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From BBC Music, thanks to my lovely mummy.

Saturday 24th December 2005

Well, it was Christmas Eve in the workhouse, and the snow was falling fast...

Actually it's quite mild down here in Ilkley, went into town to photocopy some knitting patterns and get some wine and bread (I'm setting up my own church, nah, not really, fondue stuff). Someone was blasting out Christmas songs in the carpark and tacky as it sounds, it worked quite well as people bought last minute trees, holly and chocolate.

OK, three links today. The first is a list of gift tags you can download, courtesy of Lifehacker.

The second is Make-A-Flake, via Ysolda. You can then go and look at Jack Cheng's blog to find out how to use Make-A-Flake to make your own wrapping paper. See - you don't need to go to the shops after all! Via Make Blog.

Feels a bit strange down here this year, on one hand it's lovely to be home and surrounded by my family and our own traditions, but on the other, I can't wait to go back up to Edinburgh on Wednesday to be with Mr Nagl again. We'll have to come up with a better system next year, goodness knows what, with four sets of parents and six siblings between us, maybe we'll just hide.

Friday 23rd December 2005

Pimp My Nutcracker (it's ok, it's safe!).

Via not martha.

Thursday 22nd December 2005

Spraypaint anything into a decoration.

Off down south to Yorkshire in a while to spend a few days with my lovely mummy and family. Mr Nagl has done likewise except in The Shire. Then we'll have our own festive celebrations.

Wednesday 21st December 2005

Blithe Yule!

Tuesday 20th December 2005

Downloads from Martha Stewart:

Gift tags and handles
Custom cards
Ultimate holiday planner

Monday 19th December 2005 (a day late, thanks lycos)

Gift ideas from the Scottish Arts Council, thanks to my friend Jill at work!

Sunday 18th December 2005

Have an ethical festive season...

Saturday 17th December 2005

Today's post is all about yummy cooking, courtesy of the lovely Nigel Slater at Observer Food Monthly.

Mr Nagl and I are about to go off to Glasgow to see Cinderella. Magical!

Friday 16th December 2005

Just when this was in danger of getting too tasteful or twee, I've come across a lovely website, all about making decorations out of tampons. Via Boing Boing.