Christmas Preparations
Dec. 9th, 2017 06:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
atherleisureI finished my Christmas cards. I'm usually pretty good about thinking about math, but apparently I wasn't thinking when I bought my cards.
Before going to the store: "There are sixty or seventy people on my list so I need four boxes."
In the store: "Oh, these look good."
After doing them: "I have 2.5 boxes leftover. I guess I didn't account for some of the boxes having 40 cards instead of 15 or 20..."
But they're done and nearly all in the mail.
Now I guess we should decorate the house for Christmas. And I think there are plans to bake cookies this weekend.
I don't really want to do the Christmas meme, but I do have a couple of Christmas wishes that I'm going to tack on here.
1) Introductions to historic costumers in the Tucson, AZ area. We moved this summer, and I don't know anyone. If you know someone who lives in the area - or even the Phoenix area - I'd love to be introduced.
2) Information about costume events in the area. I found an English country dance ball to go to and have a few leads, but if you know anything about places to wear costumes around Tucson or events to go to, I'd love to hear about them.
3) I want to make an 1860's bonnet this year, but I absolutely do not want to trim it. I don't mind making and covering frames, but I loathe trimming them. When it comes to sewing, I am definitely a technician rather than an artist. If someone would trim my bonnet for me, I would be thrilled. (That would mean both selecting and attaching trim.)
Before going to the store: "There are sixty or seventy people on my list so I need four boxes."
In the store: "Oh, these look good."
After doing them: "I have 2.5 boxes leftover. I guess I didn't account for some of the boxes having 40 cards instead of 15 or 20..."
But they're done and nearly all in the mail.
Now I guess we should decorate the house for Christmas. And I think there are plans to bake cookies this weekend.
I don't really want to do the Christmas meme, but I do have a couple of Christmas wishes that I'm going to tack on here.
1) Introductions to historic costumers in the Tucson, AZ area. We moved this summer, and I don't know anyone. If you know someone who lives in the area - or even the Phoenix area - I'd love to be introduced.
2) Information about costume events in the area. I found an English country dance ball to go to and have a few leads, but if you know anything about places to wear costumes around Tucson or events to go to, I'd love to hear about them.
3) I want to make an 1860's bonnet this year, but I absolutely do not want to trim it. I don't mind making and covering frames, but I loathe trimming them. When it comes to sewing, I am definitely a technician rather than an artist. If someone would trim my bonnet for me, I would be thrilled. (That would mean both selecting and attaching trim.)
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