2023 megaaa DECEMBER DAILY thread (ALL December projects)

So very French. 😉

I watched too, really like it and think it will have massive appeal.

I particularly loved the stamp set, and I’m not a huge stamper. The little “pull down for photos” is sooo good. I would get so much use out of it.

I'm loving Liz's kit and I have never bought it before. It's never really fit me until now.

I am going to look at the blog post though. I might just buy the digital kit as I don't need any more paper. There are a few sheets I really love and would love to have. They don't have gold on them so I think I'll save a lot of money that way.

I like more than I expected! Enough to justify buying during the boxing period. Yay! Pretty happy about that. Now I can stop trying to think up a plan b! 🌟

You only pay for shipping once. It goes over it in the how it works blog post. I agree it can be a bit confusing, but basically the idea is you can check out as many times as you want during the boxing period and they will all be added to the same box. Once you “check out” with something you have purchased it… meaning you can’t cancel it and you will be charged… but it won’t ship until the end of the boxing period with all of your orders in one box. You will be charged the flat rate shipping the first time you check out and then any additional times you check out shipping will be marked as already paid and you won’t be charged again. 

Lots of people check out with products on day 1 (within minutes) to make sure they get what they want before it sells out. For example, if you want an album or the paislee press mini kit, I would guess those are things that are going to go fast so I would check out with those right away (plus be charged shipping). Because stamps are pre-order, there is no need to check out with them fast because they won’t sell out. So you can go back any time before 9/10 to buy them without paying shipping again. You can then go back as many times as you want to add more stuff, such as in the second half of the boxing period to buy lifestyle items + old shop items that were added to the boxing period, without having to pay shipping again. 

Once the boxing period ends, everything in your box will be shipped to you in one box. The positive of doing it this way is that you can check out an unlimited amount of times without paying shipping more than once. The negative of doing it this way means that if you buy everything you want on day 1, you still have to wait until the end of the boxing period before they’ll ship your box. I get this can be a confusing process if you haven’t shopped this way before so I hope this helps!

Omg looking at that blog post I am totally fu$#ing overwhelmed. 😵‍💫

I plan to use a lot of the embellishments in 6x8, I think they’ll work nicely! Some of them might be too large for smaller albums, but I plan to share some inspiration that will hopefully help with this before the boxing period is over. 

I wish they’d provide more than just one number 2 in the felt number set.

There are eight days that require a number 2 just to have it to day 25. (And impossible to use for day 22).

Likewise, there are twelve days requiring number 1, and two provided. (at least you could make an 11).

Including the album and Advent sticker set. I’m under $100 total for my wish list. Feeling good about that!

Hoping Paper Person and SC have some good stuff too. Otherwise I’m content with these goodies + my stash. 🎅🏻

I just had a look through everything on the blog. I knew I was not going to choose Ali's products so that's no surprise. However I was going to keep my mind open about the stamps. I don't have any Christmas stamps at all. And she really did put out some cute ones. I'm glad I have some time to debate which of them I want.

Lots of shop products to mull over. Printed the pdf and Very excited to go through my stash this weekend and decide what is on the wish list as well as what I can easily pull from stash.

Did they preview the advent contents yet?

Yes! At the bottom of the post there’s a spoiler reveal.

Ok, I'm bummed the advent calendar went up in price but I watch a couple of days of the sneaks and just love it (and will surely forget what I saw by next week so no worries there.

Talked myself out of the main kit.
I really want an ornament pocket and I can make one using my silhouette and a digital file.
I liked the papers but there is enough of what I liked still featured in the other two paper kits so I'm going with those.
I can live without the plastic pieces and the vellum tags.

If you haven't yet, pull out your stash. If you're like me, you'll be disgusted by how much stuff you have and that will really help you with your spending!

I also talked myself out of Liz's kit but still may get the digital files for that star paper and the vellum stars.

Ok so: advent calendar 45
paper pack 13
special paper 13
window cards 9
stitched tag pockets 10

I'm at $90 plus shipping.

I'm also a sucker for when they add stuff later that's discounted.

Currently organizing my stuff as it's a mess.

I second janamke - print out the pdf and cross out what you don't want. Makes it so much easier.

@legal_lady very excited for your ideas! I think it would be cool for some of the big items to have them go off the page (like use the nutcracker's arm as a tab for turning) or cut the wreath off.

I liked the release and am excited to play along.