter left on the night of the 24th - printable found on this page.

Also check out my Pinterest page - Elf Antics - for more ideas.

Getting ready for Mr Elf to arrive - Free Elf Printables attached!

When I started this tradition 3 years ago, little did I think that it would become such a time of delight and anticipation in our house. And it has also become a strategic time when planning is vital to ensure that there are few last minute panics when you realise, just before going to bed (or even after getting into bed) that your Elf has not moved! And yes, it happened to me on more than a few occasions in the first two years.

Elf antics are meant to be fun and stressless. It is about the morning search and the excitement and amusement at the elves tricks. We now have two elves visit our home - Mr Elf and Evelyn Elf.  Last year I decided to pre-plan the Elves antics, listing each night's adventures. - and even though I did not stick to it religiously, as life gets in the way, I was prepared for last minute changes and the stress was minimal.

This year I have developed an Elf Planner to use. Rather than keep it myself, please enjoy it planning  your Elf antics.

  

Download your Elf Planner here

There are a host of Elf Antic ideas for you to check out here.

Free 2018 Calendar

2018 A4 Calendar

As December is just around the corner, planning for 2018 is ramping up.  Here is a free printable calendar for you to download to begin noting those important dates. It is Australian themed with the most important and celebrated dates added. Use as a wall calendar or put into a folder.

All the files are in .pdf format so you will need Acrobat Reader to view them.

You can download the entire calendar or download separate months. Click on the image to download.

Download January	Download February	Download March
Download April	Download May	Download June
Download July	Download August	Download September
Download October	Download November	Download December

Download the whole calendar in one go (12 pages)

I hope you enjoy them and your feedback would be appreciated!