Christmas might well be a way off yet, however for us 'planners' it is a time when we need to start the setup up of our Christmas Planners & Christmas Travelers Notebook Inserts.

I was really struggling with what to use as my Christmas planner this year, as last year I used a Tiger Travelers Notebook that I painted in red and gold which you can see here; 
​Christmas Planner/Journal Peek and Flip Through.

This year however, I wanted to use cahier sized inserts and the Tiger tn was just way too small. None of my tn's were suitable or Christmassy so I decided to make my own following a tutorial by LiveLoveScrap that uses scrapbook paper which is then laminated.
​Laminated Traveler's Notebook/ Tutorial

It's nearly Christmas... want a peek inside my Christmas planner and Journal? I have never had a Christmas planner before so this was a first for me. So grab a hot drink, slippers on, chocolates out and let me take you through it; complete with a video flip through.

This journal has been my go to planner this month for adding in my present logs and card making lists and it will be used even more for planning over the next few weeks in the build up to the big day itself.  My poor Carpe Diem is almost out of commision (aww bless it). In addition to the planning section, I have also added a December Journal section (also known as December Dailys - except mine hasn't been daily as I am a drama teacher too and this time of year is very busy with my school productions).

​So, December is here and this means the decorations can go up. (I actually put mine up the last week of November - sshhh)

I love this shelf, it's still not finished, the wood needs distressing, but I'm really pleased with how it looks. I have been collecting bits and bobs for the last few years.  I particular like the 70's teapot on the top left which I picked up from a 'boutique' for around £3 (our posh way of saying a charity shop). The teapot on the bottom row I actually made during pottery lessons in Primary school.  I have it decorated like this for most of the year then add the extra rustic decorations, including the signs, santa, berries and poinsetta and blue hue L.E.D lights at Christmas.  Most of the bought items were from The Range or picked up in charity shops ... (ahem) boutiques.

My house was actually a show house, so when I bought it 9 years ago I paid extra for the furniture.  This included this lovely large shelf unit which is much bigger in real life and goes right to the floor.  I've kept this fairly simple decoration wise, just added some fairy lights and a pop of colour with the red vase and the Santa hat. (Please pretend the old hi-fi is not there!)

Most of the items on the dining table are there all year and given a makeover for Christmas.   Again I added berries and poinsettia to the rustic jug which I bought off ebay a few years ago. ​ The table gets more Christmassy on Christmas Eve for our Christmas buffet and then gets even more Christmassy for Christmas Dinner.

​I hope that you enjoyed having a look around my virtual tour and I hope that it's got you in a Christmas mood and given you some decoarting ideas or inspiration. Please leave a comment as I'd love to hear your tips and style ideas. What room do you like decoarting the best? Do you follow a particular colour scheme for Christmas?

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